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'''[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway Kharagpur Construction Monorail]]'''
<br>This was the first known application in c.1900. [[C W Bowles| Colonel C W Bowles]], an Army Civil engineer, was in charge of the construction of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]](BNR) works at [[Kharagpur]], he used a ‘Ewing System’ Monorail during his time as engineer during laying of tracks for the BNR for transportation of construction materials. This experiment allowed him to perfect the monorail based on the Ewing System which he subsequently used to construct the [[Patiala State Monorail Trainways ]]
'''[[Champaner Manganese Mine Monorail/Railway|Champaner Manganese Mine Monorail]] '''
<br>This line at Champaner, Panchmahal District, Gujarat opened in 1905. The mines, owned by the Shivrajpur Syndicate Limited were managed by the Agent ‘Killick, Nixon & Company’ and were initially linked to the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) station at Champaner Road by a 20 mile(32km) Ewing system monorail. This had 60 wagons designed to carry 6 tons that were hauled by buffalo. Marsland, Price & Co built the system. In 1909 it was stated that 'the said many claimed advantages of trhe system did not materialise' and it was decided as 'most unsatisfactory' .
'''[[Patiala State Monorail Trainways]]''' (PSMT)
<br>ThePSMT The PSMT operated from 1907 until the mid 1920’s, initially mule powered, later by locomotive. The The total distance covered by PSMT was 50 miles (80 km) run on two unconnected lines. The lines were constructed and operated by the Bombay firm of ‘Marsland, Price & Company’ .<br>’Sirhind to Morinda Line’, a distance of 15 miles (24 km). At [[Sirhind]] there was a connection to the [[North Western Railway]] ‘Ambala-Ludiana SectionMainline’ Section Mainline’ and the line was opened as far as [[Basi]], 5 miles(8km). It was proposed to extend this line to [[Rupar]] but since Rupar was connected by a railway line, this idea was abandoned.
<br>’Patiala to Sunam Line’, a distance of 35 miles(56 km) via [[Bhawanigarh, 5 miles(8km) from [[Sirhind]] where there was a connection to the [[North Western Railway]].
