Trophy Property Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Theres a monorail in IAH<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I guess that could be considered a monorail. I have not had very good experiences on that thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 (edited) Instead of dredging up old topics, i thought i'd share these photos here...I found these while browsing through some older volumes of the Houston review:IAH sky taxi:the trailblazer (tested at arrowhead park):a downtown rendering:The Houston review of history and cultureUniversity of Houston. Center for Public HistoryPublished by the Houston Public Library Board, 1979-97 Edited November 4, 2014 by sevfiv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Cool pictures, thanks. The last one isn't in Houston, is it? If so, I can't figure out where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 it's a fake downtown with the monorail prototype - a really bad one too (since they mention there are no stops or turns or reverse) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citykid09 Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Hoston should have kept some of those rail lines. I never knew about those, It would have been cool to still have those in addition to a subway line and other rail lines. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssullivan Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 IAH sky taxi:This one was not at IAH - it was what is now Hobby. In 1966 (the date in the photo) IAH was still several years away from opening, and Hobby was called Houston International Airport. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 (edited) This one was not at IAH - it was what is now Hobby. In 1966 (the date in the photo) IAH was still several years away from opening, and Hobby was called Houston International Airport. of course...i meant HIA dern it Edited March 7, 2006 by sevfiv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston1stWordOnTheMoon Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Nice pics :):) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiDTOWNeR Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 These are like that little train at IAH. Just an absolute joy to ride. So fun and funky! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croberts Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 The arrpwhead park monorail was totally different from the Fondren road monorail (see my description in the previous posting). To get to the car I had to walk on the rail itself, wrapping my arms around the girder that the car road on-so the car was above and sitting on the rail, rather than under the rail, as in the pictures of the arrowhead park monorail. So there were two different prototype monorails and three altogether, county the hobby airport monorail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank M Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Re: Monorail at HobbyThis was built as sort of a 'demo', to, hopefully, sell to Houston for mass transit. Pretty forward thinking for the time, really. It was set up just around Hobby, with plans to someday go downtown. My dad said he could not remember the developer that built it, but he rode on it once, as it was in his district. The guy was hoping for something like the L in Chicago. And we all know what happens when they try to do stuff like that in Houston! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Did anyone else know about this??http://blogs.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/20...to_houston.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Neat article...There are a few discussions here about it in various threads, and some pictures:http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...?showtopic=5333 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Neat article...There are a few discussions here about it in various threads, and some pictures:http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...?showtopic=5333Great that J.R. was able to share those Chron photos with us!You should also check out the monorail photos I linked to here (about 7 lines down in the second list). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 That monorail looked so cool, like a giant tylenol on a rail. Thanks to pop culture, whenever I think of a monorail, this will always come to mind... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1976 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Great that J.R. was able to share those Chron photos with us!It was my pleasure!The Google Images/Life magazine collection also has some color photos of the monorail available for viewing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmariar Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 The Google Images/Life magazine collection also has some color photos of the monorail available for viewing.Oh yeah! Found them with a "source:life houston monorail" Google Images search.I didn't realize that there were old Houston photos in the Life Magazine collection that were undated. I probably missed some good ones in that other thread because I just did search after search of "source:life houston 19xx". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 That last pic is a pretty good photoshop for the 1950's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonhart Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 (edited) I decided to start a new topic post a youtube video on this topic. Edited March 10, 2010 by devonhart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonhart Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Inspired by the Houston monorail topic, I put together a little video.http://www.youtube.c...h?v=drcDfyfs7IU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earlydays Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Inspired by the Houston monorail topic, I put together a little video.http://www.youtube.c...h?v=drcDfyfs7IUNice job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 Inspired by the Houston monorail topic, I put together a little video.http://www.youtube.c...h?v=drcDfyfs7IUVery well done; have been looking for pictures related to this for some time; don't know if theyhave been recently posted to haif topics on this however.how can I search youtube for your other houston memory videos - i saw one today about majestic/lowes.PS if you know of any footage or pics related to the gateway swimming pool and skating rink, circa50s or 60s, please let us know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonhart Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 how can I search youtube for your other houston memory videos - i saw one today about majestic/lowes I only have one other memory video. It's about the South Main Drive-In. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Boy that brings back memories. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.C. Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 The monorail from the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair supposedly ended up in Houston, after the fair. Wonder what every happened to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braeburn legend Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 I believe that one was identified before in another thread. I am trying to figure out how to research property records and maybe make a connection but my knowledge base in this area is limited. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagnabbit Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I believe that one was identified before in another thread. I am trying to figure out how to research property records and maybe make a connection but my knowledge base in this area is limited.Look towards the end of this threadhttp://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/5333-monorail-in-houston/page__pid__377393#entry377393 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) deleted by poster Edited July 29, 2015 by FilioScotia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 It wasn't the taxi driver's union that killed the Hobby monorail. Unions aren't that strong in Texas, even the Teamsters. It was the Taxi Company - Yellow Cab, which until very recent times enjoyed a monopoly on cab service in Houston, thanks to the Houston City Council members on its "campaign donation" payroll. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Interesting book. I had no idea that there was once a monorail in 1956 on South Main and Kirby (1/4-mile test track) because this was a proposed site for the 1962 World's Fair. "But the people of Houston did not want to look like Chicago or New York City. Eight months later it was removed by popular demand and moved to the Texas State Fair in Dallas." I never knew that Houston was a proposed site for the 1962 World's Fair. We could've had a Space Needle! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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