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09-06-2012, 01:44 AM
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Chef
 Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Victoria, Australia
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Soviet Jet Train
Came across this link and thought it may be of interest. Certainly looks like it would fit into a Thunderbirds episode.
 http://englishrussia.com/2007/08/23/...-more-history/ |
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18-06-2012, 10:57 AM
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Eagle Pilot
 
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Location: Bellevue, NE
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A railroad in the USA tried something similar in the 1960s.
http://jalopnik.com/359202/new-york-...-powered-train |
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18-06-2012, 12:32 PM
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Astrophysics Technician
 
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Along similar lines : There were a number of experimental monorails which I reckon the Century 21 crew might have drawn on, for example the SAFREGE SNCF test-track monorail near Orleans, as featured in the film of "Fahrenheit 451".
http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/fi...t-451-a-3.html As that article shows, there was also another over-the-track monorail built in France. And of course, not forgetting the Wuppertal "Schwebebahn", which is quite close to me. http://bahn-bus.ecard-service.net/ec...oelklinger-str Last edited by SteveDix; 18-06-2012 at 12:34 PM. Reason: Added the URL of the picture of the Schwebebahn |
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27-06-2012, 11:16 AM
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Science Officer
 
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Location: Romford, London, England
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The French experimental Aerotrains were like something out of Thunderbirds. I have had the pleasure of sitting in the remaining original trains and visiting the remaining monorail track South of Paris. I'll put some pics up soon.
The following website run by a good friend of mine has some great material worth a look - though all in French of course... http://aernav.free.fr/Aerotrain/M_Aerotrain.html Look at the Aerotrain 02 and the Aerotrain I80 HV - straight out of an Anderson series...
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27-06-2012, 01:45 PM
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Astrophysics Technician
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