Before Monty installed the trams, people had to walk up & down. Unfortunately, this caused a lot of really sore feet!! NPS helped people with sore feet by giving out free Gateway Arch Supports! (... :-) ...sorry... couldn't help myself...)
I wonder if those Monty bumpers still actually work. Also interesting how that placed them at the landing doors and not the cab doors. I have always liked this system.
Waaaaaay back in the early 70s I was in there - back when the elevator seats were tractor seats!! I didn't notice the vertical correction like it used to do... OMG...turn/jerk...turn/jerk...turn/jerk. You felt like you were in a clothes dryer. :D
The Tram in this Video is not one of the two Originals. These seem to use smaller corrections, more often, than the Originals. Rode the Original in April 1970.
Also not ADA complaint at all because it requires stepping up to enter, and also the ceiling is very low (even if you are short, you will still hit your head on the ceiling while entering and exiting) and it probably won’t fit a wheelchair.
@@atomstarfireproductions8695 the Gateway Arch was designed in 1947. Financing primarily delayed construction for almost 20 years. The Arch predates ADA by nearly 25 years.
Claustrophobic here. If it hadn't been for that small window looking out to yhe stairwells. I'd probably had flipped. We stayed up there a looong time. Didn't want to get back in to go down!
1: it should be taking a ride on your logo. 2: I never went up when I was here in 2017 so you gotta take me up there when I come to STL again. 3: this and the tower of terror are the most epic elevators ever.
Hey. Just to let you know. The trams or at least some parts of the tram system was really built by the St. Louis Car Company. And those were the same guys who built the real Streetcar 1664 and the real Streetcar 1743.
Wonder who that guy was 1:13. what a nerd he probably does finance in collage or something lame like that.
I wonder how it works. Where’s the motor located? And is it winding drum, or is it traction (and if so, where is the counterweight)?
It's more a tram system. Think roller coaster being taken almost up to the first drop, then they reverse down to the beginning.
Before Monty installed the trams, people had to walk up & down. Unfortunately, this caused a lot of really sore feet!! NPS helped people with sore feet by giving out free Gateway Arch Supports! (... :-) ...sorry... couldn't help myself...)
I really want to see a video of that service elevator.
I want to ride it!
How fast do those unique inclined elevators travel at an angle?
I'm not sure of the exact speed, but it varies depending on which part you're in.
The Entrances are underground between the Legs and the lead car travels almost 600 feet up its Leg after reaching Ground Level.
I wanna ride these someday...
This is so cool
I love the arch elevators. They’re definitely something to check out.
You must go to the sears tower!
Ah yes a true Chicagoian ;)
I wonder if those Monty bumpers still actually work. Also interesting how that placed them at the landing doors and not the cab doors. I have always liked this system.
Maybe next time you are in STL you can check it out!
Awesome ! 👏 Thank You !
I remember 2 years ago I was at St Louis on the way down to Alabama
Waaaaaay back in the early 70s I was in there - back when the elevator seats were tractor seats!! I didn't notice the vertical correction like it used to do... OMG...turn/jerk...turn/jerk...turn/jerk. You felt like you were in a clothes dryer. :D
The old relay logic would have definitely made it a rougher ride.
The Tram in this Video is not one of the two Originals.
These seem to use smaller corrections, more often, than the Originals. Rode the Original in April 1970.
The door on the outside of door that sliding door is a bit slow
For some reason
I hope to ride this someday! How do you know that these are Montgomery?
Look it up online!
@@stlelevators no you have to tell me.... Jk! lol 🤣
@@BuildingToursForLife1660-4this is a nice elevator
@@BuildingToursForLife1660-4I want to see the tram for myself sometime
@@matthewlindstrom8728 hopefully you do!
What's with the service desk ?
What about it?
Do they let you walk up or down? I would guess not.
No
They're kinda like funiculars.
Those things are so small
Yeah they are.. 5 people in one is almost too much.
Also not ADA complaint at all because it requires stepping up to enter, and also the ceiling is very low (even if you are short, you will still hit your head on the ceiling while entering and exiting) and it probably won’t fit a wheelchair.
Ok
@@atomstarfireproductions8695 the Gateway Arch was designed in 1947. Financing primarily delayed construction for almost 20 years.
The Arch predates ADA by nearly 25 years.
Claustrophobic here. If it hadn't been for that small window looking out to yhe stairwells. I'd probably had flipped. We stayed up there a looong time. Didn't want to get back in to go down!
1: it should be taking a ride on your logo.
2: I never went up when I was here in 2017 so you gotta take me up there when I come to STL again.
3: this and the tower of terror are the most epic elevators ever.
Hey. Just to let you know. The trams or at least some parts of the tram system was really built by the St. Louis Car Company. And those were the same guys who built the real Streetcar 1664 and the real Streetcar 1743.
can you walk up the stairs if you want to?
Normally you can’t. If there was an emergency, yes.
The outro music is what makes this video LOL
These look a lot nicer
They're shaped like eggs. Montgomery elevator? More like Montgomery eggavator.