Pacific Atlantic Monotrain

Pacific Atlantic Monotrain
Type	Monotrain
Affiliation	Pacific Atlantic Monorail Corporation
Top Speed	300 mph
Main Operator	Warren Grafton
Appearances	Brink of Disaster

The Pacific Atlantic Monotrain was the record-breaking monotrain built by Pacific Atlantic Monorail Corporation, and servicing the whole of America.

It is fully automated to prevent major crashes, but this was foiled when a real emergency occurred.

Pacific Atlantic Monotrain

Warren Grafton takes Jeff Tracy, Brains and Tin-Tin Kyrano to the brink of disaster, when a Helijet crashed into the Pacific Atlantic Monorail bridge.

The Pacific-Atlantic Monotrain

Side view of the Pacific Atlantic Monotrain

Cocktail Lounge - Carriage

The second carriage incorporates a first class lounge and bar

"Calling International Rescue"

Power Unit - Carriage

Main monitoring power unit: this prototype is completely automated and as a consequence the monorail cannot be stopped in an emergency

To The Brink Of Disaster

On the Monotrain, Jeff calls International Rescue as Brains attempts to re-activate the brakes. He fails twice, but eventually manages to stop the train - right in the middle of the collapsing bridge.

The damaged bridge

Brains applies the brakes.

The train slows down

"We're running out of track!"

The brakes burn

On the bridge

Stopped in the nick of time

The Rescue

Thunderbird 1 arrives

Thunderbird 2 grabs the carriage with Jeff and everyone trapped inside.

The bridge collapses

Cutaway Drawings

Main article: History of the Cutaway Drawings (Classic Thunderbirds)

As far as is known, only two cutaway drawings of the monotrains exist. Both were illustrated by Graham Bleathman. The first appeared in an issue of Thunderbirds The Comic, and the other featured in the Haynes Thunderbirds manual.

Fleetway edition

Haynes edition