"Getting there on time without a single delay by sandstorm." True, this did happen

Damn, those irish sandstorms are really a major pain. Atleast this one line can operate even in the worst of dusty conditions.

other tourists: twoot twoot Tim: WEET

You know you're in Ireland when cattle has priority over trains

One of the main problems with Lartigue's monorail was the necessity of balancing both sides of the carriage. There was a story about the railway transporting a piano, which necessitated borrowing a couple of calves to weigh down the other side of the carriage...

Going by the size of the headlamp, this literally is a light railway !!!!

Hey KZfaq algorithm, would you please rank this video higher in the trends and recommend it more often and to more people. This is a very good, very interesting, insightful and very educating video about the History not only of Transport not only on Ireland, the British Isles and Europe, but the whole World. Thx

5:20 “something that I did not know you could be bad at”

We showed up yesterday a few minutes from closing. They kept the place open so we could have our ride. It was quite amazing, and they were a great bunch of folks. Thanks for the recommendation Tim!

I live in Ireland my entire life, love all things trains related and never heard of this so thanks!

I'm irish and I've never heard of this. I go to Kerry a lot. Must visit the monorail next time.

LOVED the anecdote about the soap! :D Sounds exactly like the sort of thing "youths" would do, and listening to it in that wonderful Irish accent only made it better! I was cracking up the whole time! :D

Quite interesting - and what I particularly appreciate is that you are urging people to go there. Many a museum these days struggles to get by, which to me is really sad to see.

I lived and worked in Tralee for 10 years. This was never open when I passed. Listowel has super night life in winter with sometimes old ladies telling "very mischevious" jokes. I miss Ireland.

That locomotive replica is very convincing! I didn't think it was diesel until you said it was!

This is why I'm addicted to KZfaq. What a great railway, I'd never have heard of it, if it hadn't of been for this video. Thanks for posting.

I must say you inspired me and when I was in western Ireland recently I dragged my two unknowing friends along to Listowel. :)) I knew the railway was closed due to Covid but had to see it anyway. :)

All my years into loving trains since kid, I've never seen this lovely train. Thanks f s.

So pleased that this line still runs. I thought it had gone for ever. It is even more quirky than the German "Schwebebahn" in Wuppertal.

We had a monorail back in the day at the Epson Salt Mine in the high desert in California. It was quite unique.

I live in Ireland and never heard of this railway until now.

I and my family travelled on this wonderful Monorail a few years ago. It was great fun and the staff were very friendly. I can recommend the experience.

I suddenly realize why monorails today are elevated.....cause its a wall. Never really thought about it I guess lol. Great video.

I feel like to most people a really old oddly designed train would be the most boring tourist attraction ever, but you've made it seem like one of most most interesting trains in the world!

I dont know where you from but you got some of the best low key humour that exists!

The locos were the only 0-3-0s ever built! It was said that to transport a cow it had to be counterbalanced by 2 calves which travelled back one to each side

Just got this in my recommendations. You remind me a lot of Tom Scott (I mean that as a huge compliment :D)

lol @5:20. Never change Tim

I am revisiting this video after months and I realise how big a fool I have been not to have subscribed back then. Being a person having avid interest in railways I guess that's why KZfaq had recommended it to me the first time.

To those who consider that this should be called a trirail due to the use of two stabilising rails on either side of the main beam. If you can find a wheeled beam/straddle type monorail that doesn't employ wheeled stabilisers below the main carrying beam, I'd be interested to know. There are a lot of concrete monobeam monorails in Japan (e.g. Hamamatsucho-Haneda) and they all have stabilising wheels bearing on the sides of the monobeam. The Lartigue system uses a steel rail version of that arrangement - they're not truly load bearing.

Interesting, at around the same time we had a somewhat similar system in Lisbon, also invented by a Frenchman, the 'Larmanjat'. The rail was at ground level, so the load balancing issues would cause it to derail. Passengers algo had to get out and push it over grades whenever it rained!

That's one very different railway! I must get over to the West of Ireland when things get back to normal and ride this curiosity!

Love the commentary, like a more excited Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (and v. funny)!!!

5:22 LMAO. Idk why this tiny bit made me laugh so much but it did!

Thank you for your video,this is on my bucket list if ever we are allowed to travel international again.I love this history lesson, thank you so much.

When i get back to Ireland it going to be one of the first things on my list and nice weekender

You know, we Americans, lost as we are over here on the other side of the pond, don't get around very much, and we take our ques from what we see on the television, what you would call the "telle," or something. The other day I was watching SPIKE MILLILGAN, and he had that skit going titled "Irish Astronauts." After seeing THAT, I was afraid to find out what an "Irish Monorail" would look like. Spike is my hero!

Let’s bring sand to southwest Ireland and test it. I want to be sure about it. 😝

Now I got to try to see this museum when I go to Ireland next year!

Love it! I hope that Listowel keep that lovely unique piece of heritage railway functioning.

I drive to Listowel quite often and have seen the signs for this, often wondered what it was. I think Ill call in next time, looks great. Nice video.

I so enjoy these videos. Thank you for posting them.

I was in this town last week and didn't know this was here, wish I did this would have been cool to see in person

I'm Irish and love trains; why have I never been there?

This is brilliant. I remember seeing an illustration of this railway in a book when I was a kid, had no idea it had been reconstructed.

As someone who holds a geology degree, I’d love to see the sandstorm in Ireland.

Spent a morning at the Lartigue monorail when they opened the tourist attraction. I was the only one there so got a personalised tour. You used to be able to see the original turntable beds where car park is now by the old Listowel station. There were originally plans to extend the line to Tarbert but his never happened..

that woman behind you was like saying "i left the post i left the post on the tree there"

I have heard about this railway/momrail and even though I have been to Ireland once I have never been on it and I would really like to so it is great to see this line from a different angle and even have a ride and learn about the history. Well Informative and Interesting. I will ride it, just you wait MONORAIL.

Passed through Listowel many times and never even knew this existed!

I had NO idea about this monorail. Thanks for the video.

As a monorail lover - this especially interested me. BTW - I have seen 4 of your videos so far and a I REALLY appreciate the history/background of the things/places you are talking about, included. Thanks for this charming video.

The most steampunk train that is real

*YES YES YES!* A piece on County Kerry, the place of my Lineage. Chicago born Irish, American.* 😘 More please. 🍀

For those who are confused about the monorail having three rails there not, those are called guide rail's so the fecking thing doesn't completely tip over the train still only uses one rail for traction much like a modern rollercoaster

Haven't been on this in years , thank you

Excellent video, Tim! This one has (so far) made me laugh hardest.

of course I learn about this a few months after my trip to Ireland

"while I'd live to listen to another half an hour of her phone call.." Hahahaha

Very very enjoyable. Thanks for the presentation. 👍

I saw this in a book - outstanding! Thank you

Nice vid. I have lived in Ireland over 20 years and did not know about this :)

Excellent. Thanks to the volunteers.

There was a similar monorail, the Larmanjat Monorail, it got even a network of about 80 km in Portugal between Lisbon, Sintra and Torres Vedras. It last only 4 years from 1873 to 1877.

Wonderful training. Cheers!

Thanks for sharing this video. I didn't know that something like this does exist. I've never heard about it. Greetings from Germany - The Raven

Great to find out about things like this, so interesting and I didn't know it existed before watching this. Keep travelling!

I live in southwest Arizona in the US, and the trains around here are ALWAYS plagued by sandstorms! Just kidding, never heard of that issue until I watched this video, LOL. This is a wonderful video and the train looks like something I want to add to my bucket list to ride on! Thank you for sharing!!

Great video! Very informative and entertaining! Keep up the good work! Cheers from Australia❤️👍

Great videos on this channel. Thank you.

Great videos. Glad I found them!

Any video about a monorail that doesn't have at least a snippet of the Simpson's Monorail song is jarring.

Wonderful story - I love the idea of bringing sand to s-w Ireland to test the system!

That is a cool train,thanks for sharing 😊

Great video ... Thank you

Wonderful! Thank you.

Absolutely awesome video Tim! Love your channel, I’m already building a list of places to visit.

Thank you, I saw this in a book when I was a kid. Thirty years later, you let me reconnect with this eccentricity. Now I need to find the tugboat that had a spiked wheel in the bottom for going against strong currents.

Tim sounding the horn is like an American Pika crying. Full power behind the cutest little sound.

This was pretty cool to see thank you for posting. When i go to visit a friend over there the family and i will have to swing by i be more than happy to support them.

FINALLY! I found where the whistle clip is from!!!!!

Tim! Thank you so much for informing me that this still exists! I'd read of it but assumed it was long gone. And I go to Kerry for my holidays most years. Incidentally, if you return to Kerry you might like to investigate Valencia Island where the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable came ashore. The buildings are still extant and very impressive. Thanks again.

I hope this line is handling the pandemic alright. I'd like to go see this.

Very good french accent Tim Traveler ! Congratulations !

Loved the bit with the soap...

That is proppelly the weirdest railway that has ever been built. Makes me wanna go to Ireland.

Great stuff, love the channel.

Listowell is twinned with Springfield, it's how Springfield got the idea of a monorail.

This video helped me a LOT in the recreation of this amazing train in Minecraft lol Very nice video, I love your humor!

This was lovely

I never even knew this existed and I'm Irish.

Me: Adding to the bucket list

Very surprising. Thank you.

Kid: "Mom can we get a Monorail?" Mom: "We have a monorail at home" Monorail at home

Wow, this is great!

Loved it!!!

Good to see that "What if we made a train, but worse?" is a question that has been asked for centuries now, lol

Nice work 🙏🙏🙏

Love to visit this place once my life time.... Hope my dream come true

Very good video! Nicely presented, filmed and narrated. Keep up the good work!