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elevated railway (also
known as an El
train for short) is a
rapid transit railway with the
tracks above street level on a
viaduct or
other elevated structure...
- The
Meigs Elevated Railway was an
experimental but
unsuccessful 19th
century elevated steam-powered
urban rapid transit system,
often described as a monorail...
- of any sort, and
which is
often grade-separated in
tunnels or on
elevated railways.
Modern service on
rapid transit systems are
provided on designated...
- The
Boston Elevated Railway (BERy) was a
streetcar and
rapid transit railroad operated on, above, and below, the
streets of Boston, M****achusetts and surrounding...
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Avenue Line,
commonly known as the
Third Avenue Elevated,
Third Avenue El, or
Bronx El, was an
elevated railway in
Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City....
- A
suspension railway is a form of
elevated monorail in
which the
vehicle is
suspended from a
fixed track (as
opposed to a
cable used in
aerial tramways)...
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Elevated or
Ninth Avenue El, was the
first elevated railway in New York City. It
opened on July 3, 1868 as the West Side and
Yonkers Patent Railway,...
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several reconfigurations,
having carried horse-drawn
vehicles and
elevated railway lines until 1950. To
alleviate increasing traffic flows, additional...
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panels of the
burst tank
against the
girders of the
adjacent Boston Elevated Railway's
Atlantic Avenue structure and tip a
streetcar momentarily off the...
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build Early engineering for
elevated highways owes much to
early elevated railway design,
which preceded them.
Elevated highways were
first used to:...