Monorail and Train Roundhouse (Bay Lake, Florida)

USA / Florida / Lake Buena Vista / Bay Lake, Florida / Center Drive
 railway roundhouse, monorail system
There are five monorail beams on the right side of the shop including one dedicated to a paint booth and 6 monorail beams on the left side of the shop including a shorter beam for one of their worktractors , used to tow monorails. The right side of the building is an expansion to accommodate the Monorails of the Epcot line. This is where they fix and store all the Walt Disney World Monorails at night. Monorails are on the upper floor and the Magic Kingdom steam trains are stored and serviced on the ground floor to the West. Garages to work on the other 18,000 vehicles, including 163 buses, are on the ground floor to the East and next door.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_World_Monorail_System#Maintenance
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Coordinates:   28°25'32"N   81°34'43"W

Comments

  • Also home to the steam trains (downstairs)
  • It's officially called the roundhouse.
  • Note the conventional railroad tracks run south into the Magic Kingdom theme park while the monorail beams run south-east around the park and to the Ticket and Transportation Center.
  • there are 11 beams!
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