Special Features
APTA Expo 2002 Photo Diary. Images
and comments of the big Las Vegas transportation event. Includes
first public look at Las Vegas Bombardier M-VI vehicle.
Banana Field Monorails Exist! Almost
unknown until Richard Yudin wrote this article.
Disneyland Monorail's new surroundings.
A pictorial essay with emphasis on new landscaping and architecture.
Düsseldorf Airport SkyTrain.
The second Siemens-built monorail provides rail station to airport
terminal service.
Gyro-Dynamics Monorail.
Gyroscopically-balanced monorail proposed in 1960s.
Inuyama Monorail. This short line was a major pioneer for Japan, and it still operates today with the original trains.
Kitakyushu Monorail - Photo Essay.
Japan's second major urban straddle-beam monorail, seven pages
of big pictures.
Kuala Lumpur Monorail. A thirteen-page
photo essay of the spectacular new urban monorail from a 2004
visit, with images from one end of the line to the other.
LA's Worst Transit Decision. A
look back at a turning point in the history of Los Angeles transit.
Las Vegas Monorail. Details and
images about the USA's most exciting monorail project in years.
Las Vegas Monorail-Opening Day, July
15, 2004! Six page pictorial with commentary on first impressions.
Listowel's Lartigue Monorail returns.
Fantastic restoration project brings back important train of
monorail history.
Metrail Test Track. A rare visit
to a full-scale monorail test track, three pages on the new hybrid
monorail in Malaysia.
Moscow Monorail. Four page photo essay including operations during the harsh Russian winter. Niles Monorail. A new hobby debuts,
garden monorailing. A tour and the history in pictures.
Okinawa Monorail. Exclusive pre-opening
photo essay of Japan's newest monorail system, which opened August
10, 2003.
Seattle Center Monorail. TMS
President Kim Pedersen takes us on a tour of an enduring classic,
an old monorail that can still be a model for new systems. Six
pages of spectacular images.
Seattle
Scrunch of 2005 - Photo Essay. Two trains, two tracks pinched
together at one end, and the unfortunate consequence of November
26, 2005.
Shonan Monorail - Photo Essay.
A three-page photo essay of the world's first Safege-based monorail
system.
Switch Myth. The lie that monorail
switches are a problem continues to be spread by conventional
rail forces. Read this article for the truth!
Tama Monorail. Three pages of
pictures and map of system outside Tokyo.
Tokyo Disney Resort Line Trains
Tokyo Disney Resort Line - Photo Essay.
Disney's newest monorail system.
Tokyo Trees. Do monorails disturb
urban green zones? A picture essay from the Tokyo-Haneda Monorail.
The Tres Pinos Monorail. An 1800's
steamer quasi-monorail story with a sad ending.
Walt Disney World Landscaping.
TMS member Arthur Dutra's photo essay of how well monorail can
blend with greenery.
Why Pinellas County wants narrow elevated
rail. An excerpt from the approved Locally Preferred Alternative
Report.
Wuppertal Schwebebahn in Postcards.
100 years of monorail history as seen in postcard pictures.