Standby? Aren't all trains usually running??
plus with Epcot, I wouldn't think they'd be down to 2 trains... interesting...
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Monorails Lime and Teal??
- Thread starter nace888
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plus with Epcot, I wouldn't think they'd be down to 2 trains... interesting...Because Lime and teal are out of service 2 trains need to be on standby just incase a monorail were to go down. So they leave two on standby.Standby? Aren't all trains usually running??
Epcot 2 train
MK 3 train
Express 3 train
O_________________O Okay... XD Are you in Monorails?
Monorail_Red
Well-Known Member
It's actually not that uncommon to run 2 trains on Epcot. But if 1 of the 2 Epcot trains were to have issues...you can imagine the mess. Only thing that really irked me is when there were 4 trains on express and 3 on resorts around dinner time. Resort trains were standing room only, and between each resort train several express trains would go by with only a few people on board. One night they were running 4 on resorts and 3 on express, they took a resort train and made in an express train. An hour later they put it back. What a mess it was that night.
Wow.
Do you happen to know any update about the 2 current down trains?
Monorail_Red
Well-Known Member
I respect my contacts I still have and won't share any inside information that has not already been shared somewhere else on the Internet.Wow.
That's fine. Didn't know if you had an update that WAS shared but I didn't see.
Monorail_Red
Well-Known Member
My guess is the fiberglass work that needs to be done on Lime is quite extensive. This is what Red looked like in the early 90's when it had its incident with one of the work tractors:
I'd imagine lime is actually worse, as what I had seen was that the impact actually messed up the wiring and IIRC the console. Adding to that, instead of patching it up, sounds like Lime's getting a completely new cab, after @NeonNinja said that Lime was cabless.....My guess is the fiberglass work that needs to be done on Lime is quite extensive. This is what Red looked like in the early 90's when it had its incident with one of the work tractors:
Makes you wonder though, if they'll go ahead and refurb Lime with automation after Teal's released...
Monorail_Red
Well-Known Member
Did NeonNinja say Lime was cabless or just missing the front car? I wouldn't be surprised if Car 1 were moved down to ground level for repairs.
Monorail_Red
Well-Known Member
Thanks for the clarification. The caffeine hadn't kicked in yet when I posted earlier. For some reason I was reading "cab" as "car" and thinking the entire car 1 of Lime was detached.
It's very possible though that all they have to do is label which loop the train goes on, and it just goes... if it were me, I'd have put Teal on Epcot, to see if it can cope. I'd imagine as well that all the trains are quiet, but if it's quieter, seems interesting... they may not have had the AC's running since they're not loading. I'd love to hear someone else's input on this as well, if they're able to!
John Villatelli
New Member
This caught my attention. Noone was on, not even a pilot? O_O Or was there a Pilot overseeing as proposed?
If you're referring to my quote above yours, there isn't one. I'd imagine they'd test a train on a bay-beam (beam 1-10) and then venture onto the spur line. Having been told it blew the breakers, I'd imagine it was only for the bay it was in, and not on the open beam. As far as I know, there is no "TEST BEAM" but they run tests on the spur line...
John Villatelli
New Member
OK I see. Thanks for clarifying that.