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 Post subject: George Bennie Railplane
PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2003 9:05 pm 

Was this monorail actually ever built?

http://abpr.railfan.net/abprphoto.cgi?december02/12-08-02/posterlner020_the_george_bennie_railplane.mccorquodale_studio-wcn._1929.jpg
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 Post subject: Approx. 1/4 mile built 1930? Demolished '41 or '57
PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2003 11:58 pm 

...depending on which website you are looking at.

Here are some relevant links, some with photos (I searched using "George Bennie" as exact phrase) :

http://www.dewi.ca/trains/bennie/index.html

http://www.gearwheelsmag.co.uk/archive/ ... ure_13.htm

http://www.nahste.ac.uk/isaar/GB_0237_NAHSTE_P1858.html

http://gillonj.tripod.com/bennierailplane/

http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow22.htm

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

http://www.stenlake.co.uk/books/21.htm



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 Post subject: Re: my favorite
PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 6:49 am 

This one is live action and the town seems to preserved a lot of electric transportation modes. Must be fun to live in such a location when your interests lie along those lines.


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 Post subject: Re: my favorite
PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 6:40 pm 

I obviously need to get back over to Baden-Wuertemburg.

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