Railway question

[ffutures]

Is the German "suspended railway" from Elbersfeld to Barmen of the late 19th century of any great engineering or historical interest? Looks like a monorail, but there isn't actually a diagram, just pictures that don't show the suspension very well.

I'm going to scan the article describing it but it's very short and doesn't say when it was built, amongst other things. It'd be nice to add some historical and engineering context.

Comments

[sbisson.livejournal.com]

Is that the one over the river?

Still running AFAIR if that's the case. Very Gerry Anderson...

[feorag.livejournal.com]

That would be Wupperthal. Not far from Cologne.

[feorag.livejournal.com]

This one?. If so, there's an offical web site, a really incredible fan site, and a another.

Yes, it's important.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Thanks - that's really helpful. Hope I'll have it on line over the weekend or monday.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I love that the first site is saying as one of its distinctions that it's the only monorail to have had a fatal crash!