Comments on: MONORAIL Comes of Age (Feb, 1946) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Darren http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1094934 Darren Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:32:44 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/#comment-1094934 The article picture looks nothing like the picture on the front of the magazine cover. I would ripped off. The article picture looks nothing like the picture on the front of the magazine cover. I would ripped off.

]]> By: Joseph http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1057000 Joseph Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:37:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/#comment-1057000 Lyle Lanley: Well, sir, there's nothing on earth Like a genuine, Bona fide, Electrified, Six-car Monorail! What'd I say? Ned Flanders: Monorail! Lyle Lanley: What's it called? Patty+Selma: Monorail! Lyle Lanley: That's right! Monorail! [crowd chants `Monorail' softly and rhythmically] Miss Hoover: I hear those things are awfully loud... Lyle Lanley: It glides as softly as a cloud. Apu: Is there a chance the track could bend? Lyle Lanley: Not on your life, my Hindu friend. Barney: What about us brain-dead slobs? Lyle Lanley: You'll be given cushy jobs. Abe: Were you sent here by the devil? Lyle Lanley: No, good sir, I'm on the level. Wiggum: The ring came off my pudding can. Lyle Lanley: Take my pen knife, my good man. I swear it's Springfield's only choice... Throw up your hands and raise your voice! All: Monorail! Lyle Lanley: What's it called? All: Monorail! Lyle Lanley: Once again... All: Monorail! Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken... Bart: Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken! All: Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! [big finish] Monorail! Homer: Mono... D'oh! Lyle Lanley: Well, sir, there’s nothing on earth
Like a genuine,
Bona fide,
Electrified,
Six-car
Monorail!
What’d I say?
Ned Flanders: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What’s it called?
Patty+Selma: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: That’s right! Monorail!
[crowd chants `Monorail' softly and rhythmically]
Miss Hoover: I hear those things are awfully loud…
Lyle Lanley: It glides as softly as a cloud.
Apu: Is there a chance the track could bend?
Lyle Lanley: Not on your life, my Hindu friend.
Barney: What about us brain-dead slobs?
Lyle Lanley: You’ll be given cushy jobs.
Abe: Were you sent here by the devil?
Lyle Lanley: No, good sir, I’m on the level.
Wiggum: The ring came off my pudding can.
Lyle Lanley: Take my pen knife, my good man.
I swear it’s Springfield’s only choice…
Throw up your hands and raise your voice!
All: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What’s it called?
All: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: Once again…
All: Monorail!
Marge: But Main Street’s still all cracked and broken…
Bart: Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken!
All: Monorail!
Monorail!
Monorail!
[big finish]
Monorail!
Homer: Mono… D’oh!

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1055179 jayessell Tue, 20 May 2008 00:08:49 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/#comment-1055179 Raimondo: The function of the engine in the Monorail is to move, and surprisingly stop, the cars. Raimondo:
The function of the engine in the Monorail is to move, and surprisingly stop, the cars.

]]> By: Raimondo Castrogiovanni http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1055164 Raimondo Castrogiovanni Mon, 19 May 2008 18:39:27 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/#comment-1055164 Please i like to know the fanction of the engine for the monarail Please i like to know the fanction of the engine for the monarail

]]> By: Scott Mercer http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1052006 Scott Mercer Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:17:31 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/#comment-1052006 A monorail is nothing more than an electric train with one rail instead of two. It has been tried in the USA (Seattle and Las Vegas) and proved not to be the panacea that its supporters claim. Oh, yeah, Disneyland also. Why not just build an elevated train with two rails? As it turns out, supports for monorail tracks are not significantly smaller or lighter than conventional two-rail elevated trains (only somewhat smaller...check out the Las Vegas monorail). Technology for conventional two-rail trains is "off-the-shelf" and made by dozens of companies. Monorail technology is made by a smaller number of manufacturers, and if they went out of business, anyone with a monorail system would be stuck with no source of parts for repairs. Monorail cars are too small for robust mass transit applications. Monorails are not all they are cracked up to be. And, since they've been in operation in various locations for over 100 years, they certainly are not the "transit mode of the future." A monorail is nothing more than an electric train with one rail instead of two.

It has been tried in the USA (Seattle and Las Vegas) and proved not to be the panacea that its supporters claim. Oh, yeah, Disneyland also.

Why not just build an elevated train with two rails? As it turns out, supports for monorail tracks are not significantly smaller or lighter than conventional two-rail elevated trains (only somewhat smaller…check out the Las Vegas monorail). Technology for conventional two-rail trains is “off-the-shelf” and made by dozens of companies. Monorail technology is made by a smaller number of manufacturers, and if they went out of business, anyone with a monorail system would be stuck with no source of parts for repairs. Monorail cars are too small for robust mass transit applications.

Monorails are not all they are cracked up to be. And, since they’ve been in operation in various locations for over 100 years, they certainly are not the “transit mode of the future.”

]]> By: Fritz http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-620141 Fritz Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:19:35 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/#comment-620141 It´s still in use... http://www.schwebebahn.de/ It´s still in use…
http://www.schwebebahn.de/

]]> By: Stephen http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-7615 Stephen Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:15:10 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/#comment-7615 Though I've lived all my life in Scotland, I'd never heard of the Glasgow monorail! You can read more about it here: http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r069.html. It seems to have been an experimental line rather than a real attempt at commuter transport, as this article implies. By 1950, the track had been abandoned, only four years after this story: see detailed pictures here http://dewi.ca/trains/bennie/index.html. Another page tells me that the track was built in 1930, but by 1937 the inventor was bankrupt, and the track was torn up in 1941 for scrap in wartime, so Science and Mechanics was being a bit careless with the truth in discussing it as if it was a promising current project! The Elberfeld monorail, however, is still running, albeit with neater-looking cars and track than shown in this article: see http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Wuprtal.html. Though I’ve lived all my life in Scotland, I’d never heard of the Glasgow monorail! You can read more about it here: http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r069.html. It seems to have been an experimental line rather than a real attempt at commuter transport, as this article implies. By 1950, the track had been abandoned, only four years after this story: see detailed pictures here http://dewi.ca/trains/bennie/index.html. Another page tells me that the track was built in 1930, but by 1937 the inventor was bankrupt, and the track was torn up in 1941 for scrap in wartime, so Science and Mechanics was being a bit careless with the truth in discussing it as if it was a promising current project! The Elberfeld monorail, however, is still running, albeit with neater-looking cars and track than shown in this article: see http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Wuprtal.html.

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-7503 Stannous Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:28:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/18/monorail-comes-of-age/#comment-7503 "Imagine crossing the continent in nine hours at 300 miles an hour, at a cost of not more than a cent a mile!" That is more than twice the time (4 hrs) at half the speed (625 mph) at the same cost in today's dollars ($300.77). http://eh.net/hmit/compare/result.php?use%5B%5D=DOLLAR&use%5B%5D=GDPDEFLATION&use%5B%5D=UNSKILLED&use%5B%5D=NOMGDPCP&use%5B%5D=NOMINALGDP&amount2=300&year2=1946&year_result=&amount=&year_source= “Imagine crossing the continent in nine hours at 300 miles an hour, at a cost of not more than a cent a mile!”

That is more than twice the time (4 hrs)
at half the speed (625 mph)
at the same cost in today’s dollars ($300.77).

http://eh.net/hmit/compare/res.....ear_source=

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