well.. you also have the physical location of the pickups to deal with.. and if both rails are equally capable, etc. In model trains we don't have those problems
, You would need a really good PWM system to run the 12 volt motors with it though...
The real problem with following the model railroad example is that when a train stalls, it would always be at the most inaccessible part of the layout...err, beam.
Now that I see the deltas, they are quite obvious...never really paid attention. It was green, not lime, that we saw.This is monorail lime (note the white "delta" under the window between the passenger doors):
This is monorail green (limey color, but no deltas):
Color wise, they are very hard to distinguish unless you see them next to each other like this, unless you look for the deltas.
Actually that part I was correct on. The paint booth is at the entrance of the maintenance beam, and only part of the train is inside it. Most of the train is outside the booth.
Didn't you state before that there was room for two trains in the booth? If so why would only part of the train be inside it?
I said possibly 2 cars, not trains.
OK, I misunderstood that, The internal rail will hold an entire train, but the paint booth will only hold two cars of that train. Am I reading that correct?
well.. you also have the physical location of the pickups to deal with.. and if both rails are equally capable, etc. In model trains we don't have those problems
Yes, that is correct.
Yep, usually each cab is used a few times per day. If you bring a train out of shop, you're in cab 1. If you bring a train into shop, you're in cab 6. If you're driving Epcot or Express, you're in cab 1. If you're driving resorts, you're in cab 6. If you bring a resort train to shop, you switch to cab 1 at the Contemporary, then switch back to cab 6 after going through the switch and ending up at the MK. From there its cab 6 all the way back to shop. Really the only time you move the train in the opposite direction of which cab you're in is to re-align your stop if you over-shoot the station, and in that scenario you have an observer on the ground or at the station or other location to verify beamway behind the train is clear before reversing. The name of the game is operating the train from the same cab as the direction of travel.
I was post 2009. But was still a good pilot like many of the other post 2009 pilots!
Only thrill I was able to experience was taking an Epcot train to shop, cab 6 from concourse in reverse past switchbeam 9 with back cab observer...
Because there were questions as to how Monorail Lime was able to get back to the barn since Cab 6, the one hit by the tractor, is the cab used to drive to the barn.
