The AMF Monorail
Jr. toy is not as well known to collectors as the US Rubber Ferris
Wheel toy. A
heavy cord cable with two hard plastic discs on either end is
attached by each end to a firm support such as a chair leg, arm,
or door knob. The battery operated monorail is suspended from
the taunt cable. It travels along the cable until the long horizontal
rod at the top of the toy monorail hits the hard disk at one end
of the cable. The "impact" causes the rod to be pushed
in the opposite direction which causes the gears in the car to
switch directions. The car now travels in the opposite direction
until it hits the hard disk at the opposite end of the cable.
The impact reverses the direction and the car starts its journey
back. And on and on until the batteries, the chair legs or the
kid gives out.
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The box cover
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The instructions
for operation
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The decals for the
windows and the ticket, enclosed in the box, for one free monorail
ride at the Fair!
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Wen-Mac continued
to market the jr. Monorail in toylands after the Fair ended. This
example shows the jr. Monorail in it's "generic" packaging.
Source: online Auction
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Source: The
Randy Lambertus Collection
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The toy.
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