The tiny monorails that once carried James Bond

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  • The Roadmachines Mono-Rail may have been the only truly useful, fit-for-purpose monorail in the world. Of the hundreds that were built, most were never meant for passengers. But they did carry a couple of famous people in their time, including a certain secret agent...
    Thank you to the staff and volunteers at the Amberley Museum - Harry and Gerry in particular - for running the monorail specially, and letting me film! The Amberley Museum is a massive industrial heritage museum in the South Downs, and you can find out more about them here: www.amberleymuseum.co.uk/
    There are lots more videos of Amberley's rail vehicles at the volunteers' channel here: / @anarrowescape115515
    My research is heavily based on David Voice's "Mono-Rail: The History of the Industrial Monorails Made By Road Machines Ltd., Metalair Ltd and Rail Machines Ltd", ISBN 1874422877, available from Adam Gordon Books: www.ahgbooks.com/index.php/pro...
    Thanks to Derry Faux-Nightingale for the initial idea!
    The Tanat Valley Railway in Nantmawr is the home for the Richard Morris collection, more than seventy surviving Roadmachines Mono-Rails: www.tanatvalleyrailway.co.uk/...
    Also a helpful resource:
    www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/...
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  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3652

    Thanks to the Amberley Museum staff and volunteers team for letting me film their monorail! There's another James Bond connection at the site, too: the entrance to Main Strike Mine in A View To A Kill was filmed there, and some of the prop signs are still up!

    • @austinkingsley
      @austinkingsley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes

    • @Lainad27
      @Lainad27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      why did'nt you post this earlier?

    • @LucasWills
      @LucasWills 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Neat

    • @fatyoshi4853
      @fatyoshi4853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Of course its from 3 weeks ago

    • @Memervers
      @Memervers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes

  • @sebastianrojasgutierrez.2063
    @sebastianrojasgutierrez.2063 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2833

    "Angry emails from monorail enthusiasts" must be the funniest phrase ever said with such a straight face

    • @RobMacKendrick
      @RobMacKendrick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      I've been writing a French textbook for several years. That line is going into it.

    • @uekiguy5886
      @uekiguy5886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I am actually a slightly-perturbed monorail enthusiast.

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Monorail!Monorail!Monorail!
      *Cue musical number

    • @isaactimmins8959
      @isaactimmins8959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jorgepeterbarton I hear those things are awfully loud.

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It sounds like a line out of Monty Python.

  • @katleman
    @katleman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6415

    Very brave to go up against monorail enthusiasts again, they tend to have a one track mind😇

    • @stanp2281
      @stanp2281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      Are you a dad, Dave?

    • @blakestone75
      @blakestone75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      This comment needs more likes. It might be a Dad joke, but it’s a good one.

    • @najrenchelf2751
      @najrenchelf2751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Ha ha ha. I think you did a thing there... 👍

    • @ADogNamedStay
      @ADogNamedStay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Technically that would refer to all train enthusiasts as if it has 2 or 1 rails it is still 1 track.

    • @tomtalk24
      @tomtalk24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ADogNamedStay What if its a camel train, or road train?

  • @DoughNationBox
    @DoughNationBox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2783

    Tom is speaking so quickly that it feels like the monorail enthusiast that he’s describing are pointing a gun at him from behind the camera.

    • @Ninjat126
      @Ninjat126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      The monorail enthusiasts even put in a shot that showed his camera equipment, to throw the sheep off the scent!

    • @sigmasquadleader
      @sigmasquadleader 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      That's how all his videos are filmed; with a monorail enthusiast behind the camera with a firearm.

    • @andrewgwilliam4831
      @andrewgwilliam4831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What makes you think they weren't?

    • @RobMacKendrick
      @RobMacKendrick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Cut them some slack. You know how hard it is to run someone over with a monorail? You gotta make your victim balance on that track! You'd fall back on firearms too.

    • @squirlmy
      @squirlmy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@RobMacKendrick what's the internet acronym for "laughed so hard the liquid I was drinking shot out my nose"? Cause that what happened when I read your comment. Maybe there's an emoji?

  • @katiemcnamara5337
    @katiemcnamara5337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +686

    Tom:"talking about the monorail like it's absolutely amazing"
    Smol monorail in background: *doing its best *

    • @jackkraken3888
      @jackkraken3888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      (crying cat with a thumbs up)

    • @worldcomicsreview354
      @worldcomicsreview354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Chugga chugga intensifies

    • @kourii
      @kourii 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Verm It's intentional

    • @michaelsmith6818
      @michaelsmith6818 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think I can I think I can I think I can

  • @hakim6158
    @hakim6158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5713

    Tom Scott has always been one for controversy. Saying monorails are stupid. He's not afraid of being cancelled.

    • @pcklubas
      @pcklubas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Rebel

    • @JWhiteley
      @JWhiteley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      He’s a madman!

    • @maddy3852
      @maddy3852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      the year is 2027. all the celebrities are gone. one remains, it's tom. meanwhile, a curious web user stumbles upon this video. tom is cancelled for saying that monorails are stupid.

    • @thrownchance
      @thrownchance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I mean, isn't that just the general opinion, that they look good but are not good for anything else (obviously except for this one)

    • @manusjiedowen-ck12a18
      @manusjiedowen-ck12a18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Geez, he's been on the internet long enough to not care about this cancel culture bs

  • @kpopRC
    @kpopRC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1891

    Cinque Terre cities in italy use these to get things down the cliffs.

    • @Subgamer-lu4xv
      @Subgamer-lu4xv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      there also used at vineyards in steep valley like the mosel river

    • @herlescraft
      @herlescraft 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

      Today I learned something about a place 100km from me .
      from a comment to a video, about something 2500km from me.
      Today i'm grateful.

    • @vale_ol
      @vale_ol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Oh i have been there but didn’t see them. Do you have any more information on where you can see them?

    • @bens2312
      @bens2312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      They are to be found in many vine yards at least throughout Europe.

    • @WhoTookArtemix
      @WhoTookArtemix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Wow I was there last year and wondering what those metal tracks were for, thanks!

  • @chocolathenri1876
    @chocolathenri1876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    These types of monorails are still in use in Japan. When I go into the mountains near where I live there's a lot of track used around the green tea fields, presumably to help them carry heavy stuff up and down hill and to allow them to move the produce without needing to create miles of road.

    • @RossHall-UK
      @RossHall-UK ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They're still manufactured here. Mr Scott must have been focused on one particular type from the UK. Please feel free to insert a "one track mind" joke.

  • @TrailRat2000
    @TrailRat2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I've used one of these at a civil engineering yard. It ran off propane and when it got to the end of track it would dump its cargo automatically and return to be refilled. We used it to move pea gravel and sand mostly over a canal that separated the two yards. If I remember rightly, I was told it dumped sand into waiting canal boats.

  • @dcr645
    @dcr645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2632

    Has Tom insulted monorails on several occasions?

    • @genericdave8420
      @genericdave8420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +495

      More that some people have one-track minds ;-)

    • @maris_molotov
      @maris_molotov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      when we get like 3 more puns in response can someone say "*facepalm* this is a trainwreck"

    • @PrograError
      @PrograError 3 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      @@maris_molotov this is getting monotonous

    • @strain121
      @strain121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      Somebody please derail this conversation.

    • @thestudentofficial5483
      @thestudentofficial5483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The Wuppertal and Disneyland videos

  • @thestudentofficial5483
    @thestudentofficial5483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +801

    How does this bloke never runs out of topics is beyond me.

    • @ZKtheMAN
      @ZKtheMAN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      The universe is full of an almost infinite amount of things, and as long as there's something to talk about, Tom Scott will cover it.

    • @rudranroy2109
      @rudranroy2109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      The red tshirt gives him ideas.

    • @danearl8328
      @danearl8328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Boring people keep telling him stuff.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Anything is a topic if Tom Scott says it.

    • @prashantkashyap4387
      @prashantkashyap4387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Once you become famous stories comes to you.

  • @DerEchteMarzel
    @DerEchteMarzel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey Tom, you will find monorails in many Moselle vineyards, too. They are very steep, so they are driven by gears.
    These vineyards are to steep for tractors and cars. So they cannot reach the workes position and the way the workers have to run back and forth were too long. So you have a monorail every some hundred meters going upwards through the vineyards, that the workers just have to run sideways to these...

  • @FindecanorNotGmail
    @FindecanorNotGmail 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The Wupperthal Schwebebahn monorail was probably the best for Wupperthal, because of its geography: there was no other space for it than over the river.

    • @thiefintheknight
      @thiefintheknight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Like literally the negative thing about needing to be elevated was *the point* of the Schwebebahn

    • @FurnitureFan
      @FurnitureFan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, every historical city with narrow streets needs a scenic monorail.

    • @johnshaw4140
      @johnshaw4140 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I travelled to Germany just to visit Wuppertal and ride the monorail, and spend a weekend at the Technical Museum in Sinsheim.......sad but true 😅

    • @vacuumdiagram
      @vacuumdiagram ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Tim Traveller has a great video on it. Tbf, all of The Tim Travellers videos are great! 😎

  • @robertstegmann9260
    @robertstegmann9260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    It's always bizarre looking at recommendations and seeing "Oh, I've never seen that Tom Scott video. I wonder why it hasn't been suggested before," and then realizing what I assumed was an old Tom Scott video was one that came out that day.

    • @green0563
      @green0563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      XD Same. Happens every single time.

    • @Leato-a
      @Leato-a 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Just happened to me

    • @dogwalker666
      @dogwalker666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too.

    • @mariaana3601
      @mariaana3601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      The fact that he's looked the same for the past 10 years doesn't help.

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Somehow it looks at least a decade in the past always. Not in a bad way or anything

  • @peperclipproduction
    @peperclipproduction 3 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    As a monorail enthusiast myself I can tell you that there's nothing on earth Like a genuine, bona fide, Electrified, six-car monorail!

    • @qfox16789
      @qfox16789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What’d I say!!!?

    • @DEFarnes
      @DEFarnes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@qfox16789 Monorail!

    • @sairbear444
      @sairbear444 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Monorail. Monorail. Monorail!!!!!

    • @Treblaine
      @Treblaine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mono... D'OH!

    • @DeckliStrater
      @DeckliStrater 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here!

  • @mumiemonstret
    @mumiemonstret 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It's amazing that even in a video with multiple cuts, your presentation is still a single take. Including all the shots of the monorail!

  • @TheSullie1
    @TheSullie1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +447

    Yes sir there's nothing on earth like a genuine bonafide, dieselized bulk material monorail!

  • @harryganz1
    @harryganz1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Tiny Monorails? James Bond? Tom Scott? Literally all my favorite things in one video.

    • @omri9325
      @omri9325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Scott, Tom Scott.

    • @Mythraen
      @Mythraen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Your list of favorite things is woefully small and weirdly disconnected.

    • @RatelHBadger
      @RatelHBadger 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How about copious amounts of Simpsons quotes in the comments section.

    • @harryganz1
      @harryganz1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mythraen I am large, I contain multitudes.

    • @harryganz1
      @harryganz1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@RatelHBadger "sorry Mom, the mob has spoken"

  • @psmirage8584
    @psmirage8584 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:10 - Showing the viewpoint from the Monorail approaching while Tom has his back to it (but facing the tripod camera) is brilliant. So quirky, unusual, that it really stands out. And it was a fascinating little story in its own right.

  • @insanejughead
    @insanejughead 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    Black Mesa Research Facility...
    You're welcome, Tom.

    • @filterfrank6632
      @filterfrank6632 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I get it

    • @magicl3o
      @magicl3o 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i was just searching for that, i'm surprised i actually found it.

    • @Xatzimi
      @Xatzimi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ["On a Rail" intensifies]

    • @wheatleygaming3652
      @wheatleygaming3652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      they're waiting for you gordon, in the test chamberrrr

    • @tiborbomba
      @tiborbomba 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Unforseen consequences

  • @variousthings6470
    @variousthings6470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1422

    You make a persuasive argument, but on the other hand: I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and by gum it put them on the map.

    • @TheMrsmartass13
      @TheMrsmartass13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      Monorail.
      Monorail.
      Monorail.

    • @phoule76
      @phoule76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Take your pitch over to Shelbyville, why don't you?

    • @chuckygobyebye
      @chuckygobyebye 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      But Mainstreet's still all cracked and broken!

    • @stormbob
      @stormbob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      @@chuckygobyebye Sorry Mom, the mob has spoken.

    • @jmckendry84
      @jmckendry84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @andrewwmunro they glide as softly as a cloud!

  • @y_fam_goeglyd
    @y_fam_goeglyd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    Perfect timing with the narration. Talking about the noise just as it appeared right next to him. That is the cutest monorail I've ever seen. Unfortunately, I've now got the last two line of the Simpson's song going through my head on a loop...

    • @boredincan
      @boredincan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Its almost like there was a jump cut for Matt to edit around

    • @dougmc666
      @dougmc666 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      monorails are better suited to hills and don't derail

    • @alphagt62
      @alphagt62 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I really want one! A few hundred feet of track and the monorail dump body would be great for hauling firewood and just taking a ride around the property.

  • @annasstorybox7906
    @annasstorybox7906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fun fact: for an anniversary, the Wuppertal suspended monorail attempted to transport a four year old elephant called Tuffi. It worked for a while but mid-way the animal got upset by noise and people on the carriage, panicked, pushed through wall of the carriage and fell 10m into the river Wupper below the tracks.
    The elephant miraculously survived with just a few minor scratches on it's hindquarters.
    The incident beame so famous, a local dairy factory picked Tuffi as their brand name.
    Looking up the elefants name will likely get you multiple sources on this story.

  • @RealGestumblindi
    @RealGestumblindi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It might be worth mentioning that in Wuppertal, the suspension railway makes sense due to the peculiar nature of the city which is the result of the merger of several cities along a river valley. So it was practical to build a suspension railway (mostly) over the river to connect them without disturbing street traffic (actually, it was built before the cities merged). But I suppose it didn't necessarily have to be the monorail system that was used.

  • @Bryzerse
    @Bryzerse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    The thing about monorails is that there is always a better solution, and they are a bit silly and impractical...
    but they're cool.

    • @thePronto
      @thePronto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The Seattle monorail (shown in the video) was constructed to transport visitors from downtown Seattle to the 1962 World Fair (0.9 miles)... But then they built a parking lot next to the destination station, thus making it a white elephant. But then the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was built in the parking lot. So, thanks go to the Gates Foundation from the Monorail Enthusiasts of the world: you haven't cured cancer, but you have made our lives worth living.

    • @bens2312
      @bens2312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      And I disagree. For Wuppertal (also show) this is the best thing ever happened to this city. I cannot think of any solution avoiding traffic jams this effectively.

    • @dav9012
      @dav9012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bens2312 a metro

    • @bens2312
      @bens2312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@dav9012 Of course. Or an elevated road/track. But both options are far more costly than a hanging monorail.

    • @bens2312
      @bens2312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So I would consider them to be less effective (at least until a certain capacity)

  • @therealvbw
    @therealvbw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    Monorail! Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!

    • @mysterybiscuits
      @mysterybiscuits 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I hear those things are awfully loud

    • @therealjuralumin3416
      @therealjuralumin3416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@mysterybiscuits It glides as softly as a cloud!

    • @MacheTheFerret
      @MacheTheFerret 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@therealjuralumin3416 Is there a chance the track could bend?

    • @plebjames
      @plebjames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@MacheTheFerret not on your life my Hindu friend

    • @mrscorpion1829
      @mrscorpion1829 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      What about us brain dead slobs?

  • @elitedavidhorne8494
    @elitedavidhorne8494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    "Its more of a Shelbyville idea"

  • @SonOfFurzehatt
    @SonOfFurzehatt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    "I've heard those things are awfully loud."
    "Yes, they are."

    • @DEFarnes
      @DEFarnes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It glides as softly as a cloud

    • @stevevernon1978
      @stevevernon1978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Sassy The Sasquatch not on your life, my hairy friend!

    • @DEFarnes
      @DEFarnes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@stevevernon1978 What about us brain-dead slobs?

    • @pvtpain66k
      @pvtpain66k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@stevevernon1978 the line is "Hindu friend". He's talking to Apu.

    • @SonOfFurzehatt
      @SonOfFurzehatt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@pvtpain66k I'm guessing the line "my hairy friend" was because it was in reply to Sassy the Sasquatch.

  • @longtailgt
    @longtailgt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Tom Scott getting angry emails from monorail enthusiasts xD. Sounds legit.

    • @Nimmo1492
      @Nimmo1492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, one email. From a Mr L. Lanley of Ogdenville.

    • @TheRealSteveHarvey
      @TheRealSteveHarvey 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Nimmo1492 you?

  • @MichaelEAConn
    @MichaelEAConn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    There are a lot of these in the vineyards around Monterosso’s five town hike in Italy. Area is very hilly and guessing this is an easy way to get equipment around and help with the harvest.

    • @TwatMcGee
      @TwatMcGee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      yep, they are called monorack and have geared teeth to allow them to go up steep slopes

    • @LucBourlier
      @LucBourlier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      There are also quite a few of them in the Lavaux vineyard in Switzerland.

    • @Sanyaenyenwa
      @Sanyaenyenwa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Same at the Moselle in Germany. Monoracks are quite popular for steep vineyards.

    • @vonPeterhof
      @vonPeterhof 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They're also used on mandarin orange orchards in Japan.

    • @booketoiles1600
      @booketoiles1600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think the big problem with those monoracks is that they are just indestructible.
      All of the ones I've ever seen are halfway eaten by rust, but they still cover hundreds of vertical meters per track in vineyards.
      Of course that's a good thing, just not for the company selling them.

  • @SGMediaStudios
    @SGMediaStudios 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember going there with my parents over the years, and we always called it the James Bond museum. Thank you for reminding me and bringing back those memories Tom :)

  • @james__page
    @james__page 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amberley was also the exterior of the mine scenes for A VIEW TO A KILL in 1985 (doubling Silicon Valley), so the YOLT monorail link to Bond is not the only 007 connection here. The Museum sometimes hosts Bond-themed days.

  • @jdatlas4668
    @jdatlas4668 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Ooh, this is like the perfect intersection of action scenes, monorails and Tom Scott. I may have been waiting for this all my life.

    • @recklessroges
      @recklessroges 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I see that you too are a fan of intersections.

    • @SheeplessNW6
      @SheeplessNW6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's at least one Tom Scott video about intersections, too

  • @McFlorry2
    @McFlorry2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think similar systems are being used to traverse the vineyards at the Rhine and Moselle rivers in Germany. They're very useful to transport tools and produce up and down the hills.

    • @stephengreenwald5271
      @stephengreenwald5271 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're right. They're also used to transport people, presumably grape pickers.

  • @pastaman64
    @pastaman64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember seeing monorails in Thunderbirds. I had no idea they actually existed though, I just thought it was one of the many futuristic things the show had made up.

  • @robertskitch
    @robertskitch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Whilst we're talking about curious vehicles used by James Bond in the film "You Only Live Twice", I don't think you can really go past the autogyro. That's something I'd love to learn more about.

  • @Lee-jt4hz
    @Lee-jt4hz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "monorails are almost always Bad ideas, the last time I said that I got angry e-mails from monorails enthusiasts"
    I didn't Even know there were monorail enthusiasts

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      there are always enthusiasts in what ever item (branch) you can think of.
      With conventions on them and all.

    • @m8sonmiller
      @m8sonmiller 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There are dozens of us!

    • @Lee-jt4hz
      @Lee-jt4hz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@m8sonmiller loved it, when's the next convention?

  • @callumthornton2707
    @callumthornton2707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    TH-cam notified me of this upload whilst I was watching this upload, I am speed.

    • @krissp8712
      @krissp8712 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      2 minutes after the upload nice!

    • @spywalkz1
      @spywalkz1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      NoIcE

    • @markmillett6540
      @markmillett6540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or rather, TH-cam notifications are broken. I got one earlier for a video that was uploaded a week ago.

    • @zvpunry1971
      @zvpunry1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      TH-cam has so many uploads and users that they have started delivering the notifications with diesel powered monorails.

  • @daviedaviedave
    @daviedaviedave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the Amberly Museum. Growing up, I lived in a neighbouring town and went often with my parents. As a kid and playing with their telephone exchange equipment. I took my own kids there just a few years ago, they did the same thing and loved it. It was great to share that experience with them. A friend of mine who volunteers at the museum has been working on restoring a traction engine. If anyone is near or around the area, do yourself a favor and go visit, it's worth it.

  • @LadyAnuB
    @LadyAnuB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The monorail system, the gyrocopter, and the Toyota 2000GT with the open top are the best things about You Only Live Twice.

  • @andie_pants
    @andie_pants 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Having just recently gotten addicted to abandoned mine exploration videos, it's a shame they didn't think of this back then. Seems like it would've saved quite a few miners quite a few headaches (and backaches!)

    • @Porty1119
      @Porty1119 ปีที่แล้ว

      Miner here. There are some situations underground where I'd love to have one!

  • @cosmicjenny4508
    @cosmicjenny4508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    I wonder where “monorails” placed on your “Greatest Thing” list.

  • @TomE1248
    @TomE1248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amberly museum is such a great place. So much engineering science history and so much of it practical and interactive. Not to mention the staff and volunteers with eons of wisdom and knowledge. It was a great day out, especially on VCC days when dad would take his 1934 BSA and I could cycle everywhere.

  • @danielroe845
    @danielroe845 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know a chap who still runs this system commercially. Different carts with different engine but the same monorail system. They use it for carrying dredgings out of environmentally sensitive areas, brilliant things really.

  • @larryg3326
    @larryg3326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I never knew these existed and now I need one. For something.

  • @Agman.P
    @Agman.P 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When Tom Scott says ‘except’ you know you’re in for a treat

  • @johnvanboolen7820
    @johnvanboolen7820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Tom, an interesting video, I noticed you included footage of the Mono- Rail in Wuppertal in Germany, I did take a ride on this, a real feat of engineering, built around 1900 I think, Thanks for the videos jv

  • @redsox0127
    @redsox0127 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The transition and timing to a closer shot of this crooked, rickety old monorail was wonderful. It was like calling an old dog and waiting for it to amble its way over.

  • @Daniel-Davies-Gonstead-Student
    @Daniel-Davies-Gonstead-Student ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Going back to this video after the recent monorail video is hilarious

  • @duffman7674
    @duffman7674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Well, sir, there's nothing on earth
    Like a genuine, bona fide
    Electrified, six-car monorail
    What'd I say?

    • @JLPichelski
      @JLPichelski 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lisa needs braces

    • @RatelHBadger
      @RatelHBadger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JLPichelski You Don't Win Friends With Salad

    • @uzziel2005
      @uzziel2005 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Isn't there a chance the track could bend?

  • @johanngalland6188
    @johanngalland6188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When you think you can't learn anything more today, you stumble upon a Tom Scott's video talking about monorails... I love life ! 😆😁❤

  • @andrewjones-productions
    @andrewjones-productions 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These types of monorail are very common here in Japan and are typically used on steep slopes to carry produce (mostly oranges and other types of fruit) down to the road for transportation. Tokyo, having a lack of space and a very high population density has the 'Tokyo Monorail' which is a passenger train for ferrying passengers and workers between Haneda Airport and Hamamatsu station. There are stations along the way also. There is also the Tama Monorail (again passenger) in the Western part of Tokyo. They have their uses, but I can't say that I am much of a fan.

  • @samueltom4044
    @samueltom4044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1320

    Monorails: the lettuce of transport, fine, but there’s always better

    • @a.wilson6439
      @a.wilson6439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      This is advanced Tom Scott lore

    • @hellisamagicalplace4617
      @hellisamagicalplace4617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      As a lettuce enthusiast, I find this comment offesive to myself and other colleagues of mine

    • @samueltom4044
      @samueltom4044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Doggo Wiseo i... I can’t decide whether to upvote or downvote you so I’m gonna do neither until the next time I go to subway and decide whether I want spinach or lettuce on my sandwich

    • @tree427
      @tree427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      i love lettuce i dont want no bitter vegetable in my burger

    • @Theorimlig
      @Theorimlig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      This really pisses me off! What do you want in your salad, then?

  • @neonte13
    @neonte13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    TIL that there was once a fish monorail.
    I mean... It's hardly gonna come up in a quiz, but somehow, my life just feels that bit more complete, now!

  • @CKLim1998
    @CKLim1998 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been to a tea farm in Taiwan a couple of months ago, which is located on a mountain nearly 2000 meters from sea level, because as you might know, tea leaves grow better at higher altitudes.
    There, they still utilize this kind of monorail, simply because it's convenient! There are pathways along the farmlands, which are narrow, steep and curly paths, and you'll probably be no faster riding a bike than taking a monorail. It really shows that the concept can still be useful under certain circumstances.

  • @evelynjean9896
    @evelynjean9896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    that monorail bucket is the cutest thing I've seen all week

  • @djsmeguk
    @djsmeguk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Is that the chalk pits museum? I watched them film the 80s "view to a kill" bond airship scenes there. It was fun watching the blimps flying around over there all day.

    • @joshpayne3318
      @joshpayne3318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      djsmeguk yep it is. The blimp scenes were partly filmed in what we call the brown pit and in the white pit. (Named due to the different types of chalk found in these areas)

    • @zapfanzapfan
      @zapfanzapfan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Grace Jones still buried there?

    • @djsmeguk
      @djsmeguk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshpayne3318 cool stuff. I used to live down the road near Horsham when I was a kid. Chalk pits was often a day out..

  • @adityasanthanam1945
    @adityasanthanam1945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    No James Bond villain lair is complete without a monorail.

  • @newhistorian6319
    @newhistorian6319 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amberley is amazing, I highly recommend anyone who is vaguely interested in UK history visit. There is also a very cool castle nearby so lots to do.

  • @communistpropagandist4608
    @communistpropagandist4608 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That industrial museum must be over the moon for this amazing free advertising.

  • @pierdeer
    @pierdeer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You'll never be able to convince me that monorails are a bad idea Tom!! 😄
    Honestly though, that's quite interesting! Bit of a shame they didn't continue researching this type of monorail, but all these other developments seem to have made it fully obsolete.

  • @marshm3llow467
    @marshm3llow467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Need to see this full of fish that would be amazing

    • @OrigamiMarie
      @OrigamiMarie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would like a Technical Difficulties sound effect / gesture of a monorail full of fish. And because Tech Diff, it would just be a regular monorail.
      Vvvvvvmph [hands gesturing doors sliding open], splaff flip flop flip [gesturing fish tumbling out]
      Update: my top recommended video from here is already 'The Battle Of Fishguard and "Brandy"'.

  • @BatCaveOz
    @BatCaveOz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a proud resident of North Haverbrook, and a huge monorail enthusiast... thank you for this upload!

  • @johnnodge4327
    @johnnodge4327 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love Amberley, well worth a visit. Thanks for publicising its existence.

  • @alex-attard
    @alex-attard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They also filmed James Bond “a view to a kill” in the chalk pits where the museum is

  • @kimjonglongdong3158
    @kimjonglongdong3158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Tom: "Monorails are a bad idea"
    *The Tim Traveller would like to know your location*

  • @goulash75
    @goulash75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They still use these in South Korea to get things up and down the steep hills. Some of the more steep ones have a cog as the "driving wheel" and the track has the groves in them, so it doesn't slip going up or down the slope.

  • @gerritnowald
    @gerritnowald 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have seen them still in use in Taiwan in 2019! It was for a construction site on a hill and it climbed very steep slopes and there were only foot paths. Without it they would have to use a helicopter, so it was a very practical solution. And it makes totally sense that Taiwan would use construction material from UK. I was very happy to see your video about it!

  • @revmedia8108
    @revmedia8108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What? People get excited by monorails?! The things we learn everyday!
    Much love, your friends at Rev Media!!

  • @depthcharge123
    @depthcharge123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was a monorail enthusiast for just over 3 minutes.
    I've gone off them now though.

    • @WillMonin
      @WillMonin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I guess you could say you’ve gone off the rail

    • @whythehecknot5038
      @whythehecknot5038 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@WillMonin ba dum tsss

  • @user-eg8pv2om7j
    @user-eg8pv2om7j 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The very talented Rich Morris created his own monorail and built the incredibly unusual Monoloco steam engine.
    It was pen yr orsedd quarry Gwynedd , then Gloddfa Ganol, finally his back garden nearby in Talawaenydd , Blaenau Ffestiniog.
    A very talented engineer, model maker and Quarryman.
    When he died most of it moved to the Tanat valley railway.
    The track was light , sectional and very portable.
    Rich and his railway deserves much greater recognition.

  • @idrisddraig2
    @idrisddraig2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There is a cog/rack variant used all over the mountains of the world. If memory serves they are swiss in manufactre and still made today. I've seen them in Japan, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, NZ

  • @jgbcodemonkey
    @jgbcodemonkey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and by gum, it put them on the map!

  • @zsin128
    @zsin128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Tom Scott starterpack:
    Things you might not know
    Amazing places
    Very good edited videos about... videos
    Red shirt
    🇬🇧

  • @tekvax01
    @tekvax01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Once again Tom "one take" Scott, doesn't disappoint! An excellent piece to camera Sir!

  • @Tsirkon
    @Tsirkon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This guy can explain stuff like a dirt without making the video boring

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Tom: Monorails
    The Disney fan in me: *Please stand clear of the doors! ¡Por favor manténgase alejado de las puertas!*

  • @weavehole
    @weavehole 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    -Where is Amberley?
    -It’s between Cocking and Burpham.

    • @thePronto
      @thePronto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isn't that where 'The Archers' lived?

    • @knightowl3577
      @knightowl3577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That sounds like a good night out!

    • @sebby324
      @sebby324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sad names

    • @JohnnoNonno
      @JohnnoNonno 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Friendly reminder that it's always a bad idea to eat processed meat before having intercourse.

    • @RatelHBadger
      @RatelHBadger 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is that along Ramblers Way?

  • @DrunkInPublic
    @DrunkInPublic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Angry emails from monorail enthusiasts is an amaZing sentence

  • @amberleymuseum222
    @amberleymuseum222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant video! We were delighted to have you at our Museum.

  • @Opus313
    @Opus313 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Tom always wanted to have a toy train... this is a great substitute!

  • @user-dg6ev5gn6k
    @user-dg6ev5gn6k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    everybody gangsta on the monorail until one part breaks

    • @cadekachelmeier7251
      @cadekachelmeier7251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's why I support the duo-rail. Twice the rail for redundancy.

  • @SievertSchreiber
    @SievertSchreiber 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Tom for another great video!

  • @PiersEllisonofficial
    @PiersEllisonofficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely loved this. Also, sorry for not being able to seat you at the fully booked cafe I work at right down the street! (I was so delighted to see the red t shirt)

  • @solracer66
    @solracer66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Despite monorails almost always being a bad idea the Seattle monorail, a legacy of the 1962 Worlds Fair is the only transit in the city that pays for itself out of fair box revenue. Every other piece of transit in the city, as in most cities, is subsidized heavily.

    • @adiuntesserande6893
      @adiuntesserande6893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And with the Seattle Kraken coming to Seattle Center, it’s only going to get more use as people flood aboard it for games.

    • @Valks-22
      @Valks-22 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've never been there but I assume it's because it runs a fairly central and high intensity line in the city? Aside the novelty factor ofcourse.
      It's just that a lot of people use the same argument for public transport here in Europe but the point is not to have 3 lines that will be full every moment - it's to connect the entire city and provide a cheaper alternative to cars and traffic everywhere and throughout the day.
      Imagine building and maintaining a monorail to a suburban area with ~5000 people, or even several of those as opposed to a loss-making but far cheaper bus line.

    • @solracer66
      @solracer66 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ivor It connects the downtown Seattle with the “Seattle Center” area where the Space Needle, sports arenas, arts theaters and similar businesses are located. This area is notoriously short of parking as well so parking downtown and taking the monorail is often preferable (I do this myself). The Seattle Center is also a big tourist destinations for those staying at downtown hotels.

    • @robertbackhaus8911
      @robertbackhaus8911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But would not the same service be better and more reliable - if less flashy - as a similarly constructed light rail service?

    • @MrDagassman
      @MrDagassman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adiuntesserande6893 year later it’s a nightmare trying to use it after the games. Easier to walk.

  • @TheSnivilous
    @TheSnivilous 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I like how a "normal" (two) rail cart is used to fill the monorail cart

    • @Foremarkex
      @Foremarkex 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's the problem with having a museum example, rather than "in the Wild", as it were.

    • @mfbfreak
      @mfbfreak 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's so they can claim they're an agile multimodal transport company!
      I mean, they can do both 2 and 1 rail trains. That counts as multimodal, right?

    • @denisrhodes54
      @denisrhodes54 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LimaVictor doesn’t matter how many rails are used, it’s still rail. don’t touch the third rail

    • @recklessroges
      @recklessroges 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      /s Calling bi-rails "normal" is railsist. Monorails are valid!

  • @phoenixbloomfield9472
    @phoenixbloomfield9472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dopplemayr still builds monorails very similar to these today. They're sometimes used in steep vineyards in Italy, for example.

  • @needabettername1559
    @needabettername1559 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    As an Australian i can say that in Sydney there was a monorail that used to hook onto the side of buildings, it was never finished due to building issues. there is still artifacts left from the unfinished work.

  • @power-th6rr
    @power-th6rr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tom Scott is such a simple perfect name

  • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
    @user-vn7ce5ig1z 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    0:00 - Monorails are bad ideas? 🤨 Pft. 🙄 They put Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook on the map. Not to mention the best LEGO set, 6990. Nice. 👍

    • @ChrissieBear
      @ChrissieBear 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      > Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook
      Never heard of them.

    • @JohnnoNonno
      @JohnnoNonno 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ChrissieBear it's a Simpson's quote

  • @jadesmith6823
    @jadesmith6823 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for what you do mate 🙏

  • @paulgrant421
    @paulgrant421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A benefit of the Wuppertaler Schwebebahn (Wuppertal Suspended Monorail) is that it often continues to run in weather so inclement that car, buses, and the S-Bahn (German city railway) have shut down. Whether this benefit outweighs the drawbacks may be arguable, but I'm sure people who need to get home from their office across town after a heavy snow are thankful.

  • @Jack_Krauzers
    @Jack_Krauzers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    be careful Tom, monorail enthuasiasts might track you down

    • @katleman
      @katleman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      PS1 Hagrid I agree, watch out, those enthusiasts have a one track mind

    • @EvilGenius007
      @EvilGenius007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can always spot a group of monorail enthusiasts by how they travel single file. (To only leave one line of tracks.)

    • @ultravern
      @ultravern 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Be careful, some of them grew up on the wrong side of the track.

  • @Bhodisatvas
    @Bhodisatvas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Is there a chance the track will bend?"

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bhodisatvas - Not a chance my Hindu friend!

  • @Astrofrank
    @Astrofrank 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Wuppertaler Schwebebahn is one of the best examples where an elevated monorail was the best solution for public transport, as it uses the - otherwise unused - space above the Wupper river and the design as a *suspended* monorail allows for swinging and thus compensating the g-forces in curves.

  • @downhilltwofour0082
    @downhilltwofour0082 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now this is how I like to see a video presented! Short, fast and chocked full of information! Thanks for sharing!!

  • @expliked137
    @expliked137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the series name, “things you might not now” really does stand by its name. monorail enthusiasts exist?!

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it's a niche of the rail transport enthusiasts. (it has a lot of other branches)
      I mean there are enthusiasts for loo paper, staplers, stamps, light fixtures. just name it.
      it's ether a enthusiast group on it's own or a section of a bigger intrest group.

    • @m8sonmiller
      @m8sonmiller 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are dozens of us! Dozens!

  • @harrison9000
    @harrison9000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    The most interesting channel on youtube

  • @Warbler-Productions
    @Warbler-Productions 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have driven one of the Monolocos that are now at the Tannat Valley site, at the time it was part of the late Rich Morris’ collection and it was a fascinating experience, the feeling of it being very close to being unbalanced but secure is one you never forget.

  • @quas392
    @quas392 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amberley, a place I practically grew up visiting. I absolutely did not know they had one of these up until now and it’s been like 20 years or so