American Dream

As if the planned Seattle monorail wasn't in enough trouble, the existing monorail (built for the 1962 World's Fair) caught fire yesterday. Nine people were injured, including a fireman who had to climb to the monorail to rescue people, and the train was heavily damaged. According to a video that you can watch from this site, it took 30 minutes to evacuate the train. Not exactly a good advertisement for elevated trains. Monorail service has been suspended "indefinitely."