Abstract: The train of containers is intended for a plant for pneumatic transportation of goods through a tube, wherein the containers are interconnected by means of spherical joints.On the end face of the leading or foremost container in the direction of the travel of the train there is mounted a front flap spanning the lower half of the gap between the container and the tube, whereas the end face of the trailing or tailmost container carries thereon a tail flap spanning the upper half of the same gap, the lateral sides of each container having mounted thereon side flaps acting as plain bearings and being adapted to travel along guideways mounted on the internal side wall of the tube.

Abstract: The pipeline according to the invention is used in installations for pneumatic transportation of cargoes in containers or container trains on an air cushion. In the braking zone said pipeline is connected by a bypass pipeline comprising a gate which closes the area through said bypass pipeline when the container passes freely through the braking zone and opens it when the container is to be braked. The bypass pipeline is installed at the beginning of the braking zone so that one of its ends is connected to the lower part of the transportation pipeline and the other one, to the upper part and, as a result, when the container passes through this zone and the gate of the bypass pipeline is open, pressure in the space under and above the container is equalized and the container is braked.