Space Mountain - Rocket Ship Vehicles

Pictures

Safety Sticker

originally located inside the train in front of you

conserved by Cindy Yung

A sketch of the trains

Scanned from: "Walt Disney Imagineering, A Behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real"

Train leaving the station

at The DLP-Guidebook

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-Off

photo by Francesco Fabris

Close-up of train being shot

Close-up of train being shot

at The DLP-Guidebook

Train seen through the windows at the bottom of the cannon

made by Mathias

Passengers just boarded. Note DM-Logo on side of train!

photo by FeLIX

Loading Area, empty train

photo by FeLIX

Close-Up of arriving train

picture shot by David G. Ravenswood

First car

photo by Francesco Fabris

Rear of one of the middle cars

photo by Francesco Fabris

End of train. Take a look at the wheels etc.!

photo by Francesco Fabris

Facts & Figures

Rocket Train Wheels

Did 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 System

Here 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 Office

Reported 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