I know a monorail breaking down isn't anything new, been on two before. But this was the first time I got to see them bring out their "tug" to move it. I use the word tug because it looks like the one that's used to move locomotives around a yard, except it's on a monorail.
Got some pics of it happening, sorry I didn't have my camera this time and had to use my cell phone to take the pics. So please bear with the low quality.
I was leaving MK about 7:35pm tonight and noticed a large crowd of guests exiting from the entrance to the resort side of the monorail station. I found out one of the monorails was down. I decided to just walk back to the Contemporary Resort. About have way between the MK and the CR I noticed monorail blue sitting on the track and then spotted the tug rolling up to it.
The next two pics show the tug attached to the monorail. There's a pole that's lowered and attached to a coupler on each side under the nose.
This last photo was from right underneath the train. Gives you a pretty good idea of the hook up.
Next, one of the workers on the tug reached under the nose of the monorail and connected two lines back to the tug. They looked very similiar to the lines you would see on a semi truck attached to the trailer. Possibly air lines to release and control the brake system. Just guessing. :veryconfu
The tug then proceeded to haul monorail blue back to the Contemporary Resort to let the guests off. Yes, it was full of people.
I would imagine they ran it back to their garage in order to get the resort track back up and running.
Got some pics of it happening, sorry I didn't have my camera this time and had to use my cell phone to take the pics. So please bear with the low quality.
I was leaving MK about 7:35pm tonight and noticed a large crowd of guests exiting from the entrance to the resort side of the monorail station. I found out one of the monorails was down. I decided to just walk back to the Contemporary Resort. About have way between the MK and the CR I noticed monorail blue sitting on the track and then spotted the tug rolling up to it.
The next two pics show the tug attached to the monorail. There's a pole that's lowered and attached to a coupler on each side under the nose.
This last photo was from right underneath the train. Gives you a pretty good idea of the hook up.
Next, one of the workers on the tug reached under the nose of the monorail and connected two lines back to the tug. They looked very similiar to the lines you would see on a semi truck attached to the trailer. Possibly air lines to release and control the brake system. Just guessing. :veryconfu
The tug then proceeded to haul monorail blue back to the Contemporary Resort to let the guests off. Yes, it was full of people.
I would imagine they ran it back to their garage in order to get the resort track back up and running.
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