TomHendricks
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I don't understand why it would cost so much, I was able to add this two foot section of Monorail to my living room for under $80 dollars. Thats only $40 dollars a foot, you think Disney would be able to do better.
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Monorail Envy
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unkadug
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Someone help me out here.
If that monorail was HO scale that is about 1:48 scale...so how much money per foot would that equate to for the WDW monorail using the same scaling?
invader
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Someone help me out here.
If that monorail was HO scale that is about 1:48 scale...so how much money per foot would that equate to for the WDW monorail using the same scaling?
It would be about 10.2M$ per mile. :ROFLOL:
unkadug
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BalooChicago
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That puts it at about $18.4M/mile, or $3480/foot.What's really bad is I misread my facts....HO scale is 1:87....
Actual cost is somewhere between $4400/foot (based on the previous figures for Brazil, assuming both the 30-train and 54-train figures use the same cost per train) and... oh, $12k/foot (a hair under $64M/mile) at the top end, maybe?
I found a Bombardier Promo Video of the INNOIVA 200 for a Rio DesJanerio proposal. This would be the base model that would fit WDW tracks and stations but with custom nose cabs and interiors if WDW ever ordered new trains.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MrNf-GNJwOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MrNf-GNJwOM
c-one
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The video does a good job showing how the track and footprint appear in the median of the streets. Compared to traditional raised rail tracks, there is SO much less concrete and building materials needed. It all looks great. Even the tracks alone are a work of art to see in the sky...and you add a Monorail running down the tracks and you have a beautiful sight!