in addition, yarmalchuk’s invention began to be sharply subjected to fierce criticism, mainly from railwayorkers. arguments of opponents in were reasonable in many ways, for example, in winter the reinforced concrete gutter could become frosted over, could become clogged with snow, in the fall in the spring dirt or storm water could get there, and this is an inevitable disaster. of course, every new idea will always have weaknesses, but during pilot operation tests all problems are solved. yarmalchuk tried to prove that he would bring his project to an ideal state, but no one wanted to listen to him. somewhere in early 1970, nikolai ermalchuk wrote a letter to the government. he really wanted to get an appointment with the chairman council of ministers of the ussr, kosygin and it is important to prove. and is still considered a revolution in the world ermalchuk died in 1979. he was 80 years old. inventive thought. nikolai grigorievich the idea of the ball train never came to fruition. but she didn't disappear completely. what yarmalchu came up with. became an important engineering soluti