Practical Multifunction Electric Railway Network as an Infrastructure Backbone:
1. App. Diagram 1 is designed to demonstrate how African railways and surrounding areas can be electrified at a price that the user population can afford to pay in order to build, maintain and operate it.
2. A Solar Heat Engine (SHE) is used to provide the required electric power.
3. That electric power is transported to the Power Rail (PR) through the Transformer and Switch(TSW) via the Power Cable (PC).
4. The Power Cable (PC) owner would be the de facto owner of the switch and the customer for the energy coming from the (SHE).
5. Telecommunication Cable (TCC) owners and Power Rail (PR) owners would get their energy from the Power Cable(PC) owner.
Checks and Balances
1. The Power Cable (PC) owner would double check the (SHE) link to make sure that everything is running correctly there.
2. The Telecommunication Cable (TCC) owners and Power Rail (PR) owners would double check the Power Cable (PC) owner to make sure everything is running correctly at the Transformer and Switch(TSW).
3. The Persons Carriage (PCR) and
Goods Carriage (GCR) owners would check the Power Rail (PR) operator to ensure that all their trains are always running at the required times as well as coordinate maintenance stoppages.
Advantages of a Solar Heat Engine (SHE) in the stated environment:
1. The economical viability of generating electric power from expandable medium size Solar Heat Engines (SHE) compared to other forms of generating electric power can, because of the upwards scalability and low construction cost, bring the price of passenger travel, transporting goods, local area electric power and telecommunication services down to levels that fit the pockets of African citizens.
2. A further advantage is that a great deal of the labor costs can be calculated using African income levels and that means that more citizens can profit from doing the required work.
3. In order to compensate for the great personal income difference between industrialized countries and Africa, teachers of all levels can be brought in for agreed upon periods of times to teach and show required skills to up and coming Africans.
Example: It can be noted that industrialize countries have spent quite a lot of monetary resources on investigating solar energy, but not all of the knowledge that has been collected can be used in the region where the investigators themselves live.