Sir Eoin O Fada
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Gnads wrote on Feb 2 nd, 2026 at 1:01pm: Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Feb 1 st, 2026 at 1:29pm: Gnads wrote on Feb 1 st, 2026 at 11:36am: Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 31 st, 2026 at 7:18pm: greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 31 st, 2026 at 6:40pm: Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 31 st, 2026 at 6:36pm: greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 31 st, 2026 at 11:37am: Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 31 st, 2026 at 11:13am: freediver wrote on Jan 31 st, 2026 at 7:49am: Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 30 th, 2026 at 3:16pm: freediver wrote on Jan 30 th, 2026 at 12:05pm: Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29 th, 2026 at 9:45pm: greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 29 th, 2026 at 11:18am: Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Jan 29 th, 2026 at 11:07am: freediver wrote on Jan 28 th, 2026 at 9:31am: Brisbane had one. Brisbane never had a monorail, like the Sydney one it was a fake and people called it a monorail because they were told that it was one. I rode on both of them and I only ever saw one rail. So, if you don't think they're monorails, what are they? They are elevated narrow gauge railways that use flat rails and side guide wheels in lieu of flanges on the load bearing wheels. Note the distinct marks from the wheels on both sides of the track. Correction, a single flat rail. Count them. You won't get past one. That's what mono means. It doesn't mean flanges wherever it is you want them to be. It doesn't have to be a bicycle on a tight rope to count as a monorail. See photos of depot, the cars are clearly stored on two rails as on the traverser which seems to have a non slip coating on the rails. When I first saw the depot the first storage bay was completely open between the rails to allow work/inspection from underneath; probably at a later date than the photo. As they can run on two rails in the depot then they can run on two rails anywhere, monorails they are not. So it's not a monorail because of what the depot looks like? The tracks in the depot prove thet the trains can , and do, run on two rails, a monorail, as the name exemplifies runs on one rail, ... The huge concrete structure/beam which the train moves along is the 'rail', and there's only one of them. The two things the trains move along are the 'tracks'. There can be a dozen tracks on top of that concrete structure and it would still be a monorail. A monorail consists of a single, rigid, elevated beam—usually made of concrete or steel.
So the various Metro trains running on elevated massive reinforced concrete beams are really monorails despite having two rails; do they become ordinary trains when they descend to ground level? You mean 'tracks'. And yes, if they are on one solid, elevated concrete structure/beam, they're a monorail. Once on the ground, they are not. Here’s a ‘’monorail’’’ in Mumbai running on its elevated concrete beams. That is not a Mumbai Monorail vehicle or girder. Mumbais Monorail operates the same way as the old Sydney & Brisbane Monorails operated. On top of a single narrow elevated beam on rubber wheels driven by traction motors on the flat surface of the beam. You'd argue black was white. Quote:The Mumbai Monorail is a straddle-beam system, meaning its rubber-tyred coaches sit directly on top of a single, elevated concrete guidebeam rather than running on traditional tracks. Driven by electric motors with 750V DC power, it uses vertical wheels for support and horizontal wheels for stability. Below is a photo of Mumbais Monorail - Take a close look SEOF. I’ve had a close look, ridden it from end to end’ The picture that I posted of the Mumbai Metro was in answer to a previous post that you have obviously never read. When in Mumbai we use the Metro a lot, we own an apartment at Andheri and only a five minute walk to the nearest station, same for the newly opened (May 2025) underground Metro local station. You posted a picture of a suburban multiple unit that runs on either a standard or broad gauge track(2 rails) over a concrete girder bridge.... it was not a mono rail. The Mumbai Mono Rail picture I posted is of a "straddle beam" monorail which is the same as both the old Sydney & Brisbane monorails. And you question my reading & comprehension? You keep talking yourself around in circles & end up in the same place ........ wrong. It is not a concrete girder bridge, the pic is of a Mumbai metro train on a continuous raised track consisting of Wooton trough girders. Had you read all the posts you’d have seen where one poster said a raised girder was a monorail regardless of the number of tracks on it The Mumbai monorail is capable of running on two rails just like its Sydney counterpart, so is not a true monorail. If its pairs of wheels were replaced with one broad wheel then it would be a monorail train. It’s quite simple really. Monorails run on a single rail and the only passenger carrying ones are the suspended ones
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