I thought the class Homer had to take to become a monorail driver was a tongue-in-cheek look at what it takes to operate the trains of tomorrow. But glancing through this Disneyland Operator Guide from 1966, it doesn’t look that difficult.
Monorails used to be the vision of futuristic travel. Now, that mode of transit has been mostly reduced to inter-terminal airport travel and family theme parks. Take a step back in time and gander at these bullet-shaped babies in action.
The Señor Presidente Obama may want a high speed train. We want it too. Actually, we want a monorail, which have been dreamed and actually built since the very beginning of the 20th century.
