stackyFACTSCharles Lartigue saw camels carrying perfectly balanced loads in Algeria and thought it was a great idea for a train. His bizarre monorail ran on an A-frame track, meaning if you had one heavy passenger on the left, you literally had to load rocks on the right side to prevent a catastrophic tip-over.
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