Attention all monorail personnel!

[Monorail_Red]

Our last trip (Dec 10th) we took Mono from TTC to MK. The drive over shot the stopping point at TTC by a few inches and had to back up. I assumed this was just a mistake, but it happened 4 more times. we didn't get that monorail and the next one that came through did the same. Then on our return trip from MK to TTC was the same thing, only the train we were about to board the driver over shot. stopped, opened his door but the other doors would not open, so he had to back up. Just thought it weird to have that happen so many times in one day. I am guessing it was a training day.

Gate sensors???

[Shorty82]

Gate sensors???

Are you asking if there are gate sensors? Yes, there are. There are sensors that prevent the doors or gates from opening if the train is not in the right position and stations with automated gates the exit side gates will open automatically.

[Zazu]

Celebration isn't the only place. I have a dentist in Orlando who's a former Jungle Cruise pilot, with his office decorated in a nautical theme.

No Junior Jungle Cruise Boats in a fish tank though...

... yet.

You should sneak one in.

Working on it. Got the boat, just need to reletter the signboard with his wife's name. "Tigris Trish" sound good to y'all?

[PapaMouse]

Gate sensors???

Yes, if my memory is correct, it was the gates that wouldn't open, the doors opened, then they had to close them and back the train up some.




Off topic.


The speech you hear on the monorail. Narration or Spiel? (we all know the answer.)

Here is a hint.


HERE are more pics for the Pilots that remember back as far as the Mark IV's. If the link ask you for a password, it is: monorail

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Working on it. Got the boat, just need to reletter the signboard with his wife's name. "Tigris Trish" sound good to y'all?

The Mondabi Molar?

The India Incisor?

heheheheh

[felinefan]

The Bengali Bicuspid? :D:

[Monorail_Red]

Are you asking if there are gate sensors? Yes, there are. There are sensors that prevent the doors or gates from opening if the train is not in the right position and stations with automated gates the exit side gates will open automatically.

Yes, if my memory is correct, it was the gates that wouldn't open, the doors opened, then they had to close them and back the train up some.

Yes, that's what I meant. Heard that those gate sensors can be cumbersome...

Off topic.


The speech you hear on the monorail. Narration or Spiel? (we all know the answer.)

Here is a hint.


HERE are more pics for the Pilots that remember back as far as the Mark IV's. If the link ask you for a password, it is: monorail

How about...CoMmunication Prerecorded Announcement System?

Is it even still called that, since that it's GONE? How about...DPAS?

Thanks for those other pics too, those were awesome! :D:

[hobie16]

The Congo Canine?

[Big Wallaby]

How common is it for the pilots to have to use the big red e-stop (to avoid hitting SGs, if they are leaning over a railing for example)?

Ever been an emergency stop while a train was going 40+ ?

The E-Stop comes into play for testing as we bring trains out of shop, or if we do a maintenance check pulling out of Base or Concourse. Other than that, hitting the red button is pretty much a deadly sin, unless you have a really good reason. Then, of course, there's the other night... Silver coming into Base on Resort, off the 40 mph straightaway out of Contemporary. For whatever Windows 2000 reason, it didn't stop, so the pilot had to hit the E-Stop. I was just coming back from break, watching it come into the station, thinking to myself just how hot he was coming in, and then the train stopped only two feet too late. It was rather surreal...

Is it true that if you're driving Monorail Green on express and you're holding at 145 with an AMBER MAPO after 2min it will give you a RED MAPO? Just curious because I red a post out there somewhere about that. :D:

Never had that happen to me. The only thing I can imagine there is that the pilot went a bit too far, someone moved in the train, he was right over the sensor, and they rocked the car enough to give him the red. They train you how far to stay back. That should never happen. Pilot error. 145 you should NEVER get a red. In fact, I P5 as soon as I hit Poly station and come to a stop with plenty of space.

Are you asking if there are gate sensors? Yes, there are. There are sensors that prevent the doors or gates from opening if the train is not in the right position and stations with automated gates the exit side gates will open automatically.

And they are so annoying when you first start. Then you figure out how to manipulate them properly.

Yes, if my memory is correct, it was the gates that wouldn't open, the doors opened, then they had to close them and back the train up some.

Yep, your onboard parking tags (sensors which allow you to open the doors) are sometimes much more forgiving than the gate sensors.

The speech you hear on the monorail. Narration or Spiel?

Last night on Lime with me driving and the automated audio 10-7? It was all live spiel. SCORE!

How about...CoMmunication Prerecorded Announcement System?

Is it even still called that, since that it's GONE? How about...DPAS?

Wow, you're going to have a few people quite impressed when you get here.

Love those MkIV pics.

[Big Wallaby]

Out of a small bit of reverence, I wish the Mk IVs that were sitting in that lot were destroyed. I hate seeing them rotting and vandelized like that.