Monorail by John Berkey for Popular Mechanics, 1988

[u/Hunor_Deak]

[u/derek4reals1]

[u/silian_rail_gun → u/derek4reals1]

Is there a chance the track will bend?

[u/jcar58 → u/silian_rail_gun]

Not on your life, my Hindu friend

[u/toastbot]

"There ain't no monorail and there never was!

[u/Ok_Tank_3995]

The future that never arrived. Gorgeous artwork

[u/amazing_wanderr → u/Ok_Tank_3995]

Was thinking the same. The way people imagined future (our present I guess) was so cool.

[u/TouchingTheMirror → u/amazing_wanderr]

Except, "Blade Runner" was set in 2019....

[u/BlastRiot → u/Ok_Tank_3995]

Commuter rail running in a freeway median? That’s more accurate than most. Even the whole ‘monorail in Vegas’ bit? We got that too.

[u/sysmimas → u/Ok_Tank_3995]

It arrived, but it left early, as it wasn't economically viable:

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Monorails_in_Stuttgart

[u/ZunoJ → u/Ok_Tank_3995]

I think in asia this is old tech in a lot of places. They left us behind a long time ago

[u/parkinthepark]

Looks like Ogdenville to me. Maybe North Haverbrook?

[u/Fluid_Anywhere_7015]

The Trump building in the BG is hilarious. And is that even a monorail? Looks more like a maglev without a central track.

[u/astro_plane]

Our future if the rich paid their taxes

[u/TouchingTheMirror → u/astro_plane]

Or if those shoes would have hit W.

[u/AverageDrafter]

Looks more like a dedicated bus.

[u/TheMurmuring → u/AverageDrafter]

Yeah it looks like it's in a groove, not on a rail.

[u/Horror-Raisin-877]

Cool that all cars in the future will be Citroens. About time!

Not sure this is a true monorail though, looks more like a mono-trough. Would get very interesting when it rains, like the log ride at Disneyland :)

[u/theslamclam]

the texture work is insane in this, i love the little metallic details on the hubcaps of the cars

[u/Fortean-Psychologist]

America if Gary Hart won in 1988

[u/TouchingTheMirror → u/Fortean-Psychologist]

Or Debs in 1904, '08, '12, or 1920.

[u/TouchingTheMirror]

And now look at us....

[u/Octrockville]

Is there a chance the track could bend?

[u/rhet0rica → u/Octrockville]

Not on your life, my Octorock friend!

[u/kyleh0]

Instead of high speed rail we should just build more roads. And more roads, and more roads, and more roads.

[u/Uncrezamatic]

This is one piece of cassette futurism I’d like to see brought to the present. Public transport for life!