- Bennie Railplane
The Bennie Railplane was an early form of
monorail , invented byGeorge Bennie (1891–1957), which moved along an overhead rail by way ofpropeller s. A prototype ran over a convert|130|yd|sing=on line atMilngavie nearGlasgow in the 1930s, but Bennie was never able to secure funding for further development and went bankrupt in 1937. The line was demolished for scrap in the 1950s.Further reading
* Thwaite, Malcolm (2005). "The George Bennie Railplane and Hugh Fraser Airrail Systems of Transport". "Transactions of the Newcomen Society", 75(1):37-84. ISSN 03720187.
*Black, William B. " [http://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/Web+Site/Live/EDWebLive.nsf/LU-AllContent/MLOR-66ZM66?OpenDocument The Bennie Railplane] ". East Dunbartonshire CouncilExternal links
* [http://railwaysofbritain.bravehost.com/Bennierailplane.html The George Bennie Airspeed Railway] , Railways of Britain
* [http://www.baldernock.btinternet.co.uk/images/Bennie/ George Bennie Railtrack] , Baldernock Parish
* [http://www.gearwheelsmag.co.uk/archive/the_bennie_railplane_feature_13.htm The Bennie Railplane] , Gear Wheels Online Motoring Magazine
* [http://www.britishpathe.com Railplane newsreel footage] at British Pathe (search for "railplane")
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/scotlandonfilm/media_clips/clip_display.shtml?topic=transport&subtopic=land&clip_name=bennie_railplane_v&media_type=video Film of test run] (BBC Scotland).
*http://www.newcomen.com/rolt.htm
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