HORNBY - HIGH SPEED MONORAIL

This ‘what if’ painting imagines a Hornby Train Set of the 'Thunderbirds' Monorail as featured in the episodes 'Perils of Penelope' and 'Brink of Disaster'.

I imagine this could work with a very free running train, with electronically controlled magnets in each of the support arms attached tp the track. The magnet directly ahead of the train is switched on and pulls it forward. then automatically switches off - the train continues to roll forward - and the next one would then switch on, pulling it forward again and so on maintaining the train's momentum.

The train itself would be lightweight and would just swoosh along (like a matchbox car) not being limited by weighty motors or electronics like the traditional railway engines. I've imagined this unique propulsion being called something natty like 'magna-motion'.. just a bit of fun... but come on Hornby, turn this dream into the real thing. Like Jeff Tracy said, sometimes a dream can seem just like the real thing.

Monotrain designed by Derek Meddings