I finally found a useful monorail.

I didn't realise, on the day, how strange the camera shots of under the rail would look! To be absolutely clear: the rail is static, the wheels are moving. But because the camera's also moving, you're getting the same effect that makes car wheels look like they're going backwards sometimes. Hopefully it's obvious what's going on!

I like the reassurance that this isn't an ad, as if we'd find it difficult to believe Tom's enthusiasm for an unusual and obscure piece of infrastructure.

Tom's just trying to find more rollercoasters to get on for free or cheap, let's be honest. His conquering of fear towards coasters has evolved into an addiction for them.

I love Tom's disclaimer that this isn't an ad for a monorail as if any of us are going to go out and buy one

For anyone wondering: This is in “Ronco sopra Ascona” in the italian speaking part of Switzerland. The monorail is used by a restaurant called: “Osteria Grotto da Peo” - highly recommended!

Glad to hear you survived the wrath of *shudders* monorail enthusiasts

I like that Tom did not specify whether or not the company actually said yes to letting him ride it.

I love that even Tom Scott has plot arcs like "angering monorail enthusiasts" or like "Chris was never called Toast"

The wider shots of Tom just crawling along at a snails pace are so funny

As an anti-monorail enthusiasts, I am outraged we lost such a valuable member

As a monorail enthusiast enthusiast, I am really glad you mentioned monorail enthusiasts in this video.

Came across this at a village hill vacation home in Kuching, Malaysia. They use it to bring cargo up and down the vacation home including your bags, so you can hike up and down without hauling heavy luggage. Genius honestly

I love the enthusiasm for being proven wrong on something, and so openly sharing it. It's a level of humility and honesty the world can never have enough of.

The second you hear 'I have a history with monorails' you know it's gonna be a weird video

I'm glad you made this discovery, but I have to say, having beef with a specific type of transportation infrastructure is possibly the most Tom Scott thing I can imagine.

What I like is this eschews the need for a dusty muddy road up a step incline that would cut back and forth and create conditions for landslides. There is an environmental quality about this. I wonder if larger smoother passenger-centric versions of these are planned or exist? I suppose at that point we move into cable gondola territory, but those tend to climb in straight lines between towers with cleared paths.

In the rhine valley there are multiple castles which were built on quite some steep hills (obviously for protection) that are nowadays supplied by those small monorails. They are quite ingenious for that purpose. Even some vineyards use them.

It's almost scary how enthusiastic Tom is about this monorail

I remember seeing monorails like these when I visited Cinque Terre, Italy over the summer. Definitely makes sense for climbing the steep terraced hills and moving supplies around.

Pedal powered monorail cars used to creak around the public park in Harbin, China on a 15 foot high track. They wobbled while being pedaled, clanged like garbage cans and whistled in the wind. They rubbed rust stains on your clothes, and got stuck sometimes. But in midwinter the lit ice sculptures filled the park, and were built around the track, so then you pedalled through the eery glowing castles and monuments of ice. As I remember, there was no charge if you were crazy enough to climb the iced steel stairs.