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  Monorail MOC's
 
I was thinking about scale & thought that a 4 wide Monorail is too small. Has anyone built a 5 wide or 6 wide Monorail. Do any issues arrise from building wider than the base? Could someone please point me in the direction of some Monorail MOC's. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Monorail MOC's
 
(...) Check out my train links page at (URL) are two sections of monorail, layouts and trains. 6 wide has definitely been done. I think 8-wide has also been done. I've been cooking up an attempt at a Boston MBTA Boeing LRV as a monorail, but who (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Monorail MOC's
 
Carl: (...) I have tried 8 wide. It does give rise to some stability problems though. (...) Have a look at: (URL) pictures of my experiment. It is not all that elegant, but it can carry around ten passengers and four containers. Jacob (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Monorail MOC's
 
(...) (URL) it's built on a monorail, and it's wider than 4, so it counts, right? James (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Monorail MOC's
 
Hi Carl I have a funky submarine monorail :) (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Monorail MOC's
 
(...) Neat. Did you know that monorail submarines actually exist? (URL) (23 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Monorail MOC's
 
(...) Isn't the Disneyland sub ride also a monorail? Paul Sinasohn (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
 
  Real Monorail Pictures (Was: Monorail MOC's)
 
So does anyone know of any pics of real Monorails? Carl Watson <cbccwats@pop.ihug.com.au> wrote in message news:GH10rC.BDr@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: Real Monorail Pictures (Was: Monorail MOC's)
 
I have found some pictures in case anyone is interested. I found them on the Monorail society website: (URL) is a very interesting site & I learnt a lot about Monorail.(the first one was built in 1899!) If you go to the 'Monorails of the World' (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)

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