* Login   * Register * FAQ    * Search
It is currently Mon May 20, 2013 7:21 am

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 2
 [ 18 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next
Author Message
 Post subject: New Monorail at WDW?
PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:30 pm 
Offline
Brakeman

Joined: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:30 am
Posts: 137
Wikipedia now has a "Monorail Peach" listed on their list of colors on the roster but it doesn't list any other information. I know that wikipedia isn't the best source for things.

Has anyone heard anything on this at all?


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: New Monorail at WDW?
PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 10:08 pm 
Offline
2000 post Engineer
User avatar

Joined: Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:32 pm
Posts: 2584
Location: 4 miles from the former NWRR
I think it's the two halves of the two monorails that collided last summer. Out of respect, they retired the colors Purple and Pink, combined the undamaged sections, and called it Peach.


Top
 Profile E-mail  
 
 Post subject: Re: New Monorail at WDW?
PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 10:39 pm 
Offline
Brakeman

Joined: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:30 am
Posts: 137
No that was TEAL that they merged together from the undamaged purple and pink parts. Peach, I am assuming, that Peach is made up of the damaged parts that were refurbished. But I do not have verification of this at all.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: New Monorail at WDW?
PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 10:42 pm 
Offline
2000 post Engineer
User avatar

Joined: Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:32 pm
Posts: 2584
Location: 4 miles from the former NWRR
Oh, yeah.... that' right. Hmm, hadn't heard anything on "Peach".


Top
 Profile E-mail  
 
 Post subject: Re: New Monorail at WDW?
PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2011 9:29 am 
Offline
Chief Engineer
User avatar

Joined: Wed Jul 14, 2004 11:03 am
Posts: 3500
Location: Burnsland, TN
I wonder if "Peach" is actual Coral? I see that Coral is already in the list, but its color does look rather peachy.

_________________
Image


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: New Monorail at WDW?
PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2011 3:07 pm 
Offline
Brakeman

Joined: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:30 am
Posts: 137
That's what I'm thinking. I wonder if someone saw Coral and thought it was Peach. Coral is currently painted as the Tronorail.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: New Monorail at WDW?
PostPosted: Sun May 22, 2011 10:43 pm 
Offline
Engineer
User avatar

Joined: Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:55 pm
Posts: 846
Location: San Jose, California
Coral and Peach would be very hard colors to distinguish. As far as I know the two undamaged halves of pink and purple were turned magically into Teal.

_________________
TFN5459


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: New Monorail at WDW?
PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:53 pm 
Offline
Brakeman

Joined: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:30 am
Posts: 137
Disney officially announced that Monorail Peach will be testing soon and added to the roster this fall:

Disney World to add new monorail train
August 12, 2011|By Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel
Walt Disney World will add a new monorail train this fall, restoring its fleet to the full complement of 12 trains for the first time since a two-train collision killed a monorail driver more than two years ago.

Disney said the new train will begin testing during the next few weeks, though it will initially lack the colored stripe that is used to identify each of the resort's trains. It will eventually be painted with a peach-colored stripe.

Disney hasn't had 12 monorail trains in service since July 5, 2009, when two of its trains collided in a 2 a.m. crash that killed 21-year-old Austin Wuennenberg, a monorail driver and part-time Disney employee from Kissimmee.

Disney said the new train is made with a combination of new parts and components recycled from the two trains that collided. Another of the resort's trains is made entirely of vehicles from the trains involved in the accident.

The fallout from the 2009 tragedy still hasn't completely settled. The National Transportation Safety Board, one of two federal agencies to investigate the accident, has yet to issue its findings. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration already fined Disney $35,200 for safety lapses. Wuennenberg's family also sued, and Disney settled earlier this year.

Disney's monorail system could use the added help. This summer, Disney announced it would cut its monorail operating hours, no longer running the trains during extended hours at night when hotel guests are allowed to stay extra late in its theme parks. Disney said the reduced schedule was needed to allow maintenance crews more time to work on the trains and the rail system, though some outside the company think operational cost savings were a factor.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: New Monorail at WDW?
PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:43 am 
Offline
Passenger
User avatar

Joined: Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:13 am
Posts: 45
Location: Plymouth, MI
A photo of the "new" train is posted here: http://www.wdwmagic.com/Transportation/Monorail/News/17Aug2011-PHOTO---A-'pre-paint'-look-at-Monorail-Peach-in-the-maintenance-area.htm

_________________
"Welcome to stitch kingdom, mahalo and have a magical day!"


Top
 Profile E-mail  
 
 Post subject: Re: New Monorail at WDW?
PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:37 pm 
Offline
Passenger
User avatar

Joined: Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:13 am
Posts: 45
Location: Plymouth, MI
It's out of the paint shop now!

http://www.wdwmagic.com/Transportation/Monorail/News/21Sep2011-PHOTOS---First-look-at-the-painted-Monorail-Peach.htm

_________________
"Welcome to stitch kingdom, mahalo and have a magical day!"


Top
 Profile E-mail  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 2
 [ 18 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next

All times are UTC - 6 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 1 guest


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
© 2006-2011 Burnsland.com, Steve Burns. Check out the Information page. All Disney-owned type stuff is property of Disney. No ownership or rights of usage are implied. No endorsement by Disney is implied, either. Surf at your own risk. Look both ways before crossing the street. Live long and prosper.