Early hyperloop train

[Brother D]

Well sort of...

French Aerotrain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPfw_Xca5QQ&fe...

[Perik Omo]

Parts of the track still exist north of Orleans and can be seen if travelling by train from Limoges area to Paris and looking out of the RH side windows. I had seen the tracks severel times and always wondered what they were and after some investigation found that it was the Aerotrain track.

[matchmaker]

We had it in the 1930s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvSmwMqtylA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennie_Railplane

Wikipedia said:

The Bennie Railplane was a form of rail transport invented by George Bennie (1891–1957), which moved along an overhead rail by way of propellers. Bennie, born at Auldhouse, near Glasgow, Scotland began work on the development of his railplane in 1921. In 1929-1930 he built a prototype on a trial stretch of track over a 130-yard (120 m) line at Milngavie, off the Glasgow and Milngavie Junction Railway, with one railplane car to demonstrate the system to potential clients. The car ran along an overhead monorail, stabilised by guide rails below. It moved by propellers powered by on-board motors. It was intended to run above conventional railways, separating faster passenger traffic from slower freight traffic. Bennie believed his railplane cars had the capability of travelling up to 120 miles per hour and would offer a "fast passenger and mails and perishable goods service". Slow and heavy goods freight and local passenger services would continue on the traditional rail service below. Each car could carry a maximum of 48 people, although the prototype had seating for fewer.

There is still a wooden shed remaining from the project, now used by a timber merchant.