I'm sorry they couldn't put the bubble back ... but these are, imo, so much prettier than the generic brand monorails that took over from the old classics.

Hazzah, and finally!

That looks so rad :) I'm the most excited!

From the bottom of the LA Times article:

Hopefully!

Was hoping for the bubble that was in the conception art, but OK, I'll settle for this.

Did you notice - they said the seats will face the windows. Cool.

It's very shiny indeed.

Prettyful!

I can't help thinking that bench seating along the sides means less passenger capacity.

I could be wrong, of course, but hmmmmm.


The more stylized and prominent nosecone, however, looks like where WE should ride all the time.


Can He Who Does Not Post introduce us to any of the crop of new monorail pilots???

My worry is that it will relegate you to being able to see out of only one side. With the current seating, I know you hardly have a wonderful view out of the opposite side of the train, but at least you can lean forward and see something. If I'm sitting with my back to one side of the train, that seems like it'd be even harder.

But the body styling is fab.

SHINY!

I like that it doesn't depart too much from the style of the Mark IVs, which I have always adored.

It's like if you handed the Mark IVs to a 50's car enthusiast and said "paint this".

It's very lovely!