Railroad track pieces at STOL on Google Maps

[e2b1]

Hey all,

Longtime reader, but first post.

So while doing some research for a Disney project I'm working on I have been spending a lot of time with Google Maps opened. I noticed something interesting on there this evening.

If you look towards the very bottom of the STOL (WDW Airport) you see bunch of trailers, a crane, & what looks like a bunch of pieces of RAILROAD TRACKS! As a fan of the mythic Fort Wilderness Railroad this piqued my interest. Are they just now removing old pieces of track? Something else?

The pieces aren't visible on Bing or iOS maps... so I don't know how long they have been there on Google's satellite. Does anyone have any ideas to what project this could be. I have attached an image from Google Maps.

 

[Donald96]

Those are for the 7 Dwarfs Mine Train, you can see the banked curves.

 

[Yensid1974]

I believe those are actually pieces from the new coaster going into NFL.

 

[Uddy]

Yup 7DMT

 

[nytimez]

It's the light-rail system that's going to take people to the fifth gate, which will be a combination of Marvel characters, Lord of the Rings and Pikachu.

 

[DizFiz]

Yeah its 7DMT besides why would Disney even want to store the old railroad.

 

[GoofGoof]

It's the light-rail system that's going to take people to the fifth gate, which will be a combination of Marvel characters, Lord of the Rings and Pikachu.

That's just a ridiculous rumor...no way they use Pikachu in that park. The rest is 100% true

 

[e2b1]

Yeah its 7DMT besides why would Disney even want to store the old railroad.

Thanks all. I didn't even think of the Dwarves Coaster. Seems like a weird place to keep track for a ride in the MK when they have backstage locations closer.

I never assumed they would be storing or keeping old railroad, but if there was some sort of planned construction going on at FW they might need to remove old track and put it someplace temporarily. There are still some patches of old track there... is there not?

 

[Hakunamatata]

I'm pretty sure those are parts of the mainframe for NextGen....

 

[nytimez]

That's just a ridiculous rumor...no way they use Pikachu in that park. The rest is 100% true

Oh yeah? Then how do you explain THIS:

 

[Hakunamatata]

Oh yeah? Then how do you explain THIS:

Cheap Chinese knock-off?

 

[baloofigment14]

I believe those are actually pieces from the new coaster going into NFL.

Since when does the National Football League have a roller coaster? Jk

 

[deanaandrich]

I have an old railroad spike from the ft wilderness railroad proudly displayed in a shadowbox. Cool piece of history.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

That's just a ridiculous rumor...no way they use Pikachu in that park. The rest is 100% true

(scratches Pikachu off m&g bucket list)

 

[donaldtoo]

I heard a rumor from this guy I know who's ex-girlfriends BFFs aunt knows this chick that dated a WDW bus drivers mother that swears those are the tracks for the Railroad Coaster to the new 5th gate...Disney's Saget Adventure Kingdom Center Studios!!!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

I heard a rumor from this guy I know who's ex-girlfriends BFFs aunt knows this chick that dated a WDW bus drivers mother that that swears those are the tracks for the Railroad Coaster to the new 5th gate...Disney's Saget Adventure Kingdom Center Studios!!!

Hey I know that guy too!

 

[GoofGoof]

I'm pretty sure those are parts of the mainframe for NextGen....

I think you might be right. The white van in the bottom of the picture just screams NSA spies...

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

Welcome !

If I am not mistaken all the track for the Fort Wilderness Railroad has been removed. The beds have been made into walking and golf cart paths.

There are some Engines and Cars being rebuilt in private collections.

This is a neat history site for the FWRR:


http://fwrr.info/

AKK

 

[dadddio]

Railroad tracks aren't installed as ladder-shaped sections. They are composed of gobs of cross ties and a couple of track pieces.

 

[Master Yoda]

It's the light-rail system that's going to take people to the fifth gate, which will be a combination of Marvel characters, Lord of the Rings and Pikachu.

There is no way Disney will ever score Pikachu.