Attention all monorail personnel!

[PapaMouse]

Years ago the Mark IV Silver monorail caught fire due to a flat tire rubbing on the beam and creating a lot of friction.

From Wikipedia:

HERE is a better article with a scan from the newspaper of the fire.

God how I hate Wikipedia. I can't believe how many times I hear "Wikipedia does not care about the truth, only what can be cited. So if some guy has a web page and says "All WDW monorails are green with pink polka dots. and then someone reads that and puts in in the Wikipedia article and cites that page. then it is left in the article. Truth or not. This is why most (if not all) colleges/universities do not allow Wikipedia as a source for writing papers.

Anyway, back to the thread.




YAY! So I guess I should drive monorails. WOO HOO!

[Monorail_Red]

This is really fun to watch. So here's a question that, if you get it right, I'm going to wonder why you're not driving a Monorail yourself.

Hey BW, shall the monorail CM's be worried that non-pilots like PapaMouse & I know so much about the monorails already??

YAY! So I guess I should drive monorails. WOO HOO!

I'm in the same boat...actually I'm shooting for the WDWCP, headed for 2010, going to try my luck with landing the role of a MONORAIL PILOT :D:

[PapaMouse]

2c) Which Monorail did not have that extra car?
[spoiler]Silver because of the fire?[/spoiler]Right reason, wrong train. Gold because at the time of the Signal 25, Silver already had the extra car. Gold's car 6 went to Silver instead of Gold, and they never replaced it.

Ok, I want to make sure I am understanding you correctly. Are you saying it was Gold that burned? Because after reading THIS I decided to see if that person was correct, soI called myself and asked a CM in the shop and they said the same thing. It was Silver, not Gold that burned.

[Monorail_Red]

Ok, lets see...

WDW - Up to 12
Seattle - 2 Trains, 2 Drivers
DLR - Max of 3 Trains at once, 3 Drivers
Magic Mountain - If it ever ran anymore, I think they had 2 trains at a time. Don't remember if it had a driver or not. I think it did...
Miami Metro Zoo - Has a Monorail? Cool... Again, dunno if it has a driver/operator or not.
Las Vegas - How many trains and Drivers/Operators?

Yay for Monorails.org and their listing on North American Monorails.

Though I don't imagine that the number will ever be much higher then 20 people at a time. Unless the right things happen in the next few years and such.

Las Vegas = driverless??

[Monorail_Red]

Ok, I want to make sure I am understanding you correctly. Are you saying it was Godl that burned? Because after reading THIS I decided to see if that person was correct, soI called myself and asked a CM in the shop and they said the same thing. It was Silver, not Gold that burned.

I think that it's because Silver already had 6 cars (before Gold got its 6th?), and the extra car that would have gone to gold was used to replace one on Silver??

[hobie16]

Are you saying it was Godl that burned?

God burned?!?! Oh, wait a minute. You transposed two letters. Never mind.

[PapaMouse]

Las Vegas = driverless??

Yes they are like the monorails at the Disneyland in Japan. No drivers. Let me see if I can find that video.

[PapaMouse]

Hey BW, shall the monorail CM's be worried that non-pilots like PapaMouse & I know so much about the monorails already??

Nah The information is easy to come by.


I have a photo request form any monorail driver please.

I would like a good straight on clear photo of the control screen please.

Thanks

[Syndrome]

Can't believe I didn't know about that fire. The only incident I remember was a bad lightning strike (Black I think?) a while back...maybe in the late 90s since we didn't live in FL yet.

My doctor here in Celebration drove a monorail when he first moved down here. Now he was a monorail step-up around his office...very cool. I love having a monorail pilot for my doc...only in Celebration!

[mechurchlady]

Hey BW, shall the monorail CM's be worried that non-pilots like PapaMouse & I know so much about the monorails already?

Actually nonDisney personnel seem to know everything there is about Disney. You name one thing that they do not know about. There is nothing Disney can do that would not cause them to lose patrons and a big stink if they had a hissy fit. The info mostly is out there for anyone to get.