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Yes, the Goodell monorail. The first commercial monorail (and basis of all modern monorails operating in the world today) was invented by Houston businessman Mu
by mimixco 8y ago
Yes, the Goodell monorail. The first commercial monorail (and basis of all modern monorails operating in the world today) was invented by Houston businessman Murel Goodell. Yet on the internet, he's practically a ghost.
If you asked 100 people who invented the monorail, most would say, "Walt Disney." Disneyland's straddle-beam monorail was invented by Goodell and was his second-generation design. The first design which ran in Dallas four years before Disneyland's was a suspended type.
I'm in the process of starting an online Goodell Monorail Museum precisely to fix this problem. I've collected hundreds of documents and photos from archival sources which have never been seen on the internet.