Monorails of the 19th Century by Adrian S. Garner

Lightmoor Press 2011  £24.99

This records the development of the monorail railway from the 1820s through to the construction of the successful Wuppertal Schwebebahn at the end of the nineteenth century. In addition to their history, a full technical description of each system is provided together with drawings and illustrations. Many of the designs were eccentric and few were commercially successful. This book is the story of these unusual railways and their inventors.