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Safety Stickeroriginally located inside the train in front of youconserved by Cindy Yung
A sketch of the trainsScanned from: "Walt Disney Imagineering, A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real"
Train leaving the station
Close-up of empty train leaving the station
Train on its way to the cannon ...photo donated by Francesco Fabris
... also at night!(c) André Willey
Ready for Blast-Offphoto by Francesco Fabris
Close-up of train being shot
Close-up of train being shot
Train seen through the windows at the bottom of the cannonmade by Mathias
Passengers just boarded. Note DM-Logo on side of train!photo by FeLIX
Loading Area, empty trainphoto by FeLIX
Close-Up of arriving trainpicture shot by David G. Ravenswood
First carphoto by Francesco Fabris
Rear of one of the middle carsphoto by Francesco Fabris
End of train. Take a look at the wheels etc.!photo by Francesco Fabris
Rocket Train WheelsDid you know that in every SM's train wheels (even the smallest wheels) there is written "VEKOMA"?REPORTED: Nicolas on 30. Jul 2000
Patented Audio SystemHere is a patent dealing with the onboard sound system of the Space Mountain trains, called "Sound System", US 5,784,473. You can read it at the United States Patent and Trademark OfficeReported by Nicolas, 5.3.2001
Number of trains 6 Cars per train 6 Vehicle Capacity 24 guest per train (6 cars, 4 passengers each) Trains running up to 5 (1 train always in maintenance) Weight unloaded 5000 kg (train) Weight loaded 7500 kg Length of rocket ship 2.5 meters Length of train 16.5 meters Audio 6 built-in speakers per seat (at least 2 midbass and 1 underseat subwoofer per seat -- where are the other ones?). Digital audio with automatic playback speed adjustment to synchronize the musical score with key elements of the show. Music written by movie composer Steve Bramson
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