disneytrain2001
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Again, I want to apologize for not believing in your comment saying that Lilly was pulling Roger's yellow cars on October 25. I sometimes get rather confused and misunderstood if you ask me.
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News Roger E. Broggie overhaul
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Disone
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Thank you. It's a rare find when someone is big enough to retract a statement.
Very refreshing and I appreciate you.
disneytrain2001
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Update: I've look through the Steam Across America magazine on page 68 and it predicts that Roger will eventually be back in service around next year. (if that's the case)
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Disneyrailfan1996
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I wonder what’s left to do (Aside from train the crews, maintenance, and others on everything) before Roger comes back.
Good point. I honestly think it’s because Disney is trying to hold off on Roy’s overhaul because of the financial issues within the company knowing how disappointing and cheap they have been in the domestic parks. That’s just my opinion, and I could be wrong. Otherwise it’s either because of crew training on the locomotive, or Roger is having some issues.
Disone
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Honest question cuz I've lost track, is he still at strasburg or has he been returned to property yet? And if they're dragging their feet because of financial issues, it'd be okay to have Roger back. Let just have four steam locomotives available for a while
He’s back on property (arrived mid-late September) just not returned to service yet. Going off of the Lilly Belle timeline for reference, it takes roughly 3 months to finish up the remaining work once returning to WDW. I’d expect him to be back in service between now and early January. Once that happens, Roy will be heading north.Honest question cuz I've lost track, is he still at strasburg or has he been returned to property yet? And if they're dragging their feet because of financial issues, it'd be okay to have Roger back. Let just have four steam locomotives available for a while
disneytrain2001
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I've already showed you that photo of Roger's tender in the roundhouse nearly three months ago...Honest question cuz I've lost track, is he still at strasburg or has he been returned to property yet? And if they're dragging their feet because of financial issues, it'd be okay to have Roger back. Let just have four steam locomotives available for a while
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Disone
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I've already showed you that photo of Roger's tender in the roundhouse nearly three months ago...
I did say I lost track!!!
disneytrain2001
Active Member
Is Roy out of service yet? I only saw Walter and Lilly running per the MK livestream videos.
I would assume it’s sitting in the roundhouse. Until we see Roger out in the park, Roy’s not going anywhere. Even though the WDWRR can’t run 3 train operations due to crew shortage right now, they still need a 3rd train as a backup if needed.
Disone
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They typically run only two, but they can and have run three since returning to service. The first weekend they were back they ran all three.... Well attempted too but kept going 101. I have seen it one other time since. Maybe something has changed since reopen but if so I have not specifically heard. If not then this week will be the best chance of seeing that three train ops "rolled" out.
EricsBiscuit
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On Sunday, a very busy Christmas Eve, they only had Walt and Lilly.
Disone
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Yeah. Three train ops are rare
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Pre 2006 when Lilly started to develop her issues, 3 train ops were about 50/50 with 2. Then they switched to 2 for normal ops with 3 being used for busy days/times of the year. But even on the busiest days, before and after the railroad closed for Tron, they’ve been toughing it out with 2.Yeah. Three train ops are rare
EricsBiscuit
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The good news is they’ve gotten better at boarding. They’re much better than at DL. At DL in November, the Grand Circle Tour took almost 45 minutes because they were boarding so slowly and they only had 2 trains running.Yeah. Three train ops are rare
Disone
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Adding to this is most of the Consists for the DLRR are inward facing Holiday cars. Only one Consist at Disneyland is the Forward facing excursion type cars that make up 100% of the WDWRR passenger car fleet.
I really think DLRR needs a second consist of Excursion cars. They unload / load much faster AND they hold way more passengers.
I do like the Holiday cars, it's need to always face the park and at DLRR there is a lot to see. Not so much at WDWRR. Would still be fun in WDWRR made one Holiday Consist for slower days or three train ops days.
TrainsOfDisney
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They don’t if they can run 3-4 trains again. Did the signal system ever get fixed?
Disone
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Here I disagree. I would prefer when they run four to have a second excursion set. In my opinion if it's busy enough to run four they need that second set.
TrainsOfDisney
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Maybe, what’s the capacity difference?