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Seattle Center Monorail

Seattle, WA

Opened: 24 March 1962

47.611888, -122.336804

www.seattlemonorail.com

This monorail was originally built by the German Alweg Company to connect downtown Seattle to the Century 21 World's Fair grounds. The guideway is composed of 70-foot prestressed concrete beams and runs just under one mile. There are two articulated trainsets that run on 700 volts DC supplied through contact rails on the guideway beams. A major refurbishment was completed in 2011.

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Downtown terminus

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Entrance sign

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Rail

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Macy's

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Westlake Center

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Ground entrance

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Car

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Boarding

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Boarding

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Interior

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Interior

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Westbound (video)

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Arriving at Seattle Center

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Operator

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Front of car

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Front of car

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Seattle Center terminus

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Red car

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Bumper

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Maintenance

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Maintenance

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Seattle Center terminal entrance

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Deferred major maintenance project

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Monorail

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Monorail tracks into Seattle Center

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Monorail tracks

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First commercial monorail plaque

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Arriving at Seattle Center (video)

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Maintenance shop

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Maintenance shop

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Driver controls

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