I hesitated about posting this due to the subject not fitting what is normally here, but figured if Model Railroader ran drawings of it back when it was new, and if Railpictures can run shots of maglev trains, then we can tip a hat to the monorail system in Seattle, which just celebrated its 50th anniversary:

http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/SeattleTurns50.html

Older posts and photos from the above site:

http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Seattlepix1.html

http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Seattle2010a.html

A site run by a descendant of the Alweg Company's founder:

http://www.alweg.com/alweghome.html

Of course, we have to include some YouTube bits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiVidhEI ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhPx178v ... re=related

Some older footage from a few years back, when the trains still had their original control systems, including a controller that looked like something from a contemporary subway car; they have since been rebuilt with new controls, including something incorporating a touch-screen computer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H20YgEzWxH0

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll head back to the bomb shelter under the Greenbriar. . .