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Monorails: Transportation of the Future
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Today monorails are not very well known as a standard for transportation. There are not many built in comparison to railroads, subways, and streetcars, yet the way monorails have been engineered give them several advantages over these. There are even different types of monorails, each unique in their own way, but all monorails have the same general advantages.
There are two basic types of monorails. These types are single-beam supported and suspended. The most commonly known type is the single-beam supported type. These are supported by a wide beam, often made of steel, which holds a long train on it. An example of this type is the monorail in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The type at Disney World is specifically called a
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