Does anyone have a monorail?

Birds

Member since
January 2006
From: Mid Atlantic
614 posts

Posted by Birds on Sunday, December 17, 2006 5:35 PM

I thought it would be fun to add a monorail to my layout, but I haven't found much available.

I saw the MTH tinplate reproduction of the Leland version, but that is too large for my layout.

I've also seen the battery operated "Disney" monorail kit - not keen on that.

Has anyone included a monorail? What have you used?

Chris

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RR Redneck

Member since
July 2006
From: Pisa, IT
1,474 posts

Posted by RR Redneck on Sunday, December 17, 2006 5:38 PM

I dont own one, but have been thinkin about gettin one.

Lionel collector, stuck in an N scaler's modelling space.

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chuck

Member since
July 2006
From: Plymouth, MI
1,615 posts

Posted by chuck on Sunday, December 17, 2006 5:48 PM

Lego used to have a nice one.

When everything else fails, play dead

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pgtr

Member since
January 2006
149 posts

Posted by pgtr on Sunday, December 17, 2006 7:51 PM

A friend of mine collects a lot of monorail sets that were made back in the early 70s. The name escapes me but I can ask if interested. Pretty hard to find today.

The roller coaster sets I posted about in another thread are kind of a variation on a mono. It rides over a single T shaped rail with wheels above and below.

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palallin

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September 2004
From: Middle o' Nowhere, MO
1,108 posts

Posted by palallin on Monday, December 18, 2006 10:49 AM

I have a Speedrail Monorail (Remco) set that I got for Christmas in the early '70s along with an add-on set I got off eBay a year or so ago. At the time, the thing ran well, but I haven't had enough track until last year to run it as an adult, and I haven't had room to set it up. These sets--both passenger and frieght--can be had on eBay fairly cheap.