An alleged Monorail incident

Monorail_Red · Post by **Monorail_Red** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:18 pm

So I came across a thread on [Board X], I guess a few weeks ago one of the tow tractors allegedly collided with Monorail Lime on the 8th, causing enough damage to swap car 1 with Teal as a quick fix...but at the same time this alleged incident as reported did not cause any injuries or grab the media's attention as far as I can tell. I regularly browse the forums just to see what's going on, but I rarely participate in the discussion because sometimes the things that are said can be downright ridiculous.

Has anybody heard about this? Usually if something major were to happen I would hear about it outside of the forums, but I only found out about this "incident" be reading the one thread that's almost two weeks old. Anybody seen the thread I'm talking about? Don't know if I'm allowed to post a link or not...but a simple search will bring you to it. Everything that was said so far doesn't really add up and those like myself who have experience with the Monorails may find the same thing...

Goofyernmost · Post by **Goofyernmost** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:41 pm

I participated in it, but only briefly trying in vain to stem the molehill to a mountain mentality that some report like this generates. If you read it you will remember the number that immediately blamed Disney and Disney management and called for OSHA investigation concerning operating procedures and so on into massive knee jerking foolishness.

You are correct there has been no evidence that it ever happened, but, even if it did it only amounted to just a tad more serious then opening your car door into another in a parking lot. Some of the people on that board, although thinking that they are only looking out for the interest of keeping Disney in the 1970 state, have a tendency to be so negative about things that if you covered everything with gold at WDW they would say that it wasn't shiny like it would have been in 1972. It really does get silly at times.

Monorail_Red · Post by **Monorail_Red** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:47 pm

I actually surprised myself with how long I stayed with the thread. But I hate rumors, speculation, and the overall bashing of the iconic highway in the sky. Like I said it's been almost two weeks and if it were that serious, some media outlet would be reporting on it by now. Which means if anything happened, it was not at all serious - definately not prompting a car swap and repaint with Teal - that was just silly...

mapo · Post by **mapo** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:35 pm

YUP....and YUP....and *sigh* YUP

mapo

Big Wallaby · Post by **Big Wallaby** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:40 pm

Besides, swapping cars isn't just something you do and swap paint. Takes a bit of procedure. Could be done in a couple days, but I imagine any damage from a bad tractor linking could be repaired almost as quickly, and with less expense.

That theory doesn't make sense, either because unless Teal is out of rotation right now, they'd still be down a train.

Monorail_Red · Post by **Monorail_Red** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:53 am

Big Wallaby wrote:Besides, swapping cars isn't just something you do and swap paint. Takes a bit of procedure. Could be done in a couple days, but I imagine any damage from a bad tractor linking could be repaired almost as quickly, and with less expense.

That theory doesn't make sense, either because unless Teal is out of rotation right now, they'd still be down a train.

Back in the 90's when Red had its incident - no car swapping went on, but then again they didn't have anything to swap it with. While the damage looked bad, nothing that couldn't be fixed. I did read other reports out there that Teal is having some work done - so I guess that's where that rumor came from. But like we said swapping cars isn't easy. Took them a while to do this with Teal, which would have been a similar scenario here in the alleged situation. Still taking all this with a grain of salt.

Tiny Tim · Post by **Tiny Tim** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 5:05 pm

I just read this thread on board x and now that I can type after lamo at the ones that know all and ignore the ones that know what they are talking about. The best one is they put all staff at the ttc so that no pictures would get taken till they hid it in the paint shop. I have heard better stories from my kids which make more sense and are believable compared to most there.

Big Wallaby · Post by **Big Wallaby** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:41 am

Well, Tiny Tim, actually... If the incident is true, it would not surprise me at all that they hid everyone in TTC. They did that in 2009 when they were moving the trains from Concourse to Shop. Actually, along with making us either go downstairs or leave property, they had Security stationed along the route to escort people away, and they shut off the lights along the path to make it as dark as possible. So if they had some damage to one of the trains, they would go to such lengths to hide it.

In this case, the more strange it sounds, the more likely it is to be true.

Goofyernmost · Post by **Goofyernmost** » Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:13 pm

Big Wallaby wrote:Well, Tiny Tim, actually... If the incident is true, it would not surprise me at all that they hid everyone in TTC. They did that in 2009 when they were moving the trains from Concourse to Shop. Actually, along with making us either go downstairs or leave property, they had Security stationed along the route to escort people away, and they shut off the lights along the path to make it as dark as possible. So if they had some damage to one of the trains, they would go to such lengths to hide it.

In this case, the more strange it sounds, the more likely it is to be true.

This allegedly happened long after the park closed. Lime was parked at TTC overnight. There weren't many people around to witness it. Regardless, even if it did happen, it wasn't a big deal. Accidents happen! If no one was injured and no Guests were anywhere near the area, I can think of no reason that we would have a need to know.

Doctor McKey · Post by **Doctor McKey** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:17 pm

Goofyernmost wrote:This allegedly happened long after the park closed. Lime was parked at TTC overnight. There weren't many people around to witness it. Regardless, even if it did happen, it wasn't a big deal. Accidents happen! If no one was injured and no Guests were anywhere near the area, I can think of no reason that we would have a need to know.

If what you say about the hour is correct then it was leaked by a CM... wallaby and i both have known pilots abs POs that can't keep their mouth shut and make s huge story out of nothing just to get their 15 minutes of fame.

It's routine to swap trains via tractor after hours and tow them... my biggest problem I have always had was how the hook up, which doing in the dark or low light is tricky at best.... I had suggested at one time to switch from a ring and claw tow bar to be more like a real train and use a coupler system

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