World's Simplest Electric Train! The
system is simple enough, you have a battery sandwiched between two
polarized magnets running through a conductive loop of copper wire. As
soon as the battery and the magnet assembly enter the copper tunnel,
they complete a circuit
and now you have current running throughout the coil as the battery and
magnets induce an electromagnetic field. The copper coil forms a
solenoid (length of the battery), the solenoid now has its own magnetic
field that interacts with the magnets in the end. The resultant force
pushes the top magnet and pulls the bottom magnet but since the solenoid
is in between the magnets, it goes along with them throughout the loop
repeating the process.
More: China already have a train that uses magnetic energy to move it. And Guess it's also the safest! No derailments.