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Rise of Smokeless Travel and Monorail Promises
The article surveys rapid advances in land transport including smokeless electric motors for locomotives and a proposed City Island monorail line using single rail guided cars. It notes potential speeds up to 100 mph, lower roadbed costs, and reduced sparks plus a fireless German switchyard locomotive as examples of evolving propulsion and railroad design.
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Public Service Commission
City Island
Jamestown Exposition
Bronx
New York
Newark
Erie
Germany
Eity