t.land transit authority

[epcot71]

i was in a websight and saw some pics of the people mover.ok i know the name has changed but anyway the pic showed the track and the track was badly damaged-big holes ripped out of the track-anyone know what happened and if they have fixed it??????

 

[Main Street USA]

If I knew what the website was I could go take a look. Without actually seeing pics I really can't take a guess.

 

[epcot71]

disneypix.com-under magic kingdom then tommorrowland

 

[Monorail Lime]

There is a hard plastic cover over the linear propulsion part of the guideway. This gives it a uniform level surface and makes it look better. Unfortunately it breaks sometimes. It looks bad but it doesn't affect ride performance at all. Unfortunately it seems to take a while to get that replaced.

The picture is here: http://www.disneypix.com/MagicKingdom/Tomorrowland/2001a/TL-0505-27.htm

 

[epcot71]

kewl-thanks for the info
do they have to just replace the area thats damaged or replace the entire track being one solid piece?

 

[DisJosh]

Oh well that's not so bad...

I thought you had meant like large rust holes or something like that.

It's definately in need of repair but like I said not as bad as you all made it sound!

 

[jmarc63]

Originally posted by epcot71
i was in a websight and saw some pics of the people mover.ok i know the name has changed but anyway the pic showed the track and the track was badly damaged-big holes ripped out of the track-anyone know what happened and if they have fixed it??????

If your refering to the holes between the rail for the people mover it is just a plastic housing to cover the inner workings and to dress it up to look futureistic when it was built.

I however agree that it does look bad, Walt would have a fit if he saw that kind of thing.

 

[MTS1977]

my $.02

Hello all,

I just looked at the pic of the damaged track and here are my 2 cents. I am in the construciton business and it appears as though that housing piece would be VERY difficult to repair because it looks like it is one long continuous piece, and also, it was obviously a totally custom piece when it was made way back when (you can't go to Home Depot and buy some more of that stuff). To replace it, they would have to try to find the old engineering drawings of that piece, find a fabrication shop that can produce such a thing, order it from the shop (paying a HUGE premium for the custom work), wait a while for it to be made, take apart alot of the ride, install the new piece, and pray that it works! Anyway, as I said above, that's just my 2 cents.


-Michael

 

[epcot71]

Re: my $.02

Originally posted by MTS1977
Hello all,

I just looked at the pic of the damaged track and here are my 2 cents. I am in the construciton business and it appears as though that housing piece would be VERY difficult to repair because it looks like it is one long continuous piece, and also, it was obviously a totally custom piece when it was made way back when (you can't go to Home Depot and buy some more of that stuff). To replace it, they would have to try to find the old engineering drawings of that piece, find a fabrication shop that can produce such a thing, order it from the shop (paying a HUGE premium for the custom work), wait a while for it to be made, take apart alot of the ride, install the new piece, and pray that it works! Anyway, as I said above, that's just my 2 cents.


-Michael

what about lowes????