Monorail Magic
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At the old Disney Hyperion Studio, the screening room where animators would show animated scenes to Walt for his approval was small, with no ventilation or AC. Not only was it hot, but the animators were nervously awaiting Walt's reaction to their work. Thus, the room became known as the Sweatbox. Even after the Studio moved to Burbank and elegant screening rooms were offered to the staff, the moniker remained.
Now SGT has a sweatbox of our own. This is the place to find and post all entertaining topics such as video links, jokes, games, and the like. A general rule of thumb is that if the thread is meant to be informative (interesting news stories for example), or a topic for discussion (like setting up a park meet) then it should go in the Break Room, but if the intent is to entertain the masses then it's home is The Sweatbox. I'm sure there will be grey areas at times, so if you have doubt as to where a new thread should go, just use your best judgement and the SGT Staff will be glad to move it later if you guessed wrong.
At the old Disney Hyperion Studio, the screening room where animators would show animated scenes to Walt for his approval was small, with no ventilation or AC. Not only was it hot, but the animators were nervously awaiting Walt's reaction to their work. Thus, the room became known as the Sweatbox. Even after the Studio moved to Burbank and elegant screening rooms were offered to the staff, the moniker remained.
Now SGT has a sweatbox of our own. This is the place to find and post all entertaining topics such as video links, jokes, games, and the like. A general rule of thumb is that if the thread is meant to be informative (interesting news stories for example), or a topic for discussion (like setting up a park meet) then it should go in the Break Room, but if the intent is to entertain the masses then it's home is The Sweatbox. I'm sure there will be grey areas at times, so if you have doubt as to where a new thread should go, just use your best judgement and the SGT Staff will be glad to move it later if you guessed wrong.
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Monorail_Red
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Big Wallaby
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Re: Monorail Magic
Oh, is that how it works? :D:
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The bends look too 'sharp'. 
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Re: Monorail Magic
At no more than walking speed of course.....Big Wallaby wrote:Oh, is that how it works? :D:
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Re: Monorail Magic
The bends are why we have 10 monorails, but only 3 lines. Statistically speaking, 3 or 4 should make it through.
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Re: Monorail Magic
Hey, check this out!If you stop the video at 1:20, you can see exactly where my room was! It's the set of windows in the turret on the third floor (above the roof to the gift shop. in fact, the point of the roof is in the middle of the middle window)
So cool. Now I can always remember what it looked like not only the station from the room but the room from the station...
thanks for posting that link Red it was too cool.
bru
So cool. Now I can always remember what it looked like not only the station from the room but the room from the station...
thanks for posting that link Red it was too cool.
bru
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Those bends are too sharp, technically. We have to go through at under 4 mph (walking speed), and all that time we are looking at our "Beam Contact" screen, a screen that shows every time the train's undercarriage touches the beam. During normal operation these should never register anything, but during a switch they always do.
It is hard on the trains, but they are also designed for that stress.
It is hard on the trains, but they are also designed for that stress.
My opinions are mine and mine only. If my opinions are the opinion of others who happen to share whatever my crazy views may be, then fine, but it's not because I represent them in having my opinions. Got it?