Rumor New Monorails Coming Soon?

[ParksAndPixels]

lol

They'd just scrap the float.

Not if the driver door stays closed!

 

[MisterPenguin]

Monorail doors made from dragon scales!

 

[ParksAndPixels]

Monorail doors made from dragon scales!

Great, just great! Guess we won’t be getting those fire breathing monorails anytime soon...

 

[Rteetz]

So....

Lets just say things are moving.

Also this may not be as gradual as one may have thought.

 

[ParksAndPixels]

So....

Lets just say things are moving.

Oh? Movement is good.

 

[trainplane3]

So....

Lets just say things are moving.

Also this may not be as gradual as one may have thought.

Did they make sure the doors were closed before leaving the station?

Great news though!

 

[Rteetz]

Oh? Movement is good.

Yes this is good movement.

 

[ParksAndPixels]

Also this may not be as gradual as one may have thought.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

So....

Lets just say things are moving.

Also this may not be as gradual as one may have thought.

So they want to get the Mark VIs off the beams ASAP?

 

[Rteetz]

So they want to get the Mark VI’s off the beams ASAP?

Well no but the way they want to go about this would mean they can’t just go one train at a time.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Lets just say things are moving.

Well, that's a relief. The static monorails are highly inefficient!!

 

[trainplane3]

Well no but the way they want to go about this would mean they can’t just go one train at a time.

I'll take a guess and say it's something related to power or the automation system? One of those two factors would mean they can't mix trains, unless they disable the automation.

Oh, or it's to modify the platforms?

 

[zakattack99]

Well no but the way they want to go about this would mean they can’t just go one train at a time.

So some serious down time then? If they can't do them one at a time, then does the whole system need to go dow until the new trains are in?

 

[Rteetz]

I'll take a guess and say it's something related to power or the automation system? One of those two factors would mean they can't mix trains, unless they disable the automation.

Oh, or it's to modify the platforms?

Go with the first part.

 

[trainplane3]

Go with the first part.

Wow. I'll take it that the whole system will go down at once vs doing a line at a time. I do appreciate the info!

 

[ParksAndPixels]

This will be very interesting to see how they manage the change over. I don’t know the details of current system but I’m assuming they could shut down one line at a time. Which would still mean removing, installing new trains and changing the system (power/automation) over and testing before bringing it back online. I would assume that’s some serious down time for each line but I’m happy to see change coming sooner than expected

 

[Stripes]

Go with the first part.

Hmm...but how does that impact the timeline? They'll need more time to build enough monorails to replace enough existing capacity, which could mean we'll be getting them much later than if they replaced each of them as another was completed.

Or, are you suggesting they'll build them faster in order to limit the automation downtime?

 

[larryz]

Great, just great! Guess we won’t be getting those fire breathing monorails anytime soon...

As long as the monorails are fireproof, I don't care if they can spit fire or not...

 

[Rteetz]

Hmm...but how does that impact the timeline? They'll need more time to build enough monorails to replace enough existing capacity, which could mean we'll be getting them much later than if they replaced each of them as another was completed.

Or, are you suggesting they'll build them faster in order to limit the automation downtime?

They won't all arrive at once but some will be here sooner than later if all goes to plan. Things can still change.

 

[Creathir]

They’re about to have a few extra buses to help offset the loss of the system temporarily...

My guess is if it’s this major, it doesn’t happen until after the Skyliner opens.