Re: how to rail a Packard
Posted by Guscha On 2012/4/27 3:06:01
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Well, what looked like coming from another planet sparked hopes for a new technology. Every conventional screw damped those fantasies.
But let's listen to Ricardo, an eyewitness:
"Yep...that's the Monorail I remember. The ride was so smooth and quiet...they even had 'stewardesses' on board. Such a cool idea that was never pursued..." [quotation source: www.houstorian.wordpress.com]
As far as known "our" train carried out his duties faithfully for 8 years and both locations Houston and Dallas operate a monorail down to the present day.
[pictures source: LIFE Inc.]
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... Can't understand why the author of the article is so dismissive and sardonic.
Well, what looked like coming from another planet sparked hopes for a new technology. Every conventional screw damped those fantasies.
But let's listen to Ricardo, an eyewitness:
"Yep...that's the Monorail I remember. The ride was so smooth and quiet...they even had 'stewardesses' on board. Such a cool idea that was never pursued..." [quotation source: www.houstorian.wordpress.com]
As far as known "our" train carried out his duties faithfully for 8 years and both locations Houston and Dallas operate a monorail down to the present day.
[pictures source: LIFE Inc.]
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