Jon HancockForsyth's Compendium of Curious Contraptions: "My first monorail"
Forsyth's Compendium of Curious ContraptionsMy first monorail
Very occasionally, YouTube manages to recommend something I’m actually interested in. In this case it’s a look back at the monorail at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, the very first monorail I ever went on. Or saw, for that matter.
I have fond memories of going on this in the 1970s. When my family went to Blackpool, our trip would always include a visit to the Pleasure Beach and a ride on the monorail. It was my favourite ride there (no-one is surprised), and clearly had a lasting impact on me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx3UoVbrS9Y
(If the embed isn’t working, as I suspect, it’s probably YouTube playing Silly Buggers).
I often wonder if I ever saw the Rhyl monorail – we used to go there a lot too. I might have to get my mum to dig out the old photo albums next time I go to watch Manchester City Women see her. I definitely went on the one inside the Sun Centre.
Millions Rode This... Then It Vanished ! or Did It ?
Nicolas Ward 
KOKU BUNJIIlluminierte Bäume und Projektionen auf dem Boden begleiten die #Tama #Monorail nahe des Bahnhofs von #Tachikawa in #Japan. Dezember 2025
Tama Monorail in Tachikawa Dezember 2025
VTC News Bot🚆 Hà Nội sẽ triển khai dự án đường sắt một ray (monorail) dọc phía Đông sông Tô Lịch, nhánh 2 Giáp Bát - Thanh Liệt - Phú Lương. Tuyến mới sẽ nối từ phố Phan Trọng Tuệ tới giao điểm rẽ sông Lừ, hứa hẹn giảm ùn tắc và nâng cao kết nối giao thông đô thị.
#Hanoi #Monorail #Infrastructure #UrbanTransport #GiaoThống #ĐôThị #SắtMônorail #SôngTôLịch
https://vtcnews.vn/ha-noi-xay-dung-tuyen-duong-sat-tren-cao-doc-phia-dong-song-to-lich-ar995897.html
Electroduende21Azcón miente diciendo que los #CentrosDeDatos crearían 16 VECES MÁS de empleos directos que los que ha reconocido oficialmente Amazon.
El BOA destapa los números falsos que el presidente alabó durante la presentación de la nube de la entidad de Fernando Samper, recientemente investigada por la UCO: https://arainfo.org/?p=318669
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Azcón miente en favor de Forestalia al afirmar que sus centros de datos crearán 3.000 empleos directos
La cifra es tan exagerada que multiplicaría por dieciséis la reconocida oficialmente por Amazon. El BOA destapa los números falsos que el presidente alabó durante la presentación de la nube de la entidad de Fernando Samper, recientemente investigada por la UCO.
Garth CoghlanPure gold from Ryan in the ABC live blog comments:
"Well, sir, there's nothing on earth
Like a genuine, bona fide AFL, roof-topped stadium
What'd I say? Stadium!
What's it called? Stadium!
That's right! Stadium
Stadium Stadium Stadium
I hear those things are very pricey
But rejecting it makes our election dicey
Is there a chance that it won't fit?
Not on your life, my silly git
What about us brain-dead slobs?
You'll be given cushy jobs
Were you sent here by the Devil?
No, good sir, I'm on the level
The ring came off my James Boag can
Take my pen knife, my good man
I swear it's Tassie's only choice
Throw up your hands and raise your voice
Stadium
What's it called? Stadium
Once again Stadium
But our health care is still all cracked and broken
Sorry, lefties, the mob has spoken
Stadium! Stadium! Stadium! Stadium!
Stadi, d'oh!"
Minoru SabaPhotographs from a SoraNews24 article on Michi no Eki Minami Kiyosato (Yamanashi Pref.) show that compact monorails already exist.
The return fare for the ride probably reflects the tourist attraction aspect in the Minami Kiyosato example and would need to come down to the level of a local bus ride for everyday use in remote rural settings.
https://soranews24.com/2025/11/15/secret-tourist-stop-in-japan-has-a-lift-car-that-whisks-you-away-to-a-mystery-mountain-destination/
BloguionistasDos momentos de la presentación de SALAIA, la enésima iteración del "elige tu propia aventura" que unos cibercharlatanes le han vendido a Cines Golem como un súper avance tecnológico, "el cine del futuro", con el apoyo de la Consejería de Blablablá y Transición Digital y Cual de Navarra.
#monorail
Magical Trash on Pixelfed#ThrowbackThursday to 1965. A teal bullet can outside the Disneyland Hotel, quietly observing the Monorail's mid-century awesomeness.
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Used by Permission. #MagicalTrash #Disney #TrashCan #DisneyTrashCan #Photography #Anaheim #Disneyland #DisneylandHotel #Monorail
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Used by Permission. #MagicalTrash #Disney #TrashCan #DisneyTrashCan #Photography #Anaheim #Disneyland #DisneylandHotel #Monorail
