Fans of Disney no longer need

to make the long drive to Orlando to get a Mickey Mouse fix.

Instead, a short trek to Tyrone

reveals a part of the Magic Kingdom's history that true Disney fans will

adore.

Last week, Tyrone's Chip Young

had a portion of the original monorail that ran from Disney's hotels to

the land of the mouse delivered to his home.

"I go to Disney World

about three or four times a year, and I just love it. I saw the monorail

was up for auction on Disney's Web site," he said.

The portion of the monorail

that Young bought has nearly one million miles on it and is still operable.

"You could hook it up

to 600 volts of DC current and 2,000 amps and it would run," he said.

Young's portion of the monorail

weighs 30,000 pounds and is 40 feet long.

The Disney fan paid $20,000

for his little slice of the Magic Kingdom and isn't quite sure what he

will do with the futuristic transportation mode.

"I'm going to build a

platform for it, and I would like to also display it in some of the parades,"

he said.

Young's monorail is the Mark

IV edition, which made its debut in 1971 at the park. The only other portions

of the original monorail still in existence were purchased by the city

of Las Vegas.

The Mark IV was replaced in

1995, and the rest of the origin al cars that weren't sold to Young

or Las Vegas have been destroyed.

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