Why America had Christmas Monorails - Rocket Express Monorails
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- In today's video, we take a look at the unique American tradition of riding monorails at Christmas time.
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Thanks for the shout-out! Here's hoping we can uncover proof that more of these rides existed... I'm still convinced there were more.
There were more. Only thing missing is documentation...
I was born in 1951 and have lived my entire life in the USA. This is the first time I ever heard of these monorails. Thanks.
I was born in Chicago, and this too is a first for me 1946. Would have loved to take (took) a ride.
Had you ever been on one back your those days ?
No. It would have been fantastic.
@@peters1127 do you have any brothers or sisters or even both?
Brothers are gone older sister, and I are hanging in there.
I rode on one of these Monorails in 2000 and I love it. Also thought it was a dream looking back cause none of my friends ever went on one. I'm happy to know it was apart of my childhood.
I would've loved to go on something like that as a kid! Looks super fun!
Man, that shopping mono rail looks sooo cool! I wish I could be in one of those
It was a outstanding experience for my brother and I inside Boston Store in Downtown Milwaukee early 1970s. Priceless memory
I would have loved to have rode on one of these monorails as a kid, luckily a shopping mall in pearl ridge Hawaii has a monorail that you can ride on
I didn’t expect to hear of a Christmas Monorail. This is an interesting story.
That Peter Dibble video about these is fantastic. Well, every video Peter does is fantastic. Everytime one of his videos comes out I pretty much have to immediately stop what I'm doing and watch it.
The polar express actully mentioned a now-defunct store that had a Christmas monorail.
I have been in a deluxe Yankee Candle store growing up, where model trains always ran overhead in the winter wonderland display area. If I had known these monorails existed back then, I'd have wanted to visit the mall more often just to experience what it would've felt like to ride on those model trains as a kid.
How did I miss this? I was born in 1947 and I never saw one of these.
We need to bring these back. I could imagine they'd be popular in big shopping centres or malls.
Strange -- I was born in the US in 1964, and never heard of (let alone saw) one of these until now.
The reason why trains seemingly have a lot of Christmas rep is due to the idea of taking a train home to Christmas, plus the idea of model railways for window displays and what not
It certainly would've been cool to ride 1 of those in a mall. Oh well, at least we have a train at the Volusia Mall. Or at least, a cart and trailers dressed like a train. So good enough for me. Merry Christmas Tot!
There's a local breakfast joint near my town (Molly Brown's, I think it's called) that has a year-round replica of this sort of monorail, made of a model train setup that runs the entire size of the shop. It's not a simply-shaped restaurant space, there's a few large bends and interesting twists to fit the various dining rooms.
That would be fun to ride on if I ever saw one. I never heard about these kinds of monorails before, but it sounds very cool nonetheless.
Rode the Monorail at Herpalshimers back in the late 80s early 90s in Grand Rapids MI
I was born in 1959 and I remember riding one of those around age 5 somewhere in downtown Atlanta. (I don't remember anyone behaving badly.)
This sounds fun . much better than the Cars kids ride in malls
Something fun and transport related that was invented in early 20th century and involved children...I immediately thought of Fascinating Horror and whether there has been a terrible accident (derailment, crash, loss of limb, decapitation, getting trapped in a fire...).
I was born in January of 62 so my memories of the Philadelphia one (I am assuming Wanamakers) would be from 66 or 67. It’s funny how many times over the years I have thought about this.
That would have been so cool to ride.
Nice railway video, Like!
as a train this is an awesome video
Huh. Had never heard of such a thing.
I work in Philadelphia, and I park under the Wannamker building every day! It's a Macy's now, but they still have and utilize a built-in cathedral organ. No monorails anymore, though :(
i would of loved to ride on that.😢
nice another banger
This is great content great job TOT
How about a PRR GG1 locomotive that was converted into a snow blower.......by cutting it in half?
Reference please?
@@SynchroScore Pennsylvania 4846, damaged in a wreck and used to clear snow around the Wilmington Shops.
@@drewzero1 That's wonderfully bizarre.
@@SynchroScore Isn't it? I have heard a lot of debate about whether it was self-propelled or needed to be pushed, and even the year of the wreck is left out of most accounts.
I gather that it was supposed to be entirely scrapped, but part of it was saved and rebuilt into that form without official knowledge or approval, and therefore not a lot was recorded about it. One rail fan magazine reportedly printed a picture of it with the caption "wouldn't two of these make a great locomotive?" 🤣
@@drewzero1 It might have been self propelled, looking at it, but I couldn't be sure. The control system of the GG1 relied on a large transformer located in the center of the body, behind one of the two cabs. This stepped down the overhead voltage and had a 22-position tap changer to feed varying AC voltages to the motors. Looking at the plans, it could have been the half with the transformer, but that would make the resulting kitbash extremely heavy at the blunt end, which would confirm the stories about it frequently derailing.
wow very cool, shame I never lived in America.
please do a video on
the porters steam loco
the Japanese class d5,
the Chinese QJ 2,10,2
or just exsamples of asian trains
how do gear trains work
something on saddle bolier and side tanks (like the big water boxes) tank engines
double ended diesel trains (and electric)
eletric trains
American and European switches other then the British class 07-09
what to do if the train stalls
one talking about the different types of steam funnles and there uses,
a video on steam locomotive combination breaks (steam and vacuum brakes)
a short video on how a Armstrong turn table works
what did train flagman do
what did trains (mostly steam) do when going in tunnels, ive heard of gas masks or just useing a wet cloth, or did they bring in other engines like later on they used electric trains, or were there no bigv tunnels.
evaluation of electric trains
why are some trains wagion tops (the stream lining thing to boilers)
railway terms abd slang
one on the meaning of flag and lantern colors like green on rear engine means theres another one coming soon,
the different types of cut offs/reversers/Johnson bar
some are a big lever, some are a big valve wheel, and ive also seen some that are like rods, one exsample is train sim world 3 and im not sure where to find the other reverser
and how much water do steam trains take usually, and how much would the crew drink
Nice one
The first thing that came to my mind with this video was Herpolsheimer's...
Same here, simply because said store happened to feature in the Polar Express, surprised that small tie in wasn't mentioned...
Is there a list of the monorails that currently survive today and where I can find them?
There are no operating examples that I can find, the last one to my knowledge was the one at Midtown Plaza in Rochester NY, which closed with the mall itself in 2007. Like many other installations, the cars have been preserved, but are on static display.
0:16 Oh look, the narrow gauge line in the Harz region in Germany
3:04 Potential cursed train image?
3:04 new thomas oc (DO NOT STEAL)
Dose Fred Mills narrate these videos?
3:10 that face looks like it was designed for a pencil
pretty sure this is a reupload
The name "Rocket Express Monorails" promised something that the real thing didn't really live up to. Cute concept nontheless.
first
2:29-2:39 is Midtown Plaza Rochester NY, America’s first indoor urban mall built in 1958 and open until 2008 the mono-rail ran every year until its last Christmas 2007. I rode it a couple of times in the early 70’s as a small kid.
I rode the Portland Christmas monorail every year growing up. Great memories
1:14 This Christmas Monorail Train Is A Bit Like The Pacific Atlantic Monorail Train From Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds The Original Series In 1965 In The Late 1960's In The 20th Century. Old School Times Man. Happy Christmas Mate. X
I remember one of these at Harvey’s in downtown Nashville. Unfortunately, by the time I discovered it, I was too big to ride.
I heard those things are awfully loud
That's not saying much. Train engines are bloody Loud.
It glides as softly as a cloud
@@carltonleboss Is there a chance the track may bend?
@@420sakura1 Airplanes are louder, and annoy more people at once.
Never heard of these before, but boy would I have ever loved a ride like that as a kid! Too bad I was born right when the last few of these were retired. I know some malls do have small "train ride" attractions but this is something on a different level (pun intended) and cannot even begin to compare. I'm for bringing these back! Merry Christmas!
Rode John Wanamaker's Monorail in the 70's. Center City, Philadelphia 🚈🔔 If I'm not mistaken Strawbridge & Clothier's had one too.
Which 8 Bit version of Feliz Navidad is that in the outro? I'm trying to find it here on UA-cam, but none of the ones I've heard sound quite right.
Never knew these existed. Looks fun!
Road in and worked under the ride in John Wanamakers Philadelphia
Great video! Thank-you.🎄
Monorail MONORAIL *MONORAIL*
Mono... D'oh!
@@BAKU2K2 They'd take this over Main Street any day...
Maybe you van do a video About the stoomtramhoornmedemblik in the nederlands
i still wanna go on the orient express for christmas
I grew up in Philadelphia in the early 70s and it was always a great memory going downtown to visit Wanamaker’s department store to see the magnificent Christmas display in the atrium, followed by a pancake breakfast, visit to Santa, and a ride on that monorail!
I rode these as a kid in John Wanamaker department store in center city Philadelphia. There was artificial snow, automated toy land figures and these trains brought me so much excitement and joy as a child. Great memories, thank you!!🥰🥰