Anyone know who's monorail this is?

That looks like an MTH version of the Detroit Leyland monorail, just hung from the ceiling.

I probably should have specified in my title who the owner of the video might be. It is definitely an MTH Leland monorail.

That's what it is all right. Clever idea to hang it from the ceiling like that. I'd guess the hang below the ceiling is about 15 inches - you have the height of the risers, which is around a foot, plus about three inches of car hanging below the track. 

Chris:

 

Definitely not me, but it is a great idea.  I hope you do it!

Don't know who's it is Chris, but those look like stock supports, just flipped over, right?  So anyone who has an MTH monorail should be able to take a minute and answer your question, even if they have it set up the conventional way.  Interesting that the whole assembly works the same when inverted, I wouldn't have thjought of that.

 

 

I don't think he did anything special to the set it looks all stock to me. That's all I need is a measurement to get an idea how low it hangs which will determine where I put it.

I like the hanging idea also, but I have that pesky garage door that needs to be opened once in a while

 

Steve

 

I don't know about the MTH, but the original Leland support arms just slip into holes in the cast base. If you invert them they will simply fall out. I suspect the owner of this set somehow pinned the support rods to the bases.

 

Roland

Coolest use of that set yet!!!!

Hi Chris,  I'll measure mine this evening or tomorrow.  I'm thinking about doing the same thing.

 

David

Good point. If it's necessary I could drill it and put a nut and bolt or a steel rivet in it.  Hard to know until I have it in hand.  

 

Thank you David;I appreciate it.

Why not hang it from a bedroom ceiling?

The trains layout is in the garage.

 

Steve

I found my Monorail box at the very back of my storage area (of course).  At least I was able to find the extra box of risers and straight track for later.  I have the blue set (almost a Blue Comet blue/turquoise). The green NYC version on the website is probably close.  Inverted, the set measures 14.25" from the bottom of the car to the top (bottom) of the riser base (14" with a little more for the insulation bands on the base).

 

You would have to work out a mod for attaching the rail to the riser.  As Roland said, the top of the riser has two very short clip ends which attach to the rail.  They curve the opposite direction with the track hung upside down, so they would just slip off.  Also, the riser pole slides into the base.  It would have to be attached with JB Weld or something similar.

 

Too bad the person who created the video is not monitoring OGR.

 

Let me know if you need any more information.

We just received our tinplate monorail and are in the process of designing the setup from the ceiling.  Has anyone had any ideas about how to hang the track using the original red mounts?

 

The question is really how to hang the track given that the tabs that hold the track are now upside down.   I was thinking about "unwelding" the tabs and re-attaching them to the poles.  In that process, I could loose a tab and be out of luck.  So any thoughts are appreciated.

 

Our plan for the poles is to glue them into the base.   And the base to the ceiling will be no problem with the hole provided in the original, simply using a drywall hanging bolt from the ceiling.   We will wire up through the ceiling and back down to a z1000.

 

In any event, thoughts about how to hang the track on the tabs are welcome.  Many thanks.