The Railplane 1 1 1 



adoption of the railplane. This is an age 

 when every effort is made to reduce the 

 cost of transport, and it follows therefore, 

 that any scheme which means a tremendous 

 outlay for track or rolling stock, is doomed 

 to failure, because of the ever-increasing 

 efficiency of the motor on the road, and of 

 aircraft aloft. 



Mr. George Bennie, the inventor of the 

 railplane, believes that there is a great 

 future for it, because he is of the opinion 

 that, for the most part, the overhead track 

 could be erected either above roads or above 

 railways. He points out that the limit of 

 speed on the railway has, in practice, been 

 reached, whilst although aircraft gives a 

 much greater speed, it is subject to atmos- 

 pheric conditions, which operate adversely 

 too frequently. 



Whilst admitting that the first cost will 

 be rather heavy, the inventor claims that 

 once in action, such a railway as this would 

 have very low running expenses. He points 

 out, quite truly, that a tube railway costs 

 considerably more than an elevated one; it 



