Amazing Monarch Traction freight elevator @ The Habitat for Humanity ReStore Roanoke VA

[@RailVideosNI]

I will love it if you took another video of this elevator some time that elevator is so cool

[@22408aaron]

Wow! The 1904 elevator holds more than the new TK next to it! :)

[@georgef551]

I'm surprised the thing works, with the huge gaps between the doors, and floors. It IS a nice find!

[@cannycart]

This is AWESOME! Adding to my favorites

[@KONEelevatorman111]

Now THIS is one BEAUTIFUL elevator! :)

[@johneastmond9092]

I liked the camera on the floor shot! I noticed that you had the inspection switch in the "on" position. If the switch were in the "off" position would the lift self level at the floors? Would you go from momentary (deadman) control to automatic control? Lastly, would your speed increase? It seemed to be in inspection mode. On passenger cars the inspectors controls are on the car roof. You transfer control from the in-car controls to the inspector's car-top control via the inspector switch.

[@SamSitar]

this is similar to the former Sofas and More. nice manual controls. an all wood elevator is a gem.

[@FranceHopper]

Classic for sure. Awesome machinery shot. You don't even need to see the cab shaking, you can HEAR it. That said, shame but I'm sure this has seen better days.

[@clarkloveselevators]

@dieselducy When will you upload the video of the TK ISIS?

[@c3po626]

Very nice elevator Andrew how did you come across this beauty?

[@KyFriedPlatypus]

I recall watching a documentary on the Travel Channel years back in which they showed a similar-looking Elevator at a furniture store that had to be manually operated by rope.

[@upanddownadventures]

+KyFriedPlatypus Do you know which furniture store it was at?

[@KyFriedPlatypus]

upanddownadventures I don't remember what it was called, but I remember them saying that it was one of the earliest elevators.

[@upanddownadventures]

KyFriedPlatypus Do you know what the documentary was called, and what it was about (was it about elevators? was it about the furniture store? was it about historic buildings? was it about something else?)

[@gluse]

Would you please video that Thyssenkrup ISIS Elevator?

[@Ih8kone]

He did.

[@mman454]

I would love to see the machine room on that thing!

[@phillies4100_mainsite]

That's an awesome elevator

[@Cmbgo98]

Geared traction not the oldest ive ever seen though the building closed so i hope they keep it.

[@HeritageElevators]

Perfect elevator!. I really like no inner doors. Do NOT modernize!!!

[@Ih8kone]

It got ripped out.

[@Adamelmquistlibertyrailfan]

They don't make them like that anymore.... Great Find....

[@psirvent8]

Did it have interlocks or at least switches on the gates ?

[@DieselDucy]

it did.

[@22408aaron]

There are no interlocks on the gates.

[@DiscordC]

Why did they replace the origonal controles panal with a new plastic controle box?

[@upanddownadventures]

No inner doors! Awesome!

[@Ih8kone]

You do realize that's ILLEGAL?

[@Ih8kone]

That store is now closed.

[@DieselDucy]

+Dante Trainmaster (Dantelevator) yep and the pieces are in the elevaTOURS museum.

[@Ih8kone]

@@DieselDucy By the way, this was an Otis, NOT a Monarch.

[@Ih8kone]

Is that a thrift shop? Do they have clothes?

[@cbtf3student]

1906年木門貨機? 難以置信!

[@bjrossana]

hi andrew reams.

[@Cmbgo98]

@beckwithelevatorman That it was in not this building

[@ih8thyssenkrupp]

It's MUCH safer to use this over the ISIS, even though this is a freight elevator.

[@LiftEnthusiast2020OFFTOPIC]

Lovely old Otis elevator. Shame it has been ripped out.

[@elevatorryan015]

Rip...

[@trudypiscia2121]

COOL

[@bjrossana]

On the isis elevator 3 and 4 are locked off.

[@mattshort4422]

lol

[@kalpana2525]

M. U