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Monorail Projects
London
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for public transport schemes, particlarly in London, UK or
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The century old Wuppertal Schwebebahn
A monorail over 100 year old; yet still in daily service, part
of a city's normal public transport system - so monorails
aren't something conceptually new to be worried about, (but as
you'd expect, a century's improvements in materials &
design allow newer mono rail designs to offer cities
considerable extra benefits since.
A large version of this picture in .jpg format (1600 x 1200
pixels, 800 Kbyte
Flying Elephant
Of Wuppertal 21. Juli 1950 Schwebebahnstation Alter Markt
in Wuppertal-Barmen. 10 metre drop into 50cm of water + soft
mud. The young elephant performed in circus same evening. Wikipedia
Other Monorails
The Beam laying train has 2 long reach arms at the front and
2 at the back. It appeared to straddle both rails of the twin
rail track. But it appeared to need a lot of logistic support
vehicles and cranes on the ground still.
2 Pictures of pictures of a monorail track in Sydney, Oz
(metal rail, not suspension type).
Yes - 2 glossy pictures given me in a beergarden, taken home
& photographed a 2nd time 'cos my scanner isnt configured
yet, maybve later). Originals courtesy of Owen G. Click for a 4
times greater size.
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