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colorado hirailer posted:

That blue thing looks like something out of India.  The wheels look like it was made, as some logging engines were here, to run on wooden pole roads.  Since they have only commercially built, in three rail, oversize three truck Heislers, I would grab a model of that one above, in three rail, as much closer to the version desired.

Yes, it's from India. It's a hybrid monorail, I guess. The majority of the weight is on the single rail visible under the pilot beam. The road wheel is an outrigger that ran on whatever was handy, like wooden beams or even the road surface next to the rail line. Loads too heavy for a roadway could be carried without a lot of extra space.

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