07-02-2017, 10:51 AM
(07-02-2017, 09:29 AM)Canard Wrote: I'm currently on a trip to Europe and while most of it is for coasters, I'll be riding some pretty cool trains/monorails/AGT's as well.
Riding the (very awesome, and super-fast) fully automatic Siemens VAL208 "CDGVAL" at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. pic.twitter.com/yUR0oHqRUc
— iain (@Canardiain) July 2, 2017
The system in the photo looks pretty interesting. Do I understand correctly from the first photo that, while the system mostly uses guides on either side to steer, it also has the ability to use a slot in the middle of the track to steer through crossovers and switches? If so that’s pretty slick. The thing I’ve always found weird about Montreal’s system is that they have the rubber tires and all, but then they still need just as much steel rail and steel wheels as a conventional system. This system by contrast seems to just need a bit of steel rails at isolated locations, and the infrastructure on the cars is probably just a couple of posts sticking down to engage the rails when present.