Comments on: America's first monorail: Even older than I thought http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115658 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115658 Across the pond: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lartigue_Monorail This was a 14.4-km (9-mi) monorail built on the Lartigue principle in County Kerry in Ireland. It linked Listowel and Ballybunion, and opened on 29 February 1888. Across the pond:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lartigue_Monorail

This was a 14.4-km (9-mi) monorail built on the Lartigue principle in County Kerry in Ireland. It linked Listowel and Ballybunion, and opened on 29 February 1888.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115407 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115407 Stacked duo-rail. Stacked duo-rail.

]]> By: Wordguy http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115410 Wordguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115410 So cool! Photo of the Meigs' train <a href="http://www.celebrateboston.com/mbta/meigs-elevated-railway.htm">here</a>, with various related links. So cool! Photo of the Meigs’ train here, with various related links.

]]> By: ciacontra http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115411 ciacontra Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115411 Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Mono-D'oh! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF_yLodI1CQ Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Mono-D’oh!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF_yLodI1CQ

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115426 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115426 It's fitting that the Boston monorail was vandalized and burned. This town pretty much despises anything new and interesting. I'm sure the newly minted Back Bay residents were putting together a bring back the horse campaign. It’s fitting that the Boston monorail was vandalized and burned. This town pretty much despises anything new and interesting. I’m sure the newly minted Back Bay residents were putting together a bring back the horse campaign.

]]> By: ganman http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115441 ganman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115441 I think there are even earlier monorails than this. Brockway, Ogdenville & North Haverbrook come to mind. I think there are even earlier monorails than this. Brockway, Ogdenville & North Haverbrook come to mind.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115454 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115454 That's not nearly enough structural steel to support a train of that size. I think there's a real chance the track could bend. That’s not nearly enough structural steel to support a train of that size. I think there’s a real chance the track could bend.

]]> By: jphilby http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115718 jphilby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115718 Wow, that's even less likely than Dobbin's Pasadena Cycleway! http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?s=8ebc17fada87ffd687efe31cddda7580&p=5148895&postcount=2706 Wow, that’s even less likely than Dobbin’s Pasadena Cycleway!

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?s=8ebc17fada87ffd687efe31cddda7580&p=5148895&postcount=2706

]]> By: cmuwriter http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115495 cmuwriter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115495 "Is there chance the track could bend?" "Not on your life my Hindu friend!" “Is there chance the track could bend?”

“Not on your life my Hindu friend!”

]]> By: iamcantaloupe http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115497 iamcantaloupe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115497 But Main Street is still all cracked and broken... :( But Main Street is still all cracked and broken… :(

]]> By: charlesj http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1116024 charlesj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1116024 Here's a film of the original Listowel-Ballybunion monorail: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjBKQlr9fSs Here’s a film of the original Listowel-Ballybunion monorail:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjBKQlr9fSs

]]> By: jphilby http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115774 jphilby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115774 Overhead rail doesn't get stuck in traffic, can be installed with a minimal footprint, and offers a view of something besides other drivers and their smog. Overhead rail doesn’t get stuck in traffic, can be installed with a minimal footprint, and offers a view of something besides other drivers and their smog.

]]> By: LILemming http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115781 LILemming Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115781 Still no love for the Boynton bicycle railways in Coney Island and Patchogue? http://www.bygoneli.com/forums/content.php/211-The-Boynton-Bicycle-Railroad Still no love for the Boynton bicycle railways in Coney Island and Patchogue?
http://www.bygoneli.com/forums/content.php/211-The-Boynton-Bicycle-Railroad

]]> By: CLamb http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115784 CLamb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115784 While not strictly a monorail the Boynton Bicycle Railroad had its first experimental run in 1852. See http://www.bygoneli.com/forums/content.php/211-The-Boynton-Bicycle-Railroad . While not strictly a monorail the Boynton Bicycle Railroad had its first experimental run in 1852. See http://www.bygoneli.com/forums/content.php/211-The-Boynton-Bicycle-Railroad .

]]> By: LILemming http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115787 LILemming Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115787 CLamb: The 1852 at the top of the page is a typo. The Coney line ran in 1892, and the Patchogue line for a few years starting in 1895. CLamb:

The 1852 at the top of the page is a typo. The Coney line ran in 1892, and the Patchogue line for a few years starting in 1895.

]]> By: moebrook http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115548 moebrook Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115548 There is a great model of the 1876 Centennial Exposition in the basement of Philadelphia's Please Touch Museum, with said monorail included. There is a great model of the 1876 Centennial Exposition in the basement of Philadelphia’s Please Touch Museum, with said monorail included.

]]> By: DancingNoDancing http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115552 DancingNoDancing Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115552 As long as we're at it, here's one from Maggie's neighborhood in 1888: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/image.cfm?imageid=95886&Page=1&Keywords=monorail&SearchType=Basic. As long as we’re at it, here’s one from Maggie’s neighborhood in 1888:
http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/image.cfm?imageid=95886&Page=1&Keywords=monorail&SearchType=Basic.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115554 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115554 Sorry, Iamcantaloupe, the mob has spoken. Sorry, Iamcantaloupe, the mob has spoken.

]]> By: sockdoll http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115827 sockdoll Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115827 I find this subject to be completely lacking in monofail. I find this subject to be completely lacking in monofail.

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115828 Ipo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115828 The Boston monorail really has too many rails to be called that, no? One rail on which it rides (slanted wheels) and one rail to stabilize it (horizontal wheels). The two rails are above, not next to each other. But I love it's look. The Boston monorail really has too many rails to be called that, no?
One rail on which it rides (slanted wheels) and one rail to stabilize it (horizontal wheels).
The two rails are above, not next to each other.
But I love it’s look.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1116103 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1116103 Something for all the mono rail enthusiasts to check out if they are ever in the neighbourhood: https://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/schwebebahn-wuppertal-the-108-year-old-gadgetbahnen/ going around corners is a gas! Something for all the mono rail enthusiasts to check out if they are ever in the neighbourhood:

https://railforthevalley.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/schwebebahn-wuppertal-the-108-year-old-gadgetbahnen/

going around corners is a gas!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1116134 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1116134 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FZTk-KjPPA and video of the restored replica Listowel monorail trains. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FZTk-KjPPA and video of the restored replica Listowel monorail trains.

]]> By: GregS http://boingboing.net/2011/05/19/americas-first-monor.html#comment-1115632 GregS Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1115632 If a monorail system is seen as an improvement over a conventional "duorail" system, then logically wouldn't a "nono-rail" system (a system with no rails) be even better? In other words, buses and cars? If a monorail system is seen as an improvement over a conventional “duorail” system, then logically wouldn’t a “nono-rail” system (a system with no rails) be even better? In other words, buses and cars?

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