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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramClose-up view of skyrail at the Busch Gardens theme park in Tampa, Florida.
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Number on back top left: TC-2A.
The monorail at Busch Gardens opened in 1966. The small suspended system operated boxy trains that used two propane fired, air cooled, aluminum Corvair engines per train to produce the AC power necessary for the electric motors.
Accompanying note: "Busch Gardens skyrail safari arriving at Monorail Station after a trip over the African Veldt located at Tampa, Florida, home of Anheuser-Busch's Brewery. The Clock Tower of Old Swiss House is visible in background."
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