{"id":60426,"date":"2020-12-28T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T07:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=60426"},"modified":"2020-12-27T09:50:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T14:50:27","slug":"the-tiny-monorails-that-once-carried-james-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/12\/28\/the-tiny-monorails-that-once-carried-james-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tiny Monorails That Once Carried James Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Irv3KJR6B80\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tom Scott<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 21 Sep 2020<\/p>\n<p>The Roadmachines Mono-Rail may have been the only truly useful, fit-for-purpose monorail in the world. Of the hundreds that were built, most were never meant for passengers. But they did carry a couple of famous people in their time, including a certain secret agent&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to the staff and volunteers at the Amberley Museum &#8211; Harry and Gerry in particular &#8211; for running the monorail specially, and letting me film! The Amberley Museum is a massive industrial heritage museum in the South Downs, and you can find out more about them here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amberleymuseum.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amberleymuseum.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are lots more videos of Amberley&#8217;s rail vehicles at the volunteers&#8217; channel here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMHTdXU7cfBdNBzdVkgaIrQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMHT&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My research is heavily based on David Voice&#8217;s <em>Mono-Rail: The History of the Industrial Monorails Made By Road Machines Ltd., Metalair Ltd and Rail Machines Ltd<\/em>, ISBN 1874422877, available from Adam Gordon Books: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=Irv3KJR6B80&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ahgbooks.com%2Findex.php%2Fproduct%2Fmono-rail%2F&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1liaXF1U3d2NlJnUnkwQ1ZMRWd3TDdCb3BZQXxBQ3Jtc0tsQS1OYUQ3M1d3dndyb1dfZnMwcEpuS1VRWW9NbjVlTUlpNzE4OVhIRzRkd2lqTUNrM2VVdHVYSEJrS0NzU0RJVTNqbl9UVWdVTnN4aDlUYmdEVlpQUlJ0am15UkRkYWlqSTEtWWFsZER6RlVLaW1PZw%3D%3D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ahgbooks.com\/index.php\/pro&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Derry Faux-Nightingale for the initial idea!<\/p>\n<p>The Tanat Valley Railway in Nantmawr is the home for the Richard Morris collection, more than seventy surviving Roadmachines Mono-Rails: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=Irv3KJR6B80&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tanatvalleyrailway.co.uk%2Fmonorail&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbk5UNWlCcExhaVRjWWY2b29MeFNqLTByMXFhd3xBQ3Jtc0tsaWx2YjRfeWVTUVZQUkRUSWxTcU5YdHFPNXd0dXRKckdmMDNaZ2NON05HMlV3bnlCMzRzcmthRG5jY01xSEdHdTlnYUl1b3NKWWtGLXlvWEZWaklTUlgwNzg3eHFWYlNnTXFDaXJnTGdmd1hqVkV4dw%3D%3D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.tanatvalleyrailway.co.uk\/&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also a helpful resource:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=Irv3KJR6B80&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irsociety.co.uk%2FArchives%2F16%2FMonorail.htm&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjRWeThGRE1JQnNGSXJxa0FDYWxOTWRpZkhEUXxBQ3Jtc0tsUG5yU0NwY3p0elJ4anJ3SzJiZ3VsX1lCU3JpcXRNWExMa05kTWVjTFRoVjZiWUU5aFZpVW5obDlELXZ2RklveFM0bzhJTzMwSWc4ZEpKVzJTQzZtTUVrWGllSVhheWJYRU13VFg2Yzk1WnItMm92NA%3D%3D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.irsociety.co.uk\/Archives\/&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m at <a href=\"https:\/\/tomscott.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tomscott.com<\/a><br \/>\non Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomscott\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomscott<\/a><br \/>\nand on Instagram as tomscottgo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-28-The-Tiny-Monorails-That-Once-Carried-James-Bond.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-28-The-Tiny-Monorails-That-Once-Carried-James-Bond-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-62295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-28-The-Tiny-Monorails-That-Once-Carried-James-Bond-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-28-The-Tiny-Monorails-That-Once-Carried-James-Bond-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-28-The-Tiny-Monorails-That-Once-Carried-James-Bond-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screenshot_2020-12-28-The-Tiny-Monorails-That-Once-Carried-James-Bond.png 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Scott Published 21 Sep 2020 The Roadmachines Mono-Rail may have been the only truly useful, fit-for-purpose monorail in the world. 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