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- From: pierson@empror.enet.dec.com (dave pierson)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- Subject: Re: New York World's Fair Monorail
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.171144.10764@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 20:11:53 GMT
- References: <16B5CF000.M00209@MBVM.Mitre.Org> <1993Jan21.030226.718@walter.cray.com> <16B5DB012.M00209@MBVM.Mitre.Org> <1993Jan22.042337.3361@walter.cray.com>
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- In article <1993Jan22.042337.3361@walter.cray.com>, rl@ferris.cray.com (Randy
- Lambertus) writes, in part:
-
- > Speaking of which, I have been participating in a discussion in the
- >alt.tv.simpsons group about the Marge vs. the Monorail episode. During
-
- > The question I have is who built the thing in the first place? I know
- >AMF sponsored it, but did they also construct it? I can't believe a
- >sporting equipment company would go to all that trouble for a one off
- >system.
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- If memory serves, AMF is(was...) American Machine and Foundry. They
- made a variety of rail products, i think the may have cast steam loco
- frames at one point. I know they did RR trucks. The "sporting"
- incarnation is fairly recent.
-
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