National Railway Museum, Delhi 26/12/1993

Patiala State Monorail 0-3-0T at the National Railway Museum, Delhi, India, 26th December 1993


12-of-12) Patiala State Monorail 0-3-0T (built by Orenstein and Koppel in 1909) and reconstructed Chief Engineer's private inspection car at the National Railway Museum, Delhi, India, 26th December 1993.

This unusual monorail utilised the Ewing system.  Here the rolling stock used double-flanged wheels to locate the vehicles on the single rail together with a balancing wheel which ran along the ground on one side.  The monorail was operational from 1907 till it was abandoned due to motor competition in 1927.

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