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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: monorail

monorail stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Two Disney World monorail trains collided early this morning in Orlando, Fla., leaving one train operator dead, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Twenty-one-year-old Austin Wuennenberg died at the scene of the crash and another employee was taken to hospital with minor injuries. "I heard it happened at 2 a.m.... More »

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Disney World • death • crash • monorail

OPINION

Stop Levitating,
Start Governing: Kristol


Feb 14, 09 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - One of William Kristol’s favorite highlights of the new stimulus is the $8 billion reserved for a high-speed levitating train connecting Disneyland and Las Vegas. It wasn’t in the House bill and got just $2 billion in the Senate’s version, so they “compromised” on $8 billion.... More »

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Barack Obama • monorail • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • financial crisis • William Kristol

Disney Monorail Gets a Facelift

First of many '08 cosmetic upgrades set for February

Dec 22, 07 8:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Disney's once-futuristic elevated train has gotten its first facelift in 20 years, with the arrival at Disneyland Thursday of the first new cars in a series of planned upgrades to the monorail. The cars, to be unveiled in February, feature blue glass windows and red stripes that change color in... More »

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Walt Disney Co. • Disney • Orange County, California • theme park • Anaheim • Disneyland • monorail

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