Phill Adams

Hi, The monorail probably will not open to the public until September. We probably will use it in conjunction with Oscar Events Oscar is the event center on the second floor. Oscar is Jungle Jim's Middle name. We can not charge a fee to ride the monorail. Yes, there is a transfer track, but only if one train has issues. When you visit, you will notice the transfer track at the "Snake" building. We do not have plans to continue the track at this time. The tracks will be extended to allow two trains to run back and forth. Does anyone have access to the old PMCS manuals? Doubt the exist or existed back in the day... doesn't hurt to ask. Have Fun! Phill Director of Development Jungle Jim's International Market, Inc. 5440 Dixie Highway Fairfield, Ohio 45014 www.JungleJims.com

June 16, 2008 The first full run on the tracks.... First Full Run on the tracks Have Fun! Phill Director of Development Jungle Jim's International Market, Inc. Fairfield, Ohio 45014

Hello all, I updated the photo section http://picasaweb.google.com/PhillatJungleJ...key=hk6H6mNv00U Some of the initial runs went well. Sorry, no date for the public. We still have a lot of work to complete. Have Fun! Phill Adams Director of Development Jungle Jim's International Market, Inc. Fairfield, Ohio 45014

Keith, Yes, that is the same switchrail. The track was sold long before we purchased the trains. Luckily, the switchrail was left behind. Phill Phil, That switchrail looks exactly like the one we used at Kings Island, only with paint on it. - is it the same one? Thanks, Keith

Phil, That switchrail looks exactly like the one we used at Kings Island, only with paint on it. - is it the same one? Thanks, Keith

We completed the track from the "Snake Building" to the Oscar Event Center Station (above Starbucks) last week. Yesterday (May 7th) we tested one of the trains. Nothing special, just driving the train from the bridge to the track in the snake building. If you are in the area you may see us testing different things with the trains. Sorry, we do not have a schedule, nor a date for the public. We need to construct gates and several other safety features before we can open it to the public. Still shooting for sometime this summer. Plans are to use the trains for Oscar Event Parking. Sorry, no plans to use the train for grocery shopping. I did call my daughter to let her know the monorail was running. She was eight when we purchased the trains. She would ask when the trains would be running. I told her by the time she turned sixteen. She's now 18.... Microsoft Virtual Earth Photos of the monorail: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&...6&encType=1 Have Fun! Phill Adams Director of Development Jungle Jim's International Market Inc. Fairfield, Ohio 45014-4108 www.JungleJims.com

New Pictures. We should complete the last sections of track soon. When we installed the station we had to guess on the direction the track and train would run. Of course we guessed wrong. Today we started the process to turn the trains around 180 degrees. You ask why turn them around?.... The cab for the driver only has one door. The driver would not be able to leave the train while at the Oscar Event Center Station. Here is a link to todays photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/PhillatJungleJ...key=hk6H6mNv00U Have Fun! Phill Adams Director of Development Jungle Jim's International Market, Inc. Fairfield, Ohio 45014

Welcome Home! Thanks for the compliments! Hopefully you are in town when we start the system. I doubt we will put any information out prior to testing, but am sure we will let the media know when we are ready to run it. Have Fun! Phill

"I believe that I might have been the one to mention the pickups. I drove the trains back in 1984, which is getting to be more and more distant! Thank you so much for posting and clearing some things up for us! I also remember being told that the train came over from Switzerland - but it came without any instructions. I can't remember the name of the engineer that was placed in charge of assembling the trains and designing some of the controls, but they said he was a genius. I'm assuming that although you have plans for the conversion, you are pretty much doing it from scratch - or did you contract the design out? I recall that each car had an electric motor. Have you kept the motors and simply installed a diesel generator to power them all? Are you housing it in the driver's cab? Thanks!" I'm guessing your recollection of no instructions is correct. We too purchased the system with no instructions. The blueprints for the track were vague, but included enough information to put our layout together. Not sure who the engineer is you are referring to. We have converted two complete trains and a third is in the maintenance building. We did most of the work ourselves. The clean air diesel generators were installed by Rockwell International. Everything that was electrical was replaced. Air conditioning units, truck motors, lights.... everything. The generators are in the last car. We sacrificed the last car to hold the generator. The conversion wasn't difficult, just time consuming. And, it wasn't a high priority for our company. Thanks & Have Fun! Phill

I have to say.... I'm impressed with this section! I've worked on this project for many years not realizing how many people have followed this project. I can answer all your questions, feel free to email them. PhillatJungleJims@gmail.com The track that you see rusted in the lot is actually new track. The rust is removed, steel painted and the "Tonka Toy" crane installs the track. King's Island sold the original track long before we arrived. One person noticed the Electrical bus pickups are missing under the new track. The trains were converted to autonomous units. One of the concerns is the high school across the street. One bad senior prank.... so each train was converted to clean air diesel generators. This will give us flexibility and should not "flicker" and hesitate like the "old days". Everyone asks, when will the monorail run? In the 23 years I've worked at the store, we've never had a timeline. We do have a goal to have the monorail up and running by late summer 2008. If all goes well it will start earlier. The monorail project has been on the "board" for years. Most of the time we had no idea what to do with it. We just knew it would be cool when it does run. The last expansion solidified our intentions for the monorail. The Oscar Event Center opened. Parking has become an issue. The monorail will help with that issue. Track layout: No clue. We have a lot of columns up for future track, but the initial run will start at the snack building and travel to the station above Starbucks. Back and forth with no plans for another station. As you know with our store, things tend to change. Someday we may put another station in. We have 85 acres around the store. The layout: Some of the layout was derived from the original blueprints graciously provided by Kings Island. Unfortunately, the company that built the monorails system was located in Switzerland and no longer in the business. Some of you may have noticed the "front" wall of our building does not run parallel to the rest of the building. We had to fit the building to the monorail track. 22.73 degrees. Snake building: The main station. Designed and constructed for the monorail system. People will load and unload at the snake building to travel to the event center. Parking in the back will ease the parking issues for the main store. The snake building is also the maintenance shop for the trains. Notice the garage door under the snake head end. The door is floating in the air to match the track height. Currently, we have one train in the maintenance shop. Monorail above the parking lot by Route 4: A train that had no hope for restoration. We used it to eliminate some of the questions. Yes, it will be on elevated track. Yes, they will carry people. No, customers will not put groceries in the train. If you look closely, we have columns behind that train for future track. This train will not be part of the running track. Like most of you, I remember riding the monorail back in the day. I would love to have old photos. What else....? Have Fun! Phill Adams Director of Development Jungle Jim's International Market, Inc. 5440 Dixie Highway Fairfield, Ohio 45014-4108 www.JungleJims.com