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Tuesday morning January 2nd after we pre-registered at the Pop Century Resort, Judy and I drove to Epcot to wait for the arrival of the rest of our party from West Virginia later in the day.  Epcot is Disney’s stimulant to curiousity and imagination.  We enjoyed the “Universe of Energy” and “Honey I Shrunk the Audience” and parts of the World Showcase before the rain set in.  I did promise a railroad theme of sorts for each day of our visit to Disney World, and today’s entry has been a future vision for many years.  I found a good location with this fountain and waited to capture one of the 12 monorail trains that operate between Epcot and the Magic Kingdom.

The Disney World monorail has been in operation since 1971, and the current Mark VI version consists of six cars totaling 203-feet which hold a total of 365 passengers per train.  The track consists of 26-inch wide, pre-cast concrete beams supported by concrete columns around 50 feet apart.  Each monorail travels on rubber tires and is powered by a 600-volt DC propulsion system consisting of eight DC motors generating just under 700 horsepower, fed from leads on each side of the beam.

Next stop tomorrow is the Animal Kingdom.