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iguanaman3

Member since
April 2003
From: US
108 posts

Posted by iguanaman3 on Monday, June 13, 2005 11:16 PM

According to the sellers ad that is.
Well maybe not that important but it is a very interesting set of early 1900's Monorail train prototypes in O scale. Apparently the inventor planned on running trains balanced on 1 rail by gyroscopes! Neat looking streamliners though and they supposably even run.
Neil

Monorail train models

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spankybird

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April 2003
From: Willoughby, Ohio
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Posted by spankybird on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 6:00 AM

MTH is making something like this now

http://www.mth-railking.com/detail.asp?item=10-1234-1

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Anonymous

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April 2003
305,205 posts

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:56 PM

That's pretty cool! I'll admit that I've never cared for monorails much. Trains are supposed to run on two rails (or three). I have to say that I absolutely love the orange and blue (Lionel's colours!) streamliner! I'd love to have an O-gauge three-rail version of that train!

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csxt30

Member since
December 2004
3,176 posts

Posted by csxt30 on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 4:07 PM

I wouldn't mind having a Monorail system, and plus I saw some that Disneyworld sells, on ebay a long time ago. Those MTH ones sure are nice & with sound, but I think the Disney ones are less expensive. Wonder what sounds they put in the MTH set? Thanks, John

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