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Present generation monorails could operate in winter conditions such as they are in Canada, Scandinavia and Russia but they would not be economically viable.
The present cast-in-place type of concrete construction does not stand up well to fluctuations in humidity, cold, snow, ice and salt. Such structures do not tolerate cold weather harmonic load frequencies. The simple fact the top of the track is flat would allow the accumulation of snow and water (ice), and consequently lumps of packed snow and ice.
Another point is that electricity may be very effective when it can be transformed into some workforce, however it's transmission losses are astronomical. Cold winter weather would only increase these losses.
A newer monorail system is needed. A precast, pre-stressed, concrete modular track assembly, with a crescent running surface and thermal-expansion design. Passenger car designed with dual-duroplast insulated panels and thermopane auto-glass, cars with integral Ni-Cad batteries and Hydrogen fuel cells.
Oddly both the existing and newer technologies described above have been around for three or more generations. Who would be willing to design and build a monorail system that would be adaptable to all weather conditions?
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