Passenger Trains > monorail

There've been mentions of monorails on this board. Some have doubted the practicality, or wondered how you switch tracks. Here's a new thread on the International board about this. Enjoy.

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,5653944

 

There is a old Simpsons episode that details how monorails work with a great song.

Pacific5th Wrote:
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> There is a old Simpsons episode that details how
> monorails work with a great song.

But Main Street's still all cracked and broken...

OTG Wrote:
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> > There is a old Simpsons episode that details
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> But Main Street's still all cracked and broken...

Sorry mom, the mob has spoken!!  

Pacific5th Wrote:
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> There is a old Simpsons episode that details how
> monorails work with a great song.

It was a big hit among the engineering companies I worked with.

TAW

There is a Youtube video showing monorail switching.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVYx2yhceaA

John
 

wa4umr Wrote:
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> There is a Youtube video showing monorail
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You can how a monorail changes tracks anytime you go to Disneyland or Disneyworld.

Here in LA Metro country there's a proposal to build a "monorail" (more accurately called a monobeam) from the west side of LA to the San Fernando Valley over Sepulveda Pass (the route of the infamous 405 Freeway).  My contention, shared with many local transit observers, is that monorails can be useful in short-haul, closed loop situations such as theme parks and airports, but for serious big city transit situation, conventional railways make more sense.  My standard challenge for advocates of these non-standard systems is to post photos of the Chicago Transit elevated setup at the Howard St. interlocker.

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Good for tourist attractions but no advantage over conventional that I could ever understand. Everything you can do with a monorail you can do with conventional.

If ever you doubt the ease of switching monorail tracks, feast your eyes.

https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=769329571611326