06-21-2017, 09:57 AM
(06-21-2017, 07:44 AM)Canard Wrote: LOL!
Detroit has the the third UTDC ICTS Mk. 1 installation, after the Scarborough RT and Vancouver Skytrain. It's as much of a monorail as the Toronto Zoo AGT was. The LIM reaction plate probably confuses people.
Lovely morning:
Harsco Mk. IV track tampers keep our rails aligned with millimetre precision. #wrLRT #futureIONrider pic.twitter.com/YU0XotRPMM
— iain (@Canardiain) June 21, 2017
Beautiful photograph. I love photos that make “industrial” things like railroad work cars look artistic.
Your comment about the Toronto Zoo system dredges up a memory for me. It’s vague, so I’m not certain, but I have a recollection of thinking of it as being a monorail when I visited the Zoo in the early 80s. Actually, on thinking about it, I would argue it’s closer to being a monorail than ICTS is — there is a single long structure that supports the train, rather than one on each side as in conventional rail. The main difference is that the train sits in the track rather than around it. Also, the support structure doesn’t have the thin profile I normally associate with monorail. However, I’m happy to be corrected if monorail has a more specific accepted definition.