Bring Back the Monorail

There seems to be considerable public resistance to the proposed Olympic Monorail even to the extent that people would rather see the filthy old diesel locomotives ploughing through the countryside reinstated. which seems ridiculous as the old town monorail that ran from 1876 to 1927 was a model of engineering efficiency, apart from the the “unfortunate incident” of 1906 when the propeller of the 8.50 Railplane from Burton Bradstock got caught in the Carnival Bunting.

Horse Dung

The benefits are obvious – reduction of traffic congestion and parking problems, no digging up the countryside to lay tracks just the odd pylons which can be painted to blend in with surroundings, can be run on ‘green’ fuels such as horse dung or it has been suggested that wind power may be used

Read about the new Olympic Monorail