Strange Little Tug - the Disneyland Monorail Tractor.

A very useful but elusive tug, this diesel powered monorail tractor vehicle is used for maintenance of way at the original Disneyland..

Safety first: The tractor is primarily used for beam inspection each morning prior to operation. Part of that inspection includes removal of vegetation six feet beyond where any guest could reach - so the tractor has a catwalk and rails to facilitate clearing the zone and other beam maintenance..It is Diesel powered to operate independently of beam power and designed to grapple and haul a fully loaded monorail train-set in the event of motive failure, facilitating an orderly disembarkation.
Courtesy: the tractor can be used for yard switching and shop maintenance such as train-set separation for removal and replacement of the articulated load-bearing tire.
Show: The tractor is not part of the guest experience, and is backstage during normal operations.
Efficiency: The tractor is designed to handle the many and varied tasks required for safe operation.

Also see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSzrQ7dL39s Disneyland Monorail Towed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cStSlIwgXbU Monorail being towed across Switchbeam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v2KzOPgPQo Monorail Towtruck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Oro46L-2zQ WDW Mark IV Monorail Assembly: Purple.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Disney Wizard
• Disneyland
• resort
• monorail
• tractor
• tow
• truck
• tug
• esplanade
• closing
• Strange Craft
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