The Seattle Monorail is a wonderful piece of history still gliding above the streets of Seattle! This is the first ALWEG Monorail built in the United States!
I am from the DR and next year the construction of the maglev tsb will begin in Santo Domingo, long live German technology and next year the metro and monorail will be inaugurated
Seattle is so beautiful May god bless everyone living there and keep them safe from crona19.and get well soon to all .miracles do take place.keep praying.
That building is the MoPop (Museum of Popular Culture), formerly known as the EMP (Experience Music Project), founded by Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen.
Our toddler loves your videos. He requests them (by naming the locations) often. This video was the first we watched, since the Seattle monorail is in one of our books. Thank you for being a lens on "the outside world" during this time especially - my husband and I are learning along with our toddler 😁
Katy Boone that is co cool to hear! I really love shooting and editing these videos and I’m glad you and your toddler loves watching them! Thanks for the comment!
The first test track for ALWEG was located in Cologne/Germany in the early 50's until 1967. Nothing remains. It runs just 10 miles from my todays home . ALWEG stands for its inventor "AL-fred WE-nner-G-ren, a businessman from Sweden!
Built for the Century 21 Exposition (an official World's Fair) in 1962, but never expanded. The ride--all of two minutes long--is still exciting. Now that the regional ORCA card is accepted, I will be using it more once it reopens after the pandemic.
I mean, it may be pretty impractical, barely ridden, and only have two stations, but it's still pretty damn cool it exists. Too bad it's being overshadowed by the Link Light Rail project.
They originally wanted five lines as an extension, the first having 17 stations. It wasn't bad thinking it was shitty bureaucracy. This stretch is an icon and something for tourists to get from a downtown shopping center to the Space Needle and Museums.
Great video. Nicely edited to include all aspects of the journey. I always love riding on it on my previous trips to Seattle and always stay near the Space Needle. Great experience at a cheap price.
I used to work in what was the WAMU building years ago. Hopping on the Monorail during my lunch break or after work was one of my fav activities. It's too bad it was never extended...
@THE ORIGINAL PROFESSOR CHAOS lol....dude not even close to San Francisco.....that is a bold lie....Seattle is probably the safest big city in the United states....not many homeless people like here in California & other places around the country.....
@Earth+: True .. it used to be .. but now City of Seattle has so many homeless people .. not only that the crime rate is going up too. As a woman I'm afraid to walk alone at night in downtown.
America should have these high speed monorails all over the country in all the cities the same way Eisenhower did with the freeways back in the 1950's. Imagine how many people we can employ building a trans national monorail system. Automation can build these trans national monorail infrastructure a lot faster and more efficiently. Just an idea.
Paul Page I agree that we need high speed transportation, but this Seattle Monorail is not high speed. This is meant for urban metro networks, not long distance intercity travel.
maybe Hyperloop's everywhere will be the next big thing? We really need something. Our roads are way too congested in American cities with the lack of public transport.
ErebosSan yes, you are correct. And it was a bad design choice because a few years ago, two trains tried to occupy the station at the same time and side swiped each other! You can look up pictures of this accident easily. When the monorail was first built, there was a Station by the Westlake Mall, but when a skyscraper was to be built there, they pinched the tracks and put them on the side of the mall.
In this pic you can see the original Downtown station. Where the triangular buildings are is now a highrise office tower and mall and outdoor plaza. To fit the trains into the space, they did pinch the lines together, you can see the ramp extensions that reach out over the inner track to get to the Red train in the video. A inexperienced operator ignored signals to stop and they did crash into each other once. Now there is Active Train Control to avoid another mishap. c4.staticflickr.com/4/3152/3012653535_85e2a0292d_b.jpg
Yes, I love the stainless steel frame and the large windows and the small windows surging up to the ceiling! Very retro-futuristic look! They also look very aerodynamic!
Me and my dog went to the Seattle waterfront and walked all around went up to the center and caught the monorail back downtown took a bus home Good vacation
I miss living in Seattle. Lived at 9th and Pine! Miss shopping at PCC. Miss the gig speed internet in the Starbucks curtesy of Google. Shot out to Wave G internet company. 👍🏿❤️❤️❤️
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@Sachin Borse this is American train
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Nice train, but it shakes too much.
I'm from Germany. I lived in Sammamish, King County for one yr. Brings back some lovely memories!
I am from the DR and next year the construction of the maglev tsb will begin in Santo Domingo, long live German technology and next year the metro and monorail will be inaugurated
Seattle is so beautiful May god bless everyone living there and keep them safe from crona19.and get well soon to all .miracles do take place.keep praying.
Wow1 This train is beautiful. I love the art deco feel to it. Seattle looks like a stunning looking city as well.
Yes, not a single homeless person can be seen in this video.
True, but if you went to Seattle you`ll see alot homeless living in a tent under the bridge
As a Seattle native I don't ever remember a time I havent riden the monorail. Love my town.
Love the fall colors included in the scenery. Especially like the shots of the monorail 🚝 entering or exiting the contemporary building. Nice 👍🏻 job!
That building is the MoPop (Museum of Popular Culture), formerly known as the EMP (Experience Music Project), founded by Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen.
Patrick Kinney .....
It was designed by Toronto-born, Los Angeles-based architect Frank Gehry.
Nice aesthetic with the autumn colors
You got some great shots of the train and some beautiful foliage.......thanks!
very cool monorail!
Our toddler loves your videos. He requests them (by naming the locations) often. This video was the first we watched, since the Seattle monorail is in one of our books. Thank you for being a lens on "the outside world" during this time especially - my husband and I are learning along with our toddler 😁
Katy Boone that is co cool to hear! I really love shooting and editing these videos and I’m glad you and your toddler loves watching them! Thanks for the comment!
The Seattle monorail, it's as old as I am. Very novel but also impractical. But still love it.
The elevated type monorail sucks. Suspended type is better.
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The first test track for ALWEG was located in Cologne/Germany in the early 50's until 1967. Nothing remains. It runs just 10 miles from my todays home . ALWEG stands for its inventor "AL-fred WE-nner-G-ren, a businessman from Sweden!
I took a ride on this in 2003. Classic, yet fun.
Seatle seems to be a very beautiful place. I would really like to see it for myself someday
Really good selection of angles, love all the details and shots with the driver. Fantastic way to discover Seattle
Thank you! I wish they would extend the Seattle Monorail by a few more miles!
nicely filmed!!love this monorail!
I agree. Comprehensive documentation in an engaging format.
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Built for the Century 21 Exposition (an official World's Fair) in 1962, but never expanded. The ride--all of two minutes long--is still exciting. Now that the regional ORCA card is accepted, I will be using it more once it reopens after the pandemic.
Great video work!
I mean, it may be pretty impractical, barely ridden, and only have two stations, but it's still pretty damn cool it exists. Too bad it's being overshadowed by the Link Light Rail project.
Two stations, what a waste of money. A good example of bad thinking.
They originally wanted five lines as an extension, the first having 17 stations. It wasn't bad thinking it was shitty bureaucracy. This stretch is an icon and something for tourists to get from a downtown shopping center to the Space Needle and Museums.
light rail is unsustainable for Seattle but they will never build heavy rail. for it to be sustainable they're going to have to build alot more lines
2 station only? WTH is that too wasted isn't it?
Link light rail is more like a “light metro” or “light subway”. When expansions open it will be amazing !
Nice video. This is what the former GDR wanted to build. Now i have it as a very rare and expensive 1:87 scale modeltrain kit.
And the kit is the Einschienenbahn from Piko. Luke, you have a very Dutch name. Are you Dutch, like me?
Great video. Nicely edited to include all aspects of the journey. I always love riding on it on my previous trips to Seattle and always stay near the Space Needle. Great experience at a cheap price.
wow that’s beautiful, I’ve never seen trains like that
Wow thank you for this video,Seattle is wonderful and this train is a dream!i want go with him one day....People who live there are lucky!
Great job with the editing! Very well executed.
I used to work in what was the WAMU building years ago. Hopping on the Monorail during my lunch break or after work was one of my fav activities. It's too bad it was never extended...
This is awesome!!! Seattle looks like an amazing city. Thanks for the video!!
Earth+ Yeah, just keep watching videos that stay in areas clear of Yesler, Occidental park, and spots along 3rd Ave.
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Earth+ it is a amazing city
@THE ORIGINAL PROFESSOR CHAOS lol....dude not even close to San Francisco.....that is a bold lie....Seattle is probably the safest big city in the United states....not many homeless people like here in California & other places around the country.....
@Earth+: True .. it used to be .. but now City of Seattle has so many homeless people .. not only that the crime rate is going up too. As a woman I'm afraid to walk alone at night in downtown.
Gorgeous fall foliage 🍁🍂🎃
Enjoyed the train ride. It was like being there in person. 😊💕
Beautifully shot video, and what stunning colours. Many thanks!
awesome monorail nice.
America should have these high speed monorails all over the country in all the cities the same way Eisenhower did with the freeways back in the 1950's. Imagine how many people we can employ building a trans national monorail system. Automation can build these trans national monorail infrastructure a lot faster and more efficiently. Just an idea.
Paul Page I agree that we need high speed transportation, but this Seattle Monorail is not high speed. This is meant for urban metro networks, not long distance intercity travel.
high speed? 😂
maybe Hyperloop's everywhere will be the next big thing? We really need something. Our roads are way too congested in American cities with the lack of public transport.
Not suitable for big cities. Metro rail/subway is the best option.
"America should"....."Just and idea"...
I don't like public transportation, that's all.
Looks like a nice ride and and Fall colors compliments your video beautifully.
I'm so honored to be able to even ride that thing, it was really, really cool.
This is such a unique train, I just wish the line was longer!
@@Luke_Starkenburg same maybe extension can be made to south lake union or to 4th Avenue? Just a thought 🤔
@@qyzzi115 I would love that, and a citywide extension was approved years ago, but it never happened. I doubt it will ever be extended.
Now I got that Monorail Simpsons song stuck in my head.
*Great Video ... been on that monorail on my 10 trips to Seattle*
Thanks for sharing very impressive monorail journey experience congratulations 🙏
Train operator from Chicago!!!! Love this video 💪🏾💪🏾💯💕
Salute for the Women Driver, She was incredibly awesome 👏👏👏
of course she was. its on rails. no way to swerve into the other lane while putting on makeup =)
3:13-3:29 feels like a cutscene from a video game!
On another note, I cannot wait to move here.
Update ?
Looks right out of Disney World.
I love these type of trains to travel
never knew such trains exist ! wow , beautifull !!
Good video! Will you film the Link light rail & the Seattle streetcar next?
good video!!!!!!!!!!
Your videos are always so professional... love them!
Ajay L thank you! I try hard to put out good videos!
Seattle is beautiful
I went on this back in 2011, thanks for letting me be able to see it again
Minty Puff in the 60s all of this would be torn down what a waste of resources it’s good it’s still up and running
Amazing! Here in São Paulo we also have a Monorail
I Like The Seattle Space Needle And Monorail, And Link Light Rail!
Nagyon jó videó Gratulálok! Magyarországról.
Great video, just perfect
Santosh Meghare thank you very much!
I would ride the monorail when I was in town from the park. Ride to the Space Needle. I would enjoy my self.Amazed at how close the buildings were.
beautiful monorail video :)
I love this monorail I can't wait for the monorail to open in my country next year best regards from the Dominican Republic
What a superb machine
New subscriber I 💜 trains awesome video thanks for sharing
Beautiful ❤️
Always enjoy this
so cool ♥
Wow to see😍 great capturing thanks for the wonderful video👍🏻👍🏻😊
Thanks!
So cool !!!
Wonderful content and aslo editing.
Thank you!
Haha this reminded me about the Frasier episode where he got stuck on the monorail when he was supposed to give a speech for 'Frasier Crane Day' :-D
Nice vintage monorail!
It seems that the 2 tracks are closer after the curve at 2:33 ?
ErebosSan yes, you are correct. And it was a bad design choice because a few years ago, two trains tried to occupy the station at the same time and side swiped each other! You can look up pictures of this accident easily. When the monorail was first built, there was a Station by the Westlake Mall, but when a skyscraper was to be built there, they pinched the tracks and put them on the side of the mall.
In this pic you can see the original Downtown station. Where the triangular buildings are is now a highrise office tower and mall and outdoor plaza. To fit the trains into the space, they did pinch the lines together, you can see the ramp extensions that reach out over the inner track to get to the Red train in the video. A inexperienced operator ignored signals to stop and they did crash into each other once. Now there is Active Train Control to avoid another mishap. c4.staticflickr.com/4/3152/3012653535_85e2a0292d_b.jpg
ErebosSan illewl throw them away!
I found it to be the most beautiful monorail!
Yes, I love the stainless steel frame and the large windows and the small windows surging up to the ceiling! Very retro-futuristic look! They also look very aerodynamic!
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Good production value Luke! Well done.
Beautiful city.
Смотрю на конструкцию этого монорельса и вспоминаю известное выражение: "Не добавить, не убавить". Шедевр инженерной мысли!!!
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So good ! 👍
Very nice video, interesting public transport system !
Interesting clip, bravo!
GReat video....Big like & respect
Good stuff!
My favourite city!
Awesome video,,
Looks like animation,,
Beautifull city,,
Salute from INDIA
Beautiful city ¡¡
When I was a child in Seattle, there were 2 monorail trains, one red one blue. The blue one was my favorite, couldnt tell you why.
Really beautiful
So cool!
Hey this is really good and smooth quality footage. May I ask what equipment you use? I would definitely welcome tips for my videos :)
VeeTravels this was all shot on my iPhone. I edited it on Final Cut Pro.
Perfect public transport system.
Hatsf engineering technology.
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So beautiful
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great video
Beautiful
Very nice mono rail
I love this video
very very nice the train 1950's style and the city... Seattle it make sense of a future city..
Me and my dog went to the Seattle waterfront and walked all around went up to the center and caught the monorail back downtown took a bus home Good vacation
I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and, by gum, it put them on the map!
Accessfm those monorails suck
Mono means one, and rail means rail!
Is there a chance the track could bend?
amazing............^-^
wow, very nice video!!
Nice Mono!
Good and very nice railway
I miss living in Seattle. Lived at 9th and Pine! Miss shopping at PCC. Miss the gig speed internet in the Starbucks curtesy of Google. Shot out to Wave G internet company. 👍🏿❤️❤️❤️
Wow really nice 🙂🙂🙂🙂
I Seattle is Gorgeous. I must visit.
OGDC , yes Seattle is a beautiful city, I went to Seattle in September of 2003, I rode the Empire Builder from Chicago..