New monorails!

[The Duck]

news and photo:
engadget.com/2007/12/23/disneyland-getting-all-new-monorails

more pictures:
travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=1147

Built by TPI Composites
* Mark VII - December 20, 2007
o Sleek/Retro Design
o New seating configuration.
o Designed and engineered in-house by Walt Disney Imagineering and TPI Composites
o Three Monorails being upgraded to the Mark VII, one Monorail at a time, to allow 2 Monorails to operate in the park at any one time.
o The first monorail, red, was delivered 12/20/2007 to the Disneyland Resort.
o It will be tested after hours, with public availability in February 2008.

 

[bradk]

also see this recent thread with links to the installation of the newest monorail:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1665586