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The definitive history of monorails in Canada from 1896 to 2020.
What makes this book unique is it also reviews all the monorail proposals that have been pitched over the years not just the 6 monorails that were built. There have been many proposals. Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Montreal are some of the cities that had studies done looking at monorail as a possible transit system.
Montreal alone has had over 15 studies that included monorails as a possible option. Did you know that demonstration lines were built in Fort Saskatchewan and Niagara Falls? Low-speed and High-speed monorails ideas have been pitched. You won't find this topic covered on Wikipedia or in a Google search. Over 200 newspaper references.
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