Monorail Damage Report

[WEDWDW]

Does anyone know how bad the damage is to the Monorail that was hit by the work vehicle after hours yesterday?Thanks.

 

[Mad Hattered]

From WDWMagic...

On the morning of Saturday March 8 around 4:00 AM Monorail Lime was parked at the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC) on the Express beam for the night (stay out train) when it was struck by Work Tractor 1 at Cab 1, the cab towards the Contempory. The rumor is that the maintenance workers claim the brakes failed and it was unable to stop while coming down the hill from the Contemporary. Lime has been hidden in the paint shop but the rumors have the damage as substantial. The two workers on the tractor were uninjured and the train was unoccupied and operations was not in control of the system. With Teal being torn apart to be fitted with the new monorail control system this leaves Walt Disney World with only 10 trains.


http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/work-tractor-collides-with-monorail-lime.881226/

 

[JanaDee]

From WDWMagic...

On the morning of Saturday March 8 around 4:00 AM Monorail Lime was parked at the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC) on the Express beam for the night (stay out train) when it was struck by Work Tractor 1 at Cab 1, the cab towards the Contempory. The rumor is that the maintenance workers claim the brakes failed and it was unable to stop while coming down the hill from the Contemporary. Lime has been hidden in the paint shop but the rumors have the damage as substantial. The two workers on the tractor were uninjured and the train was unoccupied and operations was not in control of the system. With Teal being torn apart to be fitted with the new monorail control system this leaves Walt Disney World with only 10 trains.


http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/work-tractor-collides-with-monorail-lime.881226/

Thank goodness no one was hurt.

 

[Brian Noble]

A later post in that same thread suggests most of the damage was cosmetic, not structural, and the train could be back sooner rather than later.

 

[WEDWDW]

From WDWMagic...

On the morning of Saturday March 8 around 4:00 AM Monorail Lime was parked at the Transportation and Ticket Center (TTC) on the Express beam for the night (stay out train) when it was struck by Work Tractor 1 at Cab 1, the cab towards the Contempory. The rumor is that the maintenance workers claim the brakes failed and it was unable to stop while coming down the hill from the Contemporary. Lime has been hidden in the paint shop but the rumors have the damage as substantial. The two workers on the tractor were uninjured and the train was unoccupied and operations was not in control of the system. With Teal being torn apart to be fitted with the new monorail control system this leaves Walt Disney World with only 10 trains.


http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/work-tractor-collides-with-monorail-lime.881226/

Thanks-glad no one was hurt!

 

[BebopBaloo]

Teal is getting a new control system - are all the trains getting new control systems?

 

[EpcotQueen]

Yes. They will all have GPS guidance and no 'driver'. Had a chat with a monorail cm when we were there in Feb. he filled us in.

 

[StirlingSilver83]

Is the monorail still on track to be finished with the main thence by the end of the month ? Or does this incident push it back some

 

[BebopBaloo]

Thanks EpcotQueen! I can see pros and cons. Hopefully, more pros though.