Tanat Valley Light Railway - Monoloco
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Tanat Valley Light Railway - Monoloco
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 3 Aug 2019
This is believed to be the only genuine steam monorail locomotive to survive, albeit modern and out of use for quite a few years. It was built by Century Millwrights of Hampton-on-Thames in 1998 as Works 11003. It drives by two wheels on the top of the rail and is kept upright by guide wheels bearing on the sides of the lower section of the rail (two seen bottom centre). It is hoped to get this back in steam but it is likely to require a full boiler re-tube first.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.810162
Longitude
-3.108477