Seattle Center Monorail - a Photo Essay
Page Five
another Monorail Society Exclusive!

Look between the art deco skirt and the beam and you get a nice close-up look of a side guidance tire along with a backup rim in case of a rare tire failure. Please don't touch the bus bar.

Let's look under the hood! The nice folks of Seattle Monorail Services kindly allowed me to watch them install a rebuilt motor. The red container holds a gear box.

Guidance tires revealed as you don't normally get a chance to see them. The larger load bearing wheels are hidden above.

A newly rebuilt motor that hasn't been hooked up to the drive shaft yet.

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