@@stickynorth It is not the average age of senators that causes them to destroy public goods. It's their political ideology which is largely shared by the entire bunch.
Yup, the 1994 system is just like Disney's! The 1994 version is what's called a WEDway PeopleMover, just like the attraction at Magic Kingdom! The deal was closed under Bombardier, but was sold under the WEDway brand. When Disney employees who worked for WEDway were transferred to Bombardier, they worked on the Capitol subway. This is also similar to the Subway at George Bush Intercontinental which is another WEDway, but that one was legitimately built under Disney. Disneyland was the first Disney park to get the WEDway PeopleMover, but that system closed in 1995, and it didn't use LIM but rather had Goodyear tires placed along the track for propulsion. Because the Magic Kingdom system did not utilize the rotating Goodyear tires, Goodyear had no part in the East Coast version. The Edison Electric Institute was the original institutional patron of the attraction. Instead of an open track with covered cars, as designed for Disneyland, the trains were designed were built as open-air cars that traveled under a permanent roof over the guideway.
... and that technology is now 50 years old. Disney was truly ahead of their time! I wonder how the electrical efficiency compares to a modern 3 phase traction system?
The Magic Kingdom PeopleMover connection is the weirdest thing about the Capitol subway. A few years ago this seemed to be something of a mystery in the theme-park-fan community, why the Capitol system *looked* so much like the Houston one but nobody could find records of it being a WEDway PeopleMover... but it all seems to be cleared up now.
8 people miss a train and they are all urgently cool with getting a cute new one for themselves. Millions have trouble getting around and they kill the ideas and funding for public transit improvements for decades upon decades.😂😭Anyway, first time Iv learned of or seen these. Its cool. But also something about it feels creepy and I don't know why lol.
Isn’t that super depressing to think about? All these politicians who don’t think this would work in their city? Surprised Elon Musk hasn’t tried to replace it with a “loop.”
Those linear induction motors make some of the strangest sounds that I've ever heard from a piece of rolling stock! Also, I definitely should contact my representatives to see if I could get a ride on the Capitol Subway
A Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins in a congressional office building...America truly runs on Dunkin! Even though I've only done the touristy tour in 2010, it's really cool to look at all the details of the Capitol! The underground city thing is just like Disney World's Magic Kingdom! At Magic Kingdom, they have the Utilidors which is a system that has some of the world's largest utility tunnels. This makes theme park operations possible. This system allows cast members like costumed characters to reach their destination out of sight from guests. The public can visit the Utilidors if you book the Keys to the Kingdom Tour. According to a legend, Walt was bothered by the sight of a cowboy walking through Disneyland's Tomorrowland en route to his post in Frontierland. He felt that such a sight was jarring and it detracted from the guest experience. Since Disneyland was small, such a tunnel system could not be built, so when Magic Kingdom was planned, the system was built. The Utilidors is not a basement, as due to the elevated water table of its Florida location, most of these tunnels were actually built at ground level, and the Magic Kingdom was built above that.
I absolutely love your enthusiasm on these videos, Thom. I rode both the Senate and House subways during my only visit to the Capitol building, in 1982, before the Hart building and its subway extension opened and had no idea it had been modernized in 1993. In those days you were pretty much free to roam the halls and even have lunch in the Senate Dining Room (everybody said I had to have the famous Senate Bean Soup but I was underwhelmed) but I guess the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 changed all that.
I had a chance to ride the Capitol subway in the early-mid 1970's with my brother and mom when touring the Capitol. When we were done looking at the Capitol, we went down to the basement to ride the subway which was open freely to everyone. Beside us in the subway car, we had two members of Congress riding with us, one of the was Senator Fritz Hollings of South Carolina.
Very cool. The newer system reminds me of airport people movers (such as those at Changi). I like how staff can walk next to the rail lines if they want to get their steps up. 🚶
After college graduation in 1998 I went to the D.C. area to visit my sister. We went to our state senator's office to get passes (free) to access the viewing gallery. The (very attractive) page working his front desk told us how to access the subway system from the Senate office building to the Capitol. We weren't entirely sure we were supposed to be there, but we followed her directions and rode it. The hilarious thing was that it dumped us off in some back-office area of the Capitol, and we had to wander aimlessly to find out way back to the public areas.
My parents and I were able to get a tour booked around 1990 when we were living in either PA or NY and we got to ride that train. I remember also getting to stand on the balcony of the senate floor for a bit and watch them which I thought was neat. The tour was a fun experience!
Thank you for this fascinating video ! I was completely unaware of its existence, and so glad you were able to take a ride, and explain it all to us. I think it’s a superb idea, and long May it continue !
Enjoyed the video. Haha he basically said the reason the trains exist is for all our geriatric senators, because for them “walking is not their strong suit”
This is one of the best, if not the very best video ever!!! I had no idea that these existed, or that they could be ridden on!!! Thank you for taking us all on this journey and thank you for all that you do!!!
I rode this subway my second week in the USA, a long time ago. It was fun, and it was part of our Washington Week experience as part of our MBA curriculum. I still remember it, more than 25 years later.
Thank you Thom for posting this. I’ve been on the Metro and was quite easy to use but that was in 1986 and was quite new then. Nice to see a young lad taking interest in our Capitol city and sharing it with us. Please travel the USA and post more, you do a good job and keep my attention on the video.
Homie love your channel! Public transit is one of the best infrastructure marvels mankind has ever created,alongside with dogs! During the covid-19 lockdowns,both public and private transit workers kept working and grinding,selflessly putting their lives on the line getting people to their spots! Transit workers at any level are definitely heroes! Thanks! 🚇 Transit & Dogs 🐕 for life!
Prior to completion of the Capitol Visitors Center it was common for visitors to take the subway to and from the Congressional and Senate office buildings as part of the the guided tours. Sadly it seems to be more difficult to do these days.
Comprehensive. You and your "team" do a great job keeping this personal, and smoothly keeping us going with well thought out b roll. Your research and deep diving is invaluable to keeping the channel interesting. Thanks for all your hard work.
Wow, having been to the capital many times, House of Representatives and senate chamber many times, this is actually crazy that I just found this out! Wow!
Hey Thom, I'll admit that the Dirksen-Hart Subway does make interesting noises while in transit with its magnetic linear motors, but I still prefer the sound of the NYCT R160B Siemens Propulsion, which btw I operated two at work today(one going southbound from Jamaica Queens to Coney Island and the other going northbound back to Queens from Coney Island Bklyn) although they can be a bit slippery on the Culver Elevated's wet rail in Brooklyn, NY... L8er
@@Thom-TRA It's a related weather system, Tropical storm Ophelia... We're expecting rain and windy conditions through the rest of the weekend to about Monday morning and that's the rest of my work week, so more "adjusted operation on the Culver El due to inclement weather, Jay Street Tower..." (if or when they ask about my lateness...Lol!) L8er
Dude I moved to MD recently and I've been verbally trying make my friends visualize how awesome the Metrorail system is. Your production style is the exact image I want them to see. Thank you for sharing!
I never heard of this before, as somebody that's had to use a cane for a few years now and recently had a mild stroke, seeing this is so awesome, short easy to use systems like this show be everywhere.
Now for my anecdote, Thom. In 1964, yes in the last millennium, my graduating high school class took a senior trip to DC and then on to NYC. By bus. One of our state’s two senators was then from our home town and he gave us a personal tour, including a ride on the Capitol subway. I recall open air cars, without the wind screens shown in this video. The cars, while comfortable, seemed like roller coaster cars. A photo from that year would confirm, or disprove, my memory. As a bonus I lucked into sitting in a car beside our Senator, John Sherman Cooper (1901-1999). Thanks, Thom, for an excellent video and a ride down memory lane…uh…subway.
In 1964, that would have been the open aired cars! I totally understand the roller coaster feel. Glad to bring up good memories! I still see senior trips in DC every time I commute on the metro 😂
If you thought 💭 the basement of the US Capitol confusing, I once did find the arrivals section(s) of Boston Logan Airport very confusing-once we’d got our luggage 🧳 (after a flight ✈️ from Edinburgh to Amsterdam and a flight ✈️ from Amsterdam to, of course *Boston* to attend a wedding 💒 in my wife’s family), I looked 👀 everywhere in the baggage 🧳 reclaim area to find the way out onto the arrivals concourse. Every exit I saw 👀 either lead to an elevator 🛗 (to where?) or to an out-of-bounds location of the airport. My wife had to guide me to the main way out to the concourse (whose exit was somewhat hidden in my view).
I rode the Capitol subway back in the innocent days of the 1980s. My sister and I were both in DC in college--two different universities--and we took a day to tour the Capitol building. In those days, you could just walk in and wander around. We went to the offices of our representative and senator and got passes to sit in the galleries in the House and Senate. It was kind of boring. There wasn't any voting going on, but it was still exciting just to be there. We also rode the House and Senate subways.
I'm old enough to have ridden these back when the public had open access to the Capitol and the office buildings, and there was no need to arrange for an escort to ride the subways. Too bad that's not true anymore and I don't accept the excuse that it's necessary for security. As far as I know, you can still enter the office buildings through standard security desks, but not the Capitol building itself. Anyway, my rides pre-date the new automated line to the Hart Building, and I doubt I'll stoop to asking permission just to ride it, so thanks, Thom, for taking me on a virtual ride.
It doesn’t strike me as that unusual that in a time where people increasingly choose to express their politics violently, the security of politicians is adequately taken care of
@@Thom-TRA Just be sure to do the PRT on a weekday between 6:30am and 10:15pm or Saturday between 9:30am and 5:30pm. It does not run on Sundays or university breaks. It truly is a unique system that I get the privilege of taking almost daily to and from class!
Rode it back in the 1960’s! Yeah, I’m old. Rode with a junior Senator from West Virginia (at the time). Looks the same in the video as I remember, open roof, not enclosed cars. That “Disney Design” was the “WEDway People Mover” in Tomorrowland.
The Dirksen-Hart one looks like the exact same model at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, TX. It's on the landside of the terminals, and first started in 1969.
I haven't been on the metro in I think maybe a year, but I almost only ever have to take the red line, so it was weird seeing the newer cars, maybe it's been more than a year but I don't remember the red line having them last time I was there.
5:12 the art they display on the walls is really cool, its from the Scholastic Art & Writing awards. I participated and (nearly) won to have a photo displayed on there as a senior in hs!
Never knew about this train. But seeing this, yes it is like the little train at Houston Intercontinental Airport. I rode on it a few months ago and for some reason it reminded me of a ferris wheel car... Btw this is a neat vid!
now I need to look into to the imperial "subway" in vienna (because I live in vienna). there is a tunnel from the "hofburg", the residency of the emperors of austria and todays office of the austrian president to schönbrunn, a palace in vienna. back then, when it was in use, there were horse carriages inside, not even a rail system.
i remember after watching the senate for like an hour when i was visiting dc 2 months ago it was so different to see the building with like no one else in it as they closed by then, i also saw bernie sanders in the senate chamber.
At my Union tour of this train about twenty years ago. I saw as the congressmen were on the train heading to vote they also had helpers putting on their suits and make up. Even saw one getting a hair cut. It was great to see that they are human.
I have to wonder why more legislatures around the world haven’t already built similar systems. It’s not like such legislative complexes, at least national ones, are necessarily small.
Because the US has the laziest and most elderly legislature on Earth. A smaller body than almost any other national legislature, and with many members well past 70.
12:00 the Houston Airport (Bush) uses those subway cars in their airport subway. Its outside of security so it's become used a whole lot less used since 9/11
When watching the video I mused over the Russel and Rayburn subways and looked at the odd pantographs.. Then realized they are brushes.. Those old cars are using 3 phase AC directly likely in the 400V to 600V range. Quite the unusual way to power a train but being a short distance the two extra electrical conductors don't add too much of a cost and engineering hassle. Though still a weird and somewhat antiquated system.
@@Thom-TRA Happy to have provided a bit more insight, sadly all I can do is make logical guesses biased on my knowledge as a technician as there seems to be a lack of technical information on the older Russel and Rayburn subways aside from when they were built. Again though, judging from the number of electrical conductors and assuming it's indeed a three phase system from the 1950's leads to another interesting possibility. That the "horizontal elevator" analogy is literally true, as in some company took elevator motors and controllers and built a train around them.
I used to go to the Capitol often before 9/11. There wasn't really any "no go" zones. You could explore the bowels of the Capitol with basically no restrictions.
I rode on this in 1997 on a family trip to Washington DC. It was then apparently open to the public? These must be different trains because as the motor stepped up and down it made a sound that sounded like a "sick piano" as I called it at the time. Surely post 9/11 this has all been secured. I don't remember the trains being open like that but perhaps they were. edit: 12:07, this was the train we rode on! Same sound! Ha!
I was actually surprised how bumpy and noisy the three systems are, and that they only seat two abreast with little shoulder room. On a different note, Hawaii's flag got lots of time in-shot; because it was the last state to join the Union, it's flag is at the end of the parade of flags.
I did that subway journey while on offical business back in the early 1990s but I don't remember it being a tracked line. I thought they were more like golf buggies.
I'm glad you got the opportunity to ride the Capitol Subway. I myself didn't know if I could ride it or to how to access it. I've only visited the Capitol twice. Excellent video Thom!!👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
It would be a thrill for me too. Just to see that Disney’s former Community Transportation Systems (CTS) does have 2 installations. Okay. So the Senate WEDWay is technically Bombardier.
Am I the only one how noticed that bro can't even spell Capital right?
Oh wait I just realized what he meant...
@@TheTransportGuy001 you are one not so smart mf
Capital is a city, Capitol is a location within the city where the government is located 😐
@@notmanciv5016 Bro I literally said that in the first reply 😭
Pin of shame
The irony of senators traveling in this thing on their way to kill another bill trying to improve public transport 💀
EXACTLY
That's was my first thought when watching... Damn Gerontocracy!
The two worse things the government ever did to allow this were the SZEA of 1916 and the Esch Cummins act of 1920😢.
+1
@@stickynorth It is not the average age of senators that causes them to destroy public goods. It's their political ideology which is largely shared by the entire bunch.
Yup, the 1994 system is just like Disney's! The 1994 version is what's called a WEDway PeopleMover, just like the attraction at Magic Kingdom! The deal was closed under Bombardier, but was sold under the WEDway brand. When Disney employees who worked for WEDway were transferred to Bombardier, they worked on the Capitol subway. This is also similar to the Subway at George Bush Intercontinental which is another WEDway, but that one was legitimately built under Disney.
Disneyland was the first Disney park to get the WEDway PeopleMover, but that system closed in 1995, and it didn't use LIM but rather had Goodyear tires placed along the track for propulsion. Because the Magic Kingdom system did not utilize the rotating Goodyear tires, Goodyear had no part in the East Coast version. The Edison Electric Institute was the original institutional patron of the attraction. Instead of an open track with covered cars, as designed for Disneyland, the trains were designed were built as open-air cars that traveled under a permanent roof over the guideway.
Your comment is so much more detailed than mine…. Deleting mine.
... and that technology is now 50 years old. Disney was truly ahead of their time! I wonder how the electrical efficiency compares to a modern 3 phase traction system?
So it’s built by a Canadian company? 😂
The Magic Kingdom PeopleMover connection is the weirdest thing about the Capitol subway. A few years ago this seemed to be something of a mystery in the theme-park-fan community, why the Capitol system *looked* so much like the Houston one but nobody could find records of it being a WEDway PeopleMover... but it all seems to be cleared up now.
8 people miss a train and they are all urgently cool with getting a cute new one for themselves. Millions have trouble getting around and they kill the ideas and funding for public transit improvements for decades upon decades.😂😭Anyway, first time Iv learned of or seen these. Its cool. But also something about it feels creepy and I don't know why lol.
Isn’t that super depressing to think about? All these politicians who don’t think this would work in their city? Surprised Elon Musk hasn’t tried to replace it with a “loop.”
@@Thom-TRA Don't even suggest that. please...
11:15
I rode the old cars back in the 1950s as a child with my Mother when she was delivering documents to Senators & Congressmen.
Those linear induction motors make some of the strangest sounds that I've ever heard from a piece of rolling stock!
Also, I definitely should contact my representatives to see if I could get a ride on the Capitol Subway
I remember those sounds, in particular. Pretty unique.
A Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins in a congressional office building...America truly runs on Dunkin! Even though I've only done the touristy tour in 2010, it's really cool to look at all the details of the Capitol! The underground city thing is just like Disney World's Magic Kingdom! At Magic Kingdom, they have the Utilidors which is a system that has some of the world's largest utility tunnels. This makes theme park operations possible. This system allows cast members like costumed characters to reach their destination out of sight from guests. The public can visit the Utilidors if you book the Keys to the Kingdom Tour.
According to a legend, Walt was bothered by the sight of a cowboy walking through Disneyland's Tomorrowland en route to his post in Frontierland. He felt that such a sight was jarring and it detracted from the guest experience. Since Disneyland was small, such a tunnel system could not be built, so when Magic Kingdom was planned, the system was built. The Utilidors is not a basement, as due to the elevated water table of its Florida location, most of these tunnels were actually built at ground level, and the Magic Kingdom was built above that.
Are you a big theme park or Disney fan besides transit?
I absolutely love your enthusiasm on these videos, Thom.
I rode both the Senate and House subways during my only visit to the Capitol building, in 1982, before the Hart building and its subway extension opened and had no idea it had been modernized in 1993.
In those days you were pretty much free to roam the halls and even have lunch in the Senate Dining Room (everybody said I had to have the famous Senate Bean Soup but I was underwhelmed) but I guess the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 changed all that.
Senate Bean soup does sound underwhelming!
@Thom-TRA Actually I think the soup perfectly sums up the feelings to be an outsider, and then an insider of Congress.
The senate subway uses the same technology and cars as the Houston Intercontinental airport subway in Houston, which was also built by Disney.
I had a chance to ride the Capitol subway in the early-mid 1970's with my brother and mom when touring the Capitol. When we were done looking at the Capitol, we went down to the basement to ride the subway which was open freely to everyone. Beside us in the subway car, we had two members of Congress riding with us, one of the was Senator Fritz Hollings of South Carolina.
Very cool. The newer system reminds me of airport people movers (such as those at Changi). I like how staff can walk next to the rail lines if they want to get their steps up. 🚶
It’s nice to have options!
It reminds me of the inter terminal train at Houston IAH, because it uses the exact same vehicles
I was thinking the same thing, very similar to the trains at Dulles Airport as well
12:16 - Yeah, you're absolutely right - the sound of those trains is really quite unique (and absolutely great, of course)!
After college graduation in 1998 I went to the D.C. area to visit my sister. We went to our state senator's office to get passes (free) to access the viewing gallery. The (very attractive) page working his front desk told us how to access the subway system from the Senate office building to the Capitol. We weren't entirely sure we were supposed to be there, but we followed her directions and rode it. The hilarious thing was that it dumped us off in some back-office area of the Capitol, and we had to wander aimlessly to find out way back to the public areas.
As a non-american, I don't have a congressperson I could ask for a tour. So thanks for sharing this elusive piece of transit infrastructure!
This was a catch. I remember seeing a show from the 1960s and the actors looking at the cars as super modern, and state-of-the-art. Cool. Thanks.
My parents and I were able to get a tour booked around 1990 when we were living in either PA or NY and we got to ride that train. I remember also getting to stand on the balcony of the senate floor for a bit and watch them which I thought was neat. The tour was a fun experience!
The Galleries are really cool! I've done the House a few times but not the senate yet
It looks so much like a fairground ride, even down to the "please keep hands and feet inside car" notice.
And they take souvenir photos at the drop too, lol
Thank you for this fascinating video ! I was completely unaware of its existence, and so glad you were able to take a ride, and explain it all to us. I think it’s a superb idea, and long May it continue !
I’ve heard from a lot of people today who’ve said this is the first time they’ve heard of it!
I thought it only existed in fallout 3
The new subway looks like the one you find in the Houston Airport. Very cool you got to ride the Capitol trains.
@@williamerazo3921 That is what I figured.
I know Thom was so happy when he wrote 0:15 into the script. Didn't expect that much fire at the beginning of the video
Enjoyed the video. Haha he basically said the reason the trains exist is for all our geriatric senators, because for them “walking is not their strong suit”
Neither is thinking. Breathing sometimes seems a challenge as well 🤨
To be completely fair, while I agree age is a big issue in politics, it’s not exactly what I said there
This is one of the best, if not the very best video ever!!! I had no idea that these existed, or that they could be ridden on!!! Thank you for taking us all on this journey and thank you for all that you do!!!
I was really hoping this would be one of the best!
@@Thom-TRA it definitely is!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!!!
This is awesome. I never knew this. Another thing on my bucket list
I rode this subway my second week in the USA, a long time ago. It was fun, and it was part of our Washington Week experience as part of our MBA curriculum. I still remember it, more than 25 years later.
Thanks for this video. I’m Hill staff and have ridden these a dozen times. Glad the USCP let you film.
They were super chill and actually excited somebody wanted to film.
Fun fact Bush Airport in Houston uses the same automated system for their underground subway. It's super cool.
Is the Dirksen Hart a WedWay? It looks almost identical to the one at IAH
Thank you Thom for posting this. I’ve been on the Metro and was quite easy to use but that was in 1986 and was quite new then. Nice to see a young lad taking interest in our Capitol city and sharing it with us. Please travel the USA and post more, you do a good job and keep my attention on the video.
You should check out the rest of my channel…
Another fantastic video. Full of information and great visuals. It shows that you put a lot of time and effort into your work.
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Homie love your channel! Public transit is one of the best infrastructure marvels mankind has ever created,alongside with dogs! During the covid-19 lockdowns,both public and private transit workers kept working and grinding,selflessly putting their lives on the line getting people to their spots! Transit workers at any level are definitely heroes! Thanks! 🚇 Transit & Dogs 🐕 for life!
Transit & Dogs for life indeed
Prior to completion of the Capitol Visitors Center it was common for visitors to take the subway to and from the Congressional and Senate office buildings as part of the the guided tours. Sadly it seems to be more difficult to do these days.
Wow, I did not know this is in the US Capitol
Hidden underground!
Comprehensive. You and your "team" do a great job keeping this personal, and smoothly keeping us going with well thought out b roll. Your research and deep diving is invaluable to keeping the channel interesting. Thanks for all your hard work.
I appreciate this feedback!
10:20 That monorail is just SOOOO Steampunk! I love it!
Wow, having been to the capital many times, House of Representatives and senate chamber many times, this is actually crazy that I just found this out! Wow!
Hey Thom, I'll admit that the Dirksen-Hart Subway does make interesting noises while in transit with its magnetic linear motors, but I still prefer the sound of the NYCT R160B Siemens Propulsion, which btw I operated two at work today(one going southbound from Jamaica Queens to Coney Island and the other going northbound back to Queens from Coney Island Bklyn) although they can be a bit slippery on the Culver Elevated's wet rail in Brooklyn, NY...
L8er
Is the weather in NYC as rainy as DC today?
@@Thom-TRA It's a related weather system, Tropical storm Ophelia...
We're expecting rain and windy conditions through the rest of the weekend to about Monday morning and that's the rest of my work week, so more "adjusted operation on the Culver El due to inclement weather, Jay Street Tower..." (if or when they ask about my lateness...Lol!)
L8er
Dude I moved to MD recently and I've been verbally trying make my friends visualize how awesome the Metrorail system is. Your production style is the exact image I want them to see. Thank you for sharing!
Good thing I have lots of metro rail content coming!!
I can't wait to see this video!
The art on the wall at 5:10 looks like the MAX light rail in Portland, OR. I used to ride that thing all the time.
It is the MAX
I never heard of this before, as somebody that's had to use a cane for a few years now and recently had a mild stroke, seeing this is so awesome, short easy to use systems like this show be everywhere.
Now for my anecdote, Thom. In 1964, yes in the last millennium, my graduating high school class took a senior trip to DC and then on to NYC. By bus. One of our state’s two senators was then from our home town and he gave us a personal tour, including a ride on the Capitol subway. I recall open air cars, without the wind screens shown in this video. The cars, while comfortable, seemed like roller coaster cars. A photo from that year would confirm, or disprove, my memory. As a bonus I lucked into sitting in a car beside our Senator, John Sherman Cooper (1901-1999). Thanks, Thom, for an excellent video and a ride down memory lane…uh…subway.
In 1964, that would have been the open aired cars! I totally understand the roller coaster feel. Glad to bring up good memories! I still see senior trips in DC every time I commute on the metro 😂
If you thought 💭 the basement of the US Capitol confusing, I once did find the arrivals section(s) of Boston Logan Airport very confusing-once we’d got our luggage 🧳 (after a flight ✈️ from Edinburgh to Amsterdam and a flight ✈️ from Amsterdam to, of course *Boston* to attend a wedding 💒 in my wife’s family), I looked 👀 everywhere in the baggage 🧳 reclaim area to find the way out onto the arrivals concourse. Every exit I saw 👀 either lead to an elevator 🛗 (to where?) or to an out-of-bounds location of the airport. My wife had to guide me to the main way out to the concourse (whose exit was somewhat hidden in my view).
this looks a lot like a themepark ride. Very cool.
That is so cool that you got to ride that secret subway and I loved that you got all dressed up for the honor!
I rode the Capitol subway back in the innocent days of the 1980s. My sister and I were both in DC in college--two different universities--and we took a day to tour the Capitol building. In those days, you could just walk in and wander around. We went to the offices of our representative and senator and got passes to sit in the galleries in the House and Senate. It was kind of boring. There wasn't any voting going on, but it was still exciting just to be there. We also rode the House and Senate subways.
Leuke video jongens echt vet om te zien hoe dit kanaal gegroeid is in de afgelopen jaren, lekker bezig :)
Bedankt! Zeker veel gegroeid, hopelijk kan ik gauw een keer terug naar NL
YIKES! Imagine being on-board that thing on that fateful day in January 2021…..
Cool video!
I’m guessing there was a service suspension that day
Rail replacement bus?
They should have kept the suspended monorail. They ride so much smoother :)
Oh it looks like the same subway in Houston airport in Iah. but they have as well an elevated train.
Love the HDR viewing experience 🙂
We rode it on our 7th grade trip to Washington DC, perks of Lauren Book’s father being a class tour guide.
That thing is so cool they even added it to Fallout 3. Hell, all that I remember from that game is the subway
They had a sort of open house thing a few years ago, a lot of people got to look around.
I went to dc 2 weeks ago. Video up. Suprised me how nice the city is. Went to senate hall and White House
Baltimore city is getting new heavy rail cars
Cool
It's western equalment of Moscow's Metro-2.
I am both shocked and completely unsurprised that there is a Bond villain lair subway system beneath the Capitol Building.
Meet me on the Capitol Subway for our rendezvous-vous. Come alone.
I'm old enough to have ridden these back when the public had open access to the Capitol and the office buildings, and there was no need to arrange for an escort to ride the subways. Too bad that's not true anymore and I don't accept the excuse that it's necessary for security. As far as I know, you can still enter the office buildings through standard security desks, but not the Capitol building itself. Anyway, my rides pre-date the new automated line to the Hart Building, and I doubt I'll stoop to asking permission just to ride it, so thanks, Thom, for taking me on a virtual ride.
It doesn’t strike me as that unusual that in a time where people increasingly choose to express their politics violently, the security of politicians is adequately taken care of
Fascinating episode, thanks for sharing. From San Diego, CA, home of the Tijuana trolley.
Thank you for your generosity!
5:08 That’s a photo of the TriMet MAX! On the right is a Type 2 MAX Train, and the left is a Type 3 MAX Train. Really good drawing/art!
Thanks for the inspiration... I'm gonna build something like this in my long-term project world using Create's trains.
Do a video of the Morgantown WV PRT! It is about 3 hrs from DC and with that you can also do the Pittsburgh T and Incline Railways!
I’m hoping to hit them up on a road trip in the not too distant future
@@Thom-TRA Just be sure to do the PRT on a weekday between 6:30am and 10:15pm or Saturday between 9:30am and 5:30pm. It does not run on Sundays or university breaks. It truly is a unique system that I get the privilege of taking almost daily to and from class!
Rode it back in the 1960’s! Yeah, I’m old. Rode with a junior Senator from West Virginia (at the time). Looks the same in the video as I remember, open roof, not enclosed cars.
That “Disney Design” was the “WEDway People Mover” in Tomorrowland.
The Dirksen-Hart one looks like the exact same model at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, TX. It's on the landside of the terminals, and first started in 1969.
It is!
I haven't been on the metro in I think maybe a year, but I almost only ever have to take the red line, so it was weird seeing the newer cars, maybe it's been more than a year but I don't remember the red line having them last time I was there.
5:12 the art they display on the walls is really cool, its from the Scholastic Art & Writing awards. I participated and (nearly) won to have a photo displayed on there as a senior in hs!
It looks kind of serene I never explore it before !
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Never knew about this train.
But seeing this, yes it is like the little train at Houston Intercontinental Airport. I rode on it a few months ago and for some reason it reminded me of a ferris wheel car...
Btw this is a neat vid!
now I need to look into to the imperial "subway" in vienna (because I live in vienna).
there is a tunnel from the "hofburg", the residency of the emperors of austria and todays office of the austrian president to schönbrunn, a palace in vienna.
back then, when it was in use, there were horse carriages inside, not even a rail system.
i remember after watching the senate for like an hour when i was visiting dc 2 months ago it was so different to see the building with like no one else in it as they closed by then, i also saw bernie sanders in the senate chamber.
Cool!
Wow amazing video! Who’d have thought this existed! Thanks for sharing
You’re welcome! It’s such a weird, exclusive little system
Anyone else notice that our bro dressed up for this? Also that third one sounds like a spaceship
i've heard of this from a HAI v ideo
seeing the inside of this thing is gonna be cool :D
I hope it was good!
@@Thom-TRA it was :D
Amazing video mate, super interesting and you looked so happy throughout ❤😊
Thanks friend! How does the speed compare to the Afrosiyob? Lol
@@Thom-TRA A bit slower, but better food 😉
@@NonstopEurotrip wait till you try the magic of Dunkin my friend
@@Thom-TRAI have, in Kyiv 2021 😅
To see what this looked like in 1962 watch Advise and Consent, a great movie.
Stumbled upon your channel. Not sure where you’re from, but it was cool to see you signal out the picture from my home district.
I used to live in Michigan for a bit
Nice video! Well done!
Thanks!
At my Union tour of this train about twenty years ago. I saw as the congressmen were on the train heading to vote they also had helpers putting on their suits and make up. Even saw one getting a hair cut. It was great to see that they are human.
Yeah there’s a special senate barbershop!
I have to wonder why more legislatures around the world haven’t already built similar systems. It’s not like such legislative complexes, at least national ones, are necessarily small.
Because the US has the laziest and most elderly legislature on Earth. A smaller body than almost any other national legislature, and with many members well past 70.
4:03 America really does run on Dunkin
Literally
You looked very much like a tv news reporter. Well done.
Thanks!
12:00 the Houston Airport (Bush) uses those subway cars in their airport subway. Its outside of security so it's become used a whole lot less used since 9/11
Great Video Enjoyed it
When watching the video I mused over the Russel and Rayburn subways and looked at the odd pantographs.. Then realized they are brushes.. Those old cars are using 3 phase AC directly likely in the 400V to 600V range. Quite the unusual way to power a train but being a short distance the two extra electrical conductors don't add too much of a cost and engineering hassle. Though still a weird and somewhat antiquated system.
I’m glad to see someone explain this, I’ve had a few people ask questions about this and I do not have an engineering background
@@Thom-TRA Happy to have provided a bit more insight, sadly all I can do is make logical guesses biased on my knowledge as a technician as there seems to be a lack of technical information on the older Russel and Rayburn subways aside from when they were built. Again though, judging from the number of electrical conductors and assuming it's indeed a three phase system from the 1950's leads to another interesting possibility. That the "horizontal elevator" analogy is literally true, as in some company took elevator motors and controllers and built a train around them.
I used to go to the Capitol often before 9/11. There wasn't really any "no go" zones. You could explore the bowels of the Capitol with basically no restrictions.
What a strapping and classy lad you are :) I'll say this though, the trains are always running better than the govt; heyoooo
I rode on this in 1997 on a family trip to Washington DC. It was then apparently open to the public? These must be different trains because as the motor stepped up and down it made a sound that sounded like a "sick piano" as I called it at the time. Surely post 9/11 this has all been secured. I don't remember the trains being open like that but perhaps they were.
edit: 12:07, this was the train we rode on! Same sound! Ha!
LIMs make such funny noises. If they’re used on roller coasters, they either sound like something screaming, or a microwave.
Ever been to the tram at Pittsburgh International? It is scheduled to be decommissioned soon. It's an interesting setup.
Sort of reminds me of the West Virginia University/Morgantown, WV PRT.
I was actually surprised how bumpy and noisy the three systems are, and that they only seat two abreast with little shoulder room. On a different note, Hawaii's flag got lots of time in-shot; because it was the last state to join the Union, it's flag is at the end of the parade of flags.
Great video !! Makes me want to ask for a refund of my free Capitol tour. Never knew this even existed.
Interesting video. I had no idea the Capitol had these trains. They do strike me as being a bit rickety! Thanks for uploading.
12:16 That Sounds Like The THX Deep Note Intro
Come visit Vancouver, BC's SkyTrain! I'd happily take you on a tour of our whole system. Most of it runs on linear induction as well.
I'd love that!
I did that subway journey while on offical business back in the early 1990s but I don't remember it being a tracked line. I thought they were more like golf buggies.
We have the Disney based train at Houston Intercontinental Airport running as the non-airside subway.
Yep, it’s the same thing!
Good morning, and welcome to the Black Mesa Transit System…
5:08 Lets goooo TriMet Portland for the win!!!!!!!!
I'm glad you got the opportunity to ride the Capitol Subway. I myself didn't know if I could ride it or to how to access it. I've only visited the Capitol twice. Excellent video Thom!!👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
It would be a thrill for me too. Just to see that Disney’s former Community Transportation Systems (CTS) does have 2 installations. Okay. So the Senate WEDWay is technically Bombardier.