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Banana Monorails are quite common

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 5, 2004 8:53 AM
Dave,
Pretty neat pictures. Different but neat.

Larry
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Posted by MP57313 on Thursday, August 5, 2004 1:47 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

How many monorails have you ridden?Here's my list:
2.Disneyland
3.Magic Mountain
* No longer operating.


I've ridden those two, plus there was another "*" similar to the banana plantations at Santa's Village (near Big Bear/Lake Arrowhead)
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 8:17 PM
On average, how many miles or kilometers are there at each plantation? I would assume it's also determined by the number of acres, but if there was just one main line and everything carried to it, or several spurs that go out into the field.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 7:49 PM
They look a little more like an assembly line in a meat packing plant than a monorail.
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Posted by espeefoamer on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 2:06 PM
How many monorails have you ridden?Here's my list:
1.Seattle
2.Disneyland
3.Magic Mountain
4.Calif.State Fair
5.Busch Brewery,Van Nuys, Ca.*
6.L.A. County Fair*
7.Pacific Ocean Park*
* No longer operating.
Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.
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Posted by FJ and G on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 2:04 PM
These monorail systems originated about thirty years ago, and there are several thousand kilometers of them installed in plantations all through the humid tropics, in at least fourteen countries. Several hundred of the locomotives exist. To my knowledge they have never been written up in the technical press.
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Posted by FJ and G on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 2:01 PM
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What would be even cooler is if you sped these babies up to about 75 mph while you swing below in the gondola munching on Chicita bananas.
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Posted by TH&B on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 1:53 PM
COOL !!
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Posted by FJ and G on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 1:14 PM
as much as any monorail
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 12:36 PM
yes but are these railroads?
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Banana Monorails are quite common
Posted by FJ and G on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 11:53 AM
http://www.geocities.com/ferrobanana/trains.htm


http://bioweb.wku.edu/faculty/andersland/ots10/banana.html


http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/banana.html

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