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1986 monorail fire
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Heatherbell
Active Member
Great...
Now I have to go back down to WDW to ride the Monorail and try to find "THE Spot". (if still visable after all these years - kinda like a hidden Mickey)
Imagine that speil -
"Please stand clear of the doors (and smoke, and fire, and melting plastic) - Por favor, mantenganse allejado de las puertas (y nombre,y fuego, y fusion de plastico". :ROFLOL:
(probably not correct spanish, but i tried! hahaha)
Sorry - had to throw that in there!
(And only laughable becuase no one was hurt!)
:ROFLOL: Isn't nombre name??? Haha! My Spanish isn't good either and I am half Spanish!!!!!!
KingofHearts
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KingofHearts
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Ok, it may be my monitor or that it's an old newspaper, but wasn't it Monorail Silver that caught fire? This looks green.
KingofHearts
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BTW it was 1985 not 1986.
Yes it did take that long to come across the picture.
Never thought I would find it. Sometimes I dont know when to quit
Martin I am sure they never wanted this picture to ever come out again.
I have been looking for this pic for years. I heard he reedy creek fire dept and invetigations has many pictures but I doubt we would ever see those.
drnilescrane
Well-Known Member
That's defiantly silver - look towards the end of the stripe. Green was also a MUCH deeper color too, and lime is a lot lighter. It's probably the reflection of light and poor printing that gives it that green tint.
disney9752
Member
wow, amazing revival of an old thread & a trip down memory lane. i was about 11 when this happened, i recall seeing it on the 11pm news that night. of course next day articles in the paper, wow i had the once upon a time. to clear up a thing or two if i recall. all mark iv trains had SIX cars by 1982 when epcot opened, so yes the train that caught fire did have 6 cars. i vaguely recall the train having a hatch at one end, or the other of the cars, plus doors you could open from the inside, kinda like the driver(nose) doors on the mark vi trains have. any monorail cm's might confirm this, i was told for a long time video of this incident was shown to new monorail cm's in training. if so that could be interesting to watch. there has been an incident or two on the mark vi trains but they do have many safety features to prevent such a bad accident from occuring again. imagine getting on the monorail now & finding a copy of this article on the seat. :fork:
boo52
Active Member
Monorail Gold was the only Mark IV train never to have a 6th car.
and despite what the picture shows, Silver was the one that was on fire. Like someone prviously posted I think it's the quality of the picture thats throwing it off.
KingofHearts
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Not true. if you watch the EPCOT grand opening video on you tube (posted in another link here) it shows Mark IV Monorail Black with only 5 cars going by SSE.
The only cars to have a roof hatch was the cab and only in the driver compartment.
Seen here:
The driver would climb out the hatch to the roof and tie onto a small rail on the roof Seen here:
The "hatch" you see at the other and and in the pic below were ventilation hatches (since the Mark IV's did not have A/C) and could not open all the way.
Hope this helps.
KingofHearts
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mrerk
Premium Member
Thanks merek for the article. I have never heard of that before. I would freak out if that happened.
Always happy to help when I can. I'm just glad I was able to find it after 22 years!
disney9752
Member
looks like u got some pics of old monorail red thats sitting in someones yard. it may not have been by 82 when they all got 6 cars, but by time they were replaced in early 90's all trains had 6 cars. they did have ac, even though the windows on the doors did pop open. if u look at the mark iv they have the same design between the cars, that is where the ac units are. i fondly recall riding yellow during its last month or so of serivce & thinking i was glad it was being repalced as its ac barely worked. disney knew better than trying to put 240 people in a monorail with no ac in the fl heat especially on the epcot beam. i cant recall the web page, but it has been noted many times the original trains only had 5 cars. when wdw realized this wasnt enough capacity they added the 6th car to those trains along with all the newer mark iv's having 6 cars. if we think about it the monorail barn does not have 12 beams, only 11, 10 for trains & one for the "service tractor". the reason for that is wdw did not expect to have 12 trains when the barn was built.:wave:Not true. if you watch the EPCOT grand opening video on you tube (posted in another link here) it shows Mark IV Monorail Black with only 5 cars going by SSE.
The only cars to have a roof hatch was the cab and only in the driver compartment.
Seen here:
The driver would climb out the hatch to the roof and tie onto a small rail on the roof Seen here:
The "hatch" you see at the other and and in the pic below were ventilation hatches (since the Mark IV's did not have A/C) and could not open all the way.
Hope this helps.
now if i still had the mark iv training manual im sure i could point out a few more fun things about them.
just got of the phone with monorial service shop at wdw. actually got a cm that was there when the mark iv trains were in service. yes all trains had 6 cars, they did have ac, 2 units per car plus one for each "cab".