Can anyone identify this?

dforrest · Post by **dforrest** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 4:31 am

answer to follow!

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alanhowat · Post by **alanhowat** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 9:21 am

Hello dforrest,

I believe it was a monorail that was constructed at Bearsden/Milngavie near Glasgow, during the 1930's.

Cheers,

Alan.

ianm42 · Post by **ianm42** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 9:55 am

very similar to what is still running in Wuppertal, Germany:

Click the image to zoom in

rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 10:08 am

alanhowat wrote:Hello dforrest,

I believe it was a monorail that was constructed at Bearsden/Milngavie near Glasgow, during the 1930's.

Cheers,

Alan.

Yeah, some LNER test momnorail thing, built over a conventional railway line

. Never really took off though.

David.

dukedog · Post by **dukedog** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 11:07 am

It was called the Bennie Railplane, and was built in 1930.

nightbeaver911 · Post by **nightbeaver911** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 12:04 pm

It was capable of 120mph!!! If that had took off imagine the speeds of a modern day version! Rail travel today would look very different indeed.

http://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/Web+Sit ... enDocument

johndibben · Post by **johndibben** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 1:05 pm

It is in fact a supository inserter built for Pavarotti.

Value Â£199,999 but yours for a tenor

Post by **martinhodgson** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 2:52 pm

there was an article about it in the RM years ago... I remeber they just took the 'buffer' at one end off and ran the train off the end when they demolished it

dforrest · Post by **dforrest** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 3:20 pm

nightbeaver911 wrote:It was capable of 120mph!!! If that had took off imagine the speeds of a modern day version! Rail travel today would look very different indeed.

http://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/Web+Sit ... enDocument

Too easy! THere also is some interesting information here:

http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r069.html

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ianmacmillan · Post by **ianmacmillan** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 7:52 pm

It looks like one of Eastfield's N2s to me.

(I'm only interested in trains.)

dforrest · Post by **dforrest** » Sun Nov 09, 2003 9:30 pm

ianmacmillan wrote:It looks like one of Eastfield's N2s to me.

(I'm only interested in trains.)

Now that's the answer I was waiting for. Give the man the prize!

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jp4712 · Post by **jp4712** » Mon Nov 10, 2003 1:42 pm

http://dewi.ca/trains/bennie/ is a rather good site about it also.

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 3:00 am

johndibben wrote:It is in fact a supository inserter built for Pavarotti.

Value Â£199,999 but yours for a tenor

Given that there are windows at the front, it must be a crew-operated suppository inserter. Now there's a job you don't come across very often.

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 9:10 am

This looks the business...anyone able to model one?

nwallace · Post by **nwallace** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:53 am

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Can anyone identify this?

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