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Monorail Refurbishment

Hid said:
They do there just parked in the sidings
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They don’t as at least 1 has been cannibalised for parts.

Plus as has been said with the new requirement to stop trains before the plaza at Towers Street end they will never be able to run that many trains. They would have to build evacuation platforms on the bend so it won’t be cheap.

Maybe one day.
 
I remember six early on, one going in, one coming out of the station, and one on track, each "side".
Always one train loading at peak times, fill and away as the next headed into the station, absolute queuemuncher of a constant slow shuffle, just like Oblivion used to be when they ran that at capacity.
Don't think it ever ran any more, did it?
 
Jb85 said:
Has it ever ran 8 trains at once? Even in the glory days I can only remember 6 going at once.
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It used to run 7 trains at once in the 90's. I've never seen it run 8 trains before but it may have done in the 80's, but that's a bit before my time :tearsofjoy:
 
When did Celebration Train and Cow Train Daisy last run when did you last see those 2 operate

Another note is Strawberry train is missing and Jelly Beans train is back I wonder if one by one they are being sent for Overhaul
 
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I don’t think I’d want 6 in the system without allowing people to wait on the platform, otherwise there would just be constant stacking with no meaningful capacity improvement.

Maybe some sort of automated opening and closing barrier, possibly powered by pneumatics, that would allow people to wait there safely. I wonder what you’d call them…
 
Hid said:
When did Celebration Train and Cow Train Daisy last run when did you last see those 2 operate

Another note is Strawberry train is missing and Jelly Beans train is back I wonder if one by one they are being sent for Overhaul
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Are you on about Cow or Daisy?

Daisy was written off in an accident.
 
Poisson said:
Certainly did have 9 trains

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Some issue with the transfer track caused the issue.
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So would each visit did you used to get a random selection of trains per visit would be interesting to never know what you may get.

One thing I have been surprised with the Monorail is the trains don't have a proper carriage shed could definitely use one.
 
Originally the 9 trains were named after the planets (at the time there were 9 planets).

They got the trains second hand from the Expo 86 in Canada so I assume they had the benefit of extra trains for maintenance. To be honest unless you paid attention you wouldn’t notice the difference between the trains you got back then as they all looked the same.
 
Dave said:
Originally the 9 trains were named after the planets (at the time there were 9 planets).

They got the trains second hand from the Expo 86 in Canada so I assume they had the benefit of extra trains for maintenance. To be honest unless you paid attention you wouldn’t notice the difference between the trains you got back then as they all looked the same.
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I am questioning if they are doing the same thing to the Monorail this year as they did overhaul each like in 2008
 
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