monorail
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In the summer of 1957, Walt Disney spotted a monorail in Europe and decided he’d like to have one of his own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
“I don’t think there’s any other option but to move forward with the project,” said Daisuke Hasegawa, a 23-year-old monorail driver in Naha, Okinawa’s capital, referring to the Futenma relocation plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Authorities on Tuesday rescued nearly 600 people who got stuck on an overcrowded monorail system that stopped mid-journey.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
Meanwhile, chaos erupted on Tuesday after a monorail system, which was reportedly full far beyond its capacity, halted mid-track.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
Lenina, meanw hile, had turned her eyes away and was looking perpendicularly downwards at the monorail station.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
But he has waxed publicly about his admiration for monorails.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022
Before entrepreneurs in Seattle won fame selling computer software or takeout coffee across the globe, the city’s vision of Century 21 soared on monorails.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
Most U.S. monorails run in short loops around amusement parks or between airport terminals.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2021
Still, attention overwhelmingly turned to single-mode PRT and more traditional automated "people movers" like monorails.
From The Verge ● Feb. 24, 2016
The aircraft, the high-speed auto-trucks over modern speedways, the aeroplane-motored monorails, the rocket-trains—all these shortened distance.
From Astounding Stories, June, 1931 by Various
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mon, mono (one)
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