The other Subway System in Washington DC: The One for Congress (Senate Side)
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- did you know that the Capitol Building in DC has a subway system that connects to various legislative buildings? Shots of the subway on the Senate side.
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The subway system of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. consists of three underground electric people mover systems that connect the United States Capitol to the House and Senate office buildings.
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On the Senate side, two separate subway systems exist. The first is similar to the one found on the House side. It connects the Russell Senate Office Building and the Capitol. The other is a computer-controlled system with three trains of three cars each that connects the Hart Senate Office Building, Dirksen Senate Office Building, and the Capitol. It is propelled by a track-side linear motor, while the train cars are unpowered. This line is mostly two-tracked but at the Hart and Capitol stations the tracks converge into one, with a single side platform. This allows easy return travel on the opposite track. The Dirksen station features a side platform for Capitol-bound trains and an island platform for Hart-bound trains. All three of these stations feature platform screen doors. A small maintenance spur is located adjacent to the Hart station. The House and Senate subway systems do not terminate in the same location under the Capitol, but they are connected by a labyrinth of tunnels.
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The only subway system in the US that doesn't have to fight for funding.
I'm sure it was debated ad nauseum before being built
The first one was a 1906 battery operated bus, then a monorail existed until 1962. Manchin should insist on a fare system.
😂
Chump change
And yet it looks super ghetto
I got to ride on this when I went to Washington DC, and it sounds VERY weird. My sister described it as "dieing in a video game". Still very interesting system, hope to visit again.
Isaac McCain was it part of the capital tour
Very cool. I only found out this thing existed today.
Thank you Technology Connections. Very cool.
I can't believe I never heard of this system before! It's probably one of the most unique railway systems in America!
It's seemingly related to (really descended from, it seems to have variable frequency LIMs driving the mostly passive trains unlike the 60hz older ones) the "people movers" at a couple Disney parks and the Houston airport. Check out the technology connections video about it if you haven't! No real confirmation on the lineage of the tech/transport company that built it, since it's a bit secretive and would've been updated to this decades ago.
this is a necessity as most of our senators and representatives are pushing 70 and 80 years old!
No, we need a cap on how old and term limits that one can serve on congress so we can have younger more progressive leaders. Thanks!
lazyboyz I mean a cap would be unconstitutional but yea we need younger people
we need to abandon them out side to die eskimo style
Wait, is that a WEDway PeopleMover system, like the ones at Walt Disney World and Houston airport ?!
It sure is. The Bombardier ones, like can be found at San Francisco Airport, among others, is actually directly descended from the wedway.
Actually, it isn’t a WEDway system. There’s no record of Disney involvement in the construction or renovation of any of the lines. The cars, however, are the same as the ones in Houston, though it’s most likely because they came from the same third party contractor. Technology Connection did a pretty good video on this topic if you want to check it out
@@JoshDoesTravel It's still a pretty similar ride system though, that runs on very similar technology.
@BWI Aviation
In a year, I have done some pretty extensive research as far as the WEDway goes. WDI actually confirmed me that they have had some involvement in this Subway.
Also, the US Transport Dept. has a pretty extensive assessment about the WEDway, which shows a connection between this system and Houston's.
And if I remember correctly, WEDway has been deemed the only and official Transport system of US Federal Government-funded systems, which may explain why it is down there.
@@HliarusProd You should see if you can contact Technology Connections about it.
The open-top trains have very nice clear DC motors, & the driverless ones have one of the best VF drives I've ever seen. I'd so love to go on this.
ccityplanner12 : I think the open top trains are using 3 phase AC, as you can see there are 3 lines on the overhead power.
@@atomstarfireproductions8695 well regardless, any motor on the district is a DC motor ;)
Closed train had the creepiest propulsion sound ever
Variable-frequency linear drives make some weird sounds, man. Single-phase linear drives sound better, because you get a relaxing 50-60hz harmonic tone, depending on the input current and voltage.
The wedway people mover in Magic Kingdom uses those.
VVVF drive always has slight buzz/whining. I don’t really know how the startup pattern works, but that’s the sound of it changing frequency.
Agreed sounds like something from the movie Close Encounters of The Third Kind!!!
The sounds is very weird.. Like the UFO....
Cheung Ting Hin it's called VVVF
Yeah especially when it starts-up!
that's from LIM (Linear-Induction Motor)
It's because unlike the linear induction motors in the Disney peoplemover and the Houston airport subway peoplemover which used only the 60hz mains, these induction motors run on a variable frequency driver, probably for smoother riding and controllable speed with evenly spaced apart induction motors
iptv john that’s not vvvf... its got no motor it’s just magnetic pushing the train and e magnets make those sounds from frequency
Amusing, but not that surprising, that a sign is necessary to say, "danger, stay off tracks" . . .
These people are concerned about Guam capsizing.
Don't you know we're all the peasants and they are the gods that's why they get a private trolly. Smh they are human too
@@jamijones3020 exactly.
Nicest and cleanest subway system in USA.
"Public servants" smh
Haha nothing but facts.
funny to see people walking next to the tracks instead of riding the subway.. :)
When sitting in an office is your day-in-day-out job, a little legwork can do wonders for morale, posture and general health, even if it is underground. Also taking a walk lets you ponder in peace, especially if your office is often overrun by people demanding attention "right now".
This was incredibly shot. How did you get access to film? Great stuff.
Your member of Congress can take you.
Though as I am writing this the Capitol is closed to visitors for obvious reasons, you can write a letter to your Senator or House Rep and ask to be taken for a tour or book one directly through the Tours of the Capitol website. Booking through your representative or Senator means you might get to meet them, if they are in town and there's not a lot going on. Usually a Capitol tour guide takes you around, but sometimes it is a member of your elected official's staff. When we went, we had to schedule a time and arrived at the Hart Senate Office building at about 9 in the morning. Our Senator's staff showed us around the office building and then we hopped on the people mover to the Capitol building (we took the first one you saw in the video, the one with an operator and no roof). From there an official Capitol tour guide showed us around with a group of like ten other people. You don't need a reservation but it's best to get one and really you want to start in the morning as there is a lot to see... the best part is that it is completely free!
They got a subway system and they still can't get anything accomplished in time!? SMDH
They got a subway system... and it's the only one they aren't fighting to cut funding for 🤦♂️😡
Nice video. The 3 car train system is the exact same trains that run under the Houston IAH Airport.
But this one has a VF drive
Wow, I had never heard of that. The manually driven one is so cool!
My dad went to Washington pre-9/11 and rode this without any permission. We went back in 2019 and weren't even allowed to get close...
Wow! Thanks! so much for posting!, I saw this on tonights news, & wondered what its
like, David From Calif.
I first knew about this as a kid in the 1970s, we had a 3-D Viewfinder with a packet of reels about Washington DC. I was intrigued by a picture of a weird little underground railway… dingy lighting and little roller coaster sized cars
Hello Tim! How are you doing? Always exciting to see where in the world you presently are! So now its all the way to the Congress and Senate subway system of USA! Thank you so much for sharing. Enjoyed your excellent work...as always. Well, keep on enjoying and from time to time sharing with us. Best wishes,
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Thank you for the support! I have been good and yourself? Will be in the DC area for a little bit but in August exciting travels across Scandinavia and the Baltic countries so transit from there. I will be uploading videos of Baltimore, Maryland soon.
I was down there. By myself.
1981 age 15-16 ..While visiting DC on a class trip with very little supervision I went to the Capitol and got the "tour" . After hearing that representatives take an underground commuter trains I decided to see if I could check it out. I don't remember how I actually made my way down into the tunnels but I was down there walking along side the tracks on a very well lit wide walkway. It kept going and going.. I passed by an open office and there were two gentlemen attending to what had to be the largest shortwave radio I'd ever seen. I started getting nervous about getting in trouble and was starting to look for a way back up .. looking for any stairway etc. I'd been down there walking around for some time when I finally found a stairwell back up and I went down a dark narrow corridor. I dont remember seeing any artifacts or anything but I happened to come up into the basement of one of the Smithsonian buildings. Natural History. I got back outside and was completely confused as to where I was. I hadn't figured it was the Smithsonian yet. I saw the Washington monument and walked as quickly as possible back to the school buses waiting on me and another student to return. The other student was much later than me so I didn't get in trouble. Thinking back.. it was sad I just couldn't relate to many other students. I didnt have ANY friends with me ? Sad BUT I think I wud have gotten in trouble or forced to go back up into the Capitol with a group of kids. By being all alone I was naturally stealthy. I wonder what the two doods operating the short wave were actually doing with that thing. They both looked right at me ... I thought I was about to get into trouble lol. DC is crazy full of secrets. I believe. I wonder if u can get down there now days. I doubt it especially after Jan 6.
And unlike this vid. I didnt see ONE train or ANYONE else down there. I was completely alone just a dumb kid.
You were adventurous, is all 😂
If anyone is wondering why they sound strange, it's because the motors are run by a so called GTO thyristor, or other form of variable frequency drive. The thyristor basically turns the motor on and off extremely quickly as a way of modulating it. Sometimes there can just be three steps, like the trains around my parts, or there can be a whole ton of steps, like there would be here.
They run on Electromagnetic Induction, like the WEDWay Peoplemovers in Disney World, right? The difference is that they run on variable frequency drives, instead of Linear Induction.
@@megelizabeth9492 Same motor, this one uses a VFD, while the disney one is just fed direct power.
someone needs to put a few homeless, peeing people down there to give that down-home feeling.
Maybe you can use the Maelbeek jihadists that are living in the subway under the European Parliament at Brussels.
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high speed rail in china: 15 rows of bullet trains going 1000 mph
high speed rail in USA: literal disneyland ride
amazing video
1:44 The Phaaaaaantom of the Operaaaaaa
Very cool video. Thanks for posting and have a nice day too.
Wild that this exists. God bless
No rats, no trash, no street vendors,no homeless,subway entertainers, no urine, no fecal matter, no overflowing trash cans, no disgusting smells,no shootings, no stabbings, no pigeons….don’t know how to deal with this…it’s clean and safe…
2:57 coolest sound
So this is the US Congress subway from Fallout 3 DC Ruins. This was part of a cool encounter in the DC Mall area with so many cool encounters and hidden treasure rooms. Even found a secret underground US Army bunker complex and a special Fatman MIRV launcher and full set of untouched T51 power armor.
You must be media or a staffer. We can't ride that anymore.. I used to before 9/11. You should show the House side with the art exhibit. I miss seeing those😞
my damn tax dollars at work. they're barely anyone on board those trains. the feds can maintain this subway system, meanwhile many US cities are without reliable mass transit?
Bod Dred #Back2Good?? Lol
It’s probably early in the morning or late after the Congress has adjourned for the day.Actually,this train get super busy just before they begin the morning sessions and during lunch getting back to their offices and the cafeteria.The tourist visitors also keep it busy throughout the day.
MrFlyboy1313 says:
"Actually,this train get super busy.."
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What's the price of the ticket goes for?
Don't tel me it's paid by the tax payers.
That would be socialism and it's supposed to be evil.
allgoo19 Its for employees dumbass... dont act like your job doesn’t buy you anything....
Nato_Potato says:
"allgoo19 Its for employees dumbass... dont act like your job doesn’t buy you anything...."
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There's no reason employees can't afford it.
Even more so for the congressmen.
dumbass...
lol
Finally a decent video of the US congress subway ! Very well done.I was a bit surprised to see a switch at about 1:47.How many stations are there ? Thanks for posting !
There are three stations on the modern line while 2 stations only on the roller coaster like train...
on the senate side only
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6 stations 3 lines
Wow, as a DC area native, never knew this existed.
I wonder if Congress fled here after the storming of the Capitol?
I rode this line as a kid, when I was on a special tour.
Lucky!
It is rather interesting to think this totally separated from the actual DC subway, but I do agree US government officials don't necessarily need to be put on crowded trains with every other person in D.C.
I Want Kim Jong-Un To Kill Me I don’t disagree they should live or at least experience normal peoples experiences, but on the other hand the subway would be a high security problem where they could be attacked a lot easier.
@@musicalhistory4392 This last version was completed at least 15 or 20 years before the DC subway, and an earlier monorail dates back decades earlier.
The BACKGROUND check to operate one of these subway cars must be more RIGOROUS then trying to land a job with the CIA or FBI...!!!
This use to be open to the public. I was there in 1981 with a school tour and we got to ride it back and forth.
I remember the sign “public must give up their seats for elected officials” when required. This was in case they needed to get to the floor to vote, etc.
Yup. September 11th, 2001 changed all that.
Are these trams helping to keep this great nation together in many ways?
It's showing me that my tax dollars are once again going to something useless. God forbid they ride the regular subway like regular ppl. 😏
CoL BuTLeR Well, if you check out other videos featuring these trams, a couple show FOX News correspondent Greta Van Susteren riding in them. One shows Sen. Rand Paul riding in them. A few others show how the trams are being put to good use. One video shows a historical tram. ;)
wonderglory says:
"One shows Sen. Rand Paul riding in them..."
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That's strange to hear that a libertarian has no problem using socialist transportation paid by tax payers.
Neat! I'm surprised it's such a rough ride and so noisy.
Guess that's what you get when you pick the lowest bid for the contract.
It's like 100 years old and uses DC power.
These subways sound so weird when they are starting up
very nice train. i like it!
Very interesting. Is this subway system open for the general public or in any way connected with the normal public transport services?
And is there a special presidential train?^^
I would assume there is but not in Congress that I know of. And this subway system is not open for the general public unless you get an escort: however you can do that through your senator office!
+5mnz7fg Don't know the rules now. It used to be anyone could ride, unless a senator or staffers asked for everyone else to vacate a train, then you had to wait for the next one.
Anybody can use it except when there is a vote happening in the chambers. Then it is restricted to members only. But you have to know where it is because it's not advertised.
feels like black mesa
Wow I never knew about this. Imagine if the Capitol had remained New York there would probably be private Federal subway trains connecting major facilities
New york was never the capital. It used to be philadelphia
@@oussematrabelsi9429 Yes New York was. The first inauguration was at federal hall
So in Fallout 3 it was true there is the underground system!!!
I got to ride on this from the capitol to hart senate building. #GREENBUILD2015
Otte carlos same
This is basically a crappier version of the Moscow D6 line. :P
let 'em walk
Or just let them take the public subway with all the other filthy peasents
For real ! Wtf is this shit. This is where my tax dollars are going? They can't ride the regular subway like normal ppl? 😏😏😏😏
+Huxtable Exactly It's not like they can't hire a Limo to pick em up.Then again Most people are too Retarded & Blind to see that these Rich Scumbags are stealing our money for Complete Useless GARBAGE like this Shit Right Here.
This was built in the early 1900s you fuckers didnt pay for shit
And there is no public subway that goes from the Congress to the Capitol and to offices... This is literally a single line that is a mile long to quickly get to votes... Retards
Nathan shut it down. the upkeep alone is coming out of my pocket.
Yea a lot of them need to be riding that short bus
Interesting subway system! Is it only for the senate or is it public?
yep only those with Senate IDs
Okay, thanks.
+Tuukka Varjoranta I can't yay or nay as of the past 17 years but prior to that just about anyone could take a ride as long as you weren't taking up a spot needed by congressional aids or interns.
there is also the Midnight Monica. You get to wear a blue dress and give a member of the Exec branch a hummer. Not a hummer vehicle.
Anyone can ride as long as their is an empty seat after the principals and their staff members have boarded
Dang if only the NYC subway was as clean as that!
Would've been the best subway in the world.
It takes a human operator? gimme a break. It's a horizontal elevator.
Phil Rabe unions gotta get paid $$$
Phil Rabe It's a railway system, so it has to have an operation room
The first style of train shown does need an operator as it's powered by a pantograph with the motors and controls in the train itself - basically like a streetcar/trolley. The second style of train doesn't need an operator and is powered by linear induction motors in the track like Disney's Peoplemover.
he probably has an HK MP5 under the dash.
The VVVF sound though
Awesome!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
That looks fun I'm not mistakin
The door open tune is the first four notes of big Ben's chime
I have some vague memories going on that when I was about three or so. It was in the late 1990s, so access was less restrictive. From what I recall, the ride was very rough, I guess maybe it felt that way compared to the NY subway
kinkisharyocoasters was on it today on the Senate side still is very rough.
@@hunteralbright3880 There isn't one on the House side.
Elite aristocrats that don't want to be seen among us 3rd estate rabble
Oh no dude, these are the biggest pieces of shit. Mostly on the Senate side, though I think there is one to Rayburn on the House side. They are SO RICKETY and feel like they are gonna fall apart at any second. Cool in concept though.
Elites that are willing to put up with terrible trains for the sake of not dealing with us 3rd estate rabble
Well we also have our own tunnel system too :P So I guess im one of those elite pieces of shit xD
Jeremiah Strunk And that do not want to fund the 3rd estate Amtrak rabble.
I used that when I worked at the LOC. Very nice. The old one looks like chitty chitty bang bang. Its used to speed up trips between the office buildings. Everyone who works there use them but most people just walk. The public can use them too depending but you have to know where to find them. They are not advertised like metro. Most of the tunnels are so old, they look like they were built during the civil war and only a few new ones look that nice.
Is there a metro line with a third rail and another with an overhead catenary?
Remember these tunnels from fallout 3
Too bad all subway systems in America can't look this nice.
they get their own personal subway system but dont bother with fixing anything. of course they do!
This is just one train there are many below this one that go to LA
Underneath the trains in the capitol complex are subways that connect to L.A.?!
This subway system could have been useful for a couple of scenes in thx-1138, that one underrated George Lucas film from 1971
Everyone is complaining about special editions of Star Wars, but what I want to see is the original version of THX-1138.
@I Want Kim Jong-Un To Kill Me You're lucky to have it. Now I kind of want to ask you for a rip or disk image.
Don't see any sprinklers, pull stations or fire extinguishers. Hopefully there is some sort of life
safety equipment in the tunnel. Electrical cut offs somewhere? nuff said I guess.
I did see 1 standpipe though.
The one shown at the beginning... It looks like it uses three-phase power.
It uses Linear Induction Motors and a variable Frequency Drive, I believe.
The open top ones use 3 phase traction propulsion
Wow, a working rail system. Escalators probably work too. Meanwhile on the WMATA...
What you get for using the Ghettoville Mass Transit system.
Looks rough as heck.
How come they get a subway and we don't?
So there are two systems, one open-car line with overhead pantograph, and another closed-car line with third rail?
+romulusnr There are three lines. The one from the Rayburn building for the Representatives is open. The two lines from the Senate buildings are closed cars. There's a Wikipedia article that talks about it.
The second system you mentioned actually uses linear induction motors, essentially just pushing the cars along using electromagnets - the cars are completely passive, and have no power.
How come its so clean? No breaking or other dust?
Well it do look nice.. But those kind of trains actually produce a surprising amount of dust. They have to clean it like every day.
linear induction motors?
Impressive system
A quick adios for the elites in case the unimaginable happens?
"Continuity of Government" always gets top funding priority.
So its like the second DC Metro lol
lol the secret subway
I have taken that subway. It was cool.
how did i not know that this existed
They get paid enough. Make them walk!
Nice
That's some Austin Powers shit right there
*Congressman* "So we need money for our education and for social securi..."
*Another Congressman* " I know let's build a subway system under the capitol because walking is too hard"
*Congressman* ".but our social securit..."
*Floor* "(chants)sub-way sub-way sub-way"
You forgot that the primary motivation was so that congresspeople didn't have to walk between their offices and the congressional gymnasium.
@@wallykramer7566 is this a simpsons reference?
What place it this i want to ride subway but i can not find it
it looks like a lot of amexicans drive those little karts ;-) Joking apart, thank you for sharing this footage. I stumbled upon this because mrs. Ocasio Cortez said something about this subway system - and it got me curious.
do a new video of the system (if you can get the permission & escort to do so) that also features the house side. also make a new "best subway system in north america" and put this system in as a "teaser"
it makes weird noises when it runs lol
Those look... depressing
They used underground railroads in the Hunger Games. Soon this is what out country will be like and will be divided into districts.
Interestingly enough the door jingle is damn close to the Mockingjay tune :)
I KNEW IT REEEE MASS TRANSIT IS GOING TO BRING THE HUNGER GAMES REEE
Something Clever please delete this comment
Billy BlueBlood most retarded comment award of the day goes to you
how did you get in there ? they didn't allow me in when I went to DC
Its close to the public when there is a vote. And you have to have a official with you to go down
The startup sounds like a synthesizer to be honest . . .
I figured there was government only subways.
What's the point? I figured it would be like a fancy private subway that connects two major government buildings or something but this just seems like a generic transport network. It doesn't even appear to have special security. Why spend so much on it if it's not public?
It does connect major government buildings. All the security is at the doors to the buildings so you don't need it on the subway. Although that wasn't the original intent it does make it easier to get between building without dealing with security.
regould221 Its not particularly nice though, is my point. They could have built a public mass transit system instead, and actually contributed to the city. Its not particularly nice or anything, it just seems a little bit of a waste to me.
I guess you aren't familiar with the voting rules in congress. The votes are 15 minutes long. Many members are working in their office or are in hearings when the votes start. A walk from the office buildings to the capitol can take 15 minutes especially in bad weather. Note that the voting rules were created when everybody worked in the capitol but as the country grew with more states and bigger staffs for members they had to expand out to other buildings and the walks got longer. Also note that when this was first built in 1906 the city did have a public mass transit system. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_Washington,_D.C.
Not sure why that would matter? Worst case scenario they add a private carriage for US Govt workers. It wouldn't slow the system down. That way all the money spent building the tracks, station and tunnel isn't wasted - it helps locals travel too.
The tracks only exist between the capitol and the office buildings next to the capitol. The locals can use it but what would be the point unless you want to travel between the office buildings and the capitol building. Even then if you are starting from the outside it is quicker to walk than to deal with security to get into the buildings to get to the subway. Note that the Washington DC metro system has stations on both sides of the capitol complex area.
Nobody's on the train.
I did not know this
That's the House side in the first half. The Senate side is next.
Terrible overcrowding, needs a massive financial investment. 🚨
That’s cool