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« on: May 20, 2017, 16:49:19 »
from News North Wales (earlier this year but I missed it!_

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Volunteers are needed for an exciting project to rebuild what is reputed to be the world’s only steam-powered monorail.

The Nant Mawr Visitor Centre and Tanat Valley Light Railway is now home to the one-of-a-kind Monoloco engine and there are big plans to get it back on track.

The owner, Richard Morris, has loaned the collection to the visitor centre with a view to it becoming a permanent home.

Visitor centre trustee and rail enthusiast Mark Hignett is now hoping to have a section of the 20-year-old monorail up and running by Easter.
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« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2017, 08:19:21 »
I think that the Indian National Rail Museum would challenge the "world's only steam-powered monorail" claim - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patiala_State_Monorail_Trainways.
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« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2017, 11:05:37 »
Aren't the Irish doing something with the Listowel and Ballybunion monorail. Although it may be diesel replica.
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