Viewliner
Last Updated: April 8, 2024
You can take a round trip a round Tomorrowland on the Tomorrowland Viewliner or the Fantasyland Viewliner
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TMS-532
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Construction: 10
Onstage: 30
Backstage: 2
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Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
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Videos:
3
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When this attraction was replaced it ended up in Marceline, Missouri
The Viewliner was powered by a V8 Corvette motor.
The Engine was a modified 1954 Oldsmobile 88
It traveled on narrow gauged rails (30 inch).
Capacity: 65: Engine:1, Passenger: 48, Observation: 16
Length Of Engine: 18 feet 4 inches
Length Of Car: 16 feet 10 inches
Length Of Train: 56 feet 8 inches
There were 2 trains each with 6 cars: Salmon colored Tomorrowland Viewliner and the Blue colored Fantasyland Viewliner.
There were 2 stations: Tomorrowland station where the Monorail station is now and the Fantasyland station near the Matterhorn.
The track was a figure 8
Names of the cars were: Tomorrowland Viewliner: Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Saturn
Fantasyland Viewliner: Alice, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Bambi, Tinker Bell
Required a "B" ticket in 1957
From Viewliner Report:1959
THE STORY OF THE VIEWLINER
The VIEWLINER is a i scale interurban, fast express train of the future... the only one of its kind in the world.
SPEED
At 30 mph the VIEWLINER is traveling the equivalent of 120 mph in a full scale train. The VIEWLINER is capable of 60 mph, or 240 mph full scale.
The LOCOMOTIVE is an 0-4-4-0 type... weight: 5,000 lbs. The 8 wheel drive is powered by a gasoline engine with automatic transmission. drive shafts and differentials.
Interior of LOCOMOTIVE cab is of an advanced design, clean and
comfortable as a modern automobile.
The Coaches weigh just under 2,000 lbs. each, built of aluminum an a steel frame. Suspension of the Coaches use standard automotive parts. They are connected with a gimbal bearing and are based on the articulated principle. Each Coach is equipped with 2 speedometers calibrated to the scale-speed of the train... They have communication speakers and automatic electric doors controlled by the engineer.
SAFETY FEATURES
Vacuum operated brakes on every wheel... rotating head and tail lamps... Standard railroad block signal system plus an automatic electronic control on the LOCOMOTIVE which automatically applies the brakes if the train should run through a red light.
An automotive gasoline engine and automatic transmission were used as a drive for the steel flange railroad wheels.
Its low center of gravity and articulated cars enable the VIEWLINER, to maneuver curves at high speeds.
Gauge of track - 30 inches
The VIEWLINER was designed by WED Enterprises and was assembled at the Walt Disney Studio in Burbank, California.
Viewliner Specifications:
THEORETICAL CAPACITY
This figure is what the attraction should yield under ideal conditions utilizing all units in the system with no loss in efficiency at any position. This figure should be seldom or never attained. It is an ideal against which to measure.
Theoretical Capacity:
1950 per hour
DISPATCH INTERVAL
The time interval between the dispatching of units.
Dispatch Interval:
INSTANTANOUS CAPACITY
Number of guests that can be handled when ride opens
Instantanous Capacity:
Trips:
30 per hour:
Audience Control Capacity:
DISTANCE
Distance Traveled
Distance:
2900 feet
CAPACITY PER UNIT
Capacity for each vehicle or show
Capacity Per Unit:
64
SPEED
Average speed vehicles travel
Speed:
10.90
CYCLE TIME
From the time a unit passes any given point in the cycle until it returns to that same point.
Cycle Time:
4:00
QUEUE FACTOR
Average wait time; the number of minutes from the time a guest steps into a line until he actually sets foot on an attraction. 1965
Queue Factor:
LOAD TIME
From the time the guest(s) begins to enter the unit until the guest(s) is seated and the unit is safe to dispatch.
Load Time:
1:00
TRIP TIME
From dispatch to unload.
Trip Time:
3:00
Attendance Factor:
Utilization Factor:
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