Disneyland Railroad
Attraction Poster
Disneyland
Land	Main Street, USA, New Orleans Square/Frontierland, Mickey's Toontown/Fantasyland, Tomorrowland
Designer	WED Enterprises
Attraction type	Railroad
Propulsion method	Narrow-Gauge Steam Train
Opening date	July 17, 1955
Vehicle type	Train Cars
Ride duration	18:00 minutes
Length	6336 ft (1931.2 m)
Originally Named	Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad (1955-1976)
Required Ticket	D, Santa Fe Rail Pass valid until 1974
Signaling System	ABS
Sponsored by	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (1955-1974)

The Disneyland Railroad (DRR) is a narrow gauge railroad located at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, United States, that was inaugurated on that theme park's opening day, July 17, 1955. The live steam railway was constructed at a cost of US$240,000 and each of the original four locomotives cost in excess of $40,000 either to build or restore. It remains one of Disneyland's most popular attractions as riders can use it as transportation to other areas of the park or to simply ride the trains on the so-called "grand circle tour." The railroad is the first thing visitors see upon entering Disneyland through the main entrance. Image File history File links Disneyland Railroad Poster This is a copyrighted poster. ... Disneyland is a theme park that is located at 1313 South Harbor Boulevard in Anaheim, California, USA. It opened on July 17, 1955. ... Main Street, USA, at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World Main Street, USA is the welcoming and entrance area of the many Disney Magic Kingdom-style parks around the world. ... New Orleans Square is a themed land exclusively at Disneyland, and is not at any other Disney park. ... Frontierland is one of the themed lands at the many Magic Kingdom-style parks run by Disney around the world. ... Mickeys Toontown is one of the themed lands at the Disneyland park run by The Walt Disney Company. ... Fantasyland is one of the themed lands at the many Magic Kingdom-style parks run by The Walt Disney Company around the world. ... Tomorrowland is one of the many themed lands at the many Disneyland parks run by The Walt Disney Company around the world. ... WED Enterprises (WED), was formed as a separate company from Walt Disney Studios by Walt Disney in the late 1940s/early 1950s. ... is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting marks ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ... A narrow gauge railway (or narrow gauge railroad) is a railway that has a track gauge narrower than the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) of standard gauge railways. ... Anaheim redirects here. ... Theme park redirects here. ... is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... A Live Steam Festival displaying equipment ranging from small stationary engines to full-size locomotives. ...

Layout

Laid to 3 ft (914 mm) gauge, the most common narrow gauge used in North America, the train's track runs in a continuous loop around the park, which has subsequently expanded past the tracks in some places. The line features several grade crossings, including one located near It's a Small World, automatic block signals, and a roundhouse for locomotive storage, located backstage behind It's a Small World and shared with the Monorail. For other uses, see Small world. ... Roundhouse in 1909, turntable in the front Roundhouse in Uster, Switzerland Steam locomotives sit in the Chicago and North Western Railway roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois freight yards, December 1942. ...

Under the original track plan, two trains (one freight and one passenger) could operate on the railroad simultaneously in the same clockwise direction. A Rail siding was incorporated at Main Street station and at Frontierland Station where one train had to wait to allow the other to pass. To allow the use of more than two trains, the operation was changed so that the trains no longer passed each other. The passing track at Main Street was disconnected and now is only used to display a narrow gauge Kalamazoo handcar, while the passing track at Frontierland was removed completely. Walt Disney dictated that a minimum of two trains were to operate at all times, and it is not uncommon for three or four trains to run simultaneously on busy days. A siding, in general rail terminology, refers to a section of rail used to store stationary rolling stock perhaps whilst it is loaded or unloaded, or alternatively, a short length of rail that provides access to and from factories, mines, quarries, wharves, etc. ...

As the train passes behind the It's a Small World attraction in Fantasyland, it crosses a service road that is protected by two miniature wig-wag crossing signals. The Santa Fe Railway offered the use of full-scale crossing signals, but Disney declined as they would be out of scale with the trains. These scaled-down replicas were designed and built by the San Bernardino shops of the Santa Fe as a gift to Disneyland. They operate with automotive windshield wiper motors. San Bernardino is the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. ...

Rail cars

Passenger seating in the early passenger train consisted of forward-facing seats in the several railcars. The freight train initially had seats only in the caboose--most of the other passengers being required to stand in the open gondola and cattle cars. These cars eventually had seats facing the right side of the train installed. A third set of cars debuting in 1958 with the addition of the "Grand Canyon diorama needed also featured seats facing forward. In 1965/1966, new cars were added with featured seats that faced toward the right side of the train. The Disneyland Railroad used to pull freight trains for show only, but this ended in 1969.^{[citation needed]} This article is about the canyon in the southwestern United States. ...

Today the seating consists mostly of open-air, freight-styled coaches with bench seating still facing right for ease of loading and unloading at the depots and for easier viewing of the "Grand Canyon/Primeval World" diorama--except for the 1958 Excursion cars, which still face forward. The original five open-air, clerestory-roofed sightseeing cars with forward-facing seats dating from the park's opening were removed from service shortly after the diorama's opening in 1958 and stored in the roundhouse, until traded in the 1990s for a locomotive that eventually went to Walt Disney World. The Lilly Belle presidential coach is occasionally added to the rear of a train, as is an enclosed wooden caboose. In 2006, Disney added the first new steam engine in 47 years, the Ward Kimball, named after a legendary Disney animator.^[1] Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. ... Look up Caboose in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

History

From concept to inauguration

The Disneyland Railroad was inspired by Walt Disney's love for trains and his live steam backyard Carolwood Pacific Railroad, a love he shared with Disney animators Ward Kimball and Ollie Johnston. Until 1974, it was sponsored by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, during which time it operated as the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad. For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... Walter Elias Disney, (1901-1966), founder of Disneyland and the Walt Disney Company, seen here in the cab of the at Main Street Station. ... Firehouse Five Plus Two LP album cover. ... Oliver Martin Johnston, Jr. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...

The train originally consisted solely of custom-built, five-eighths-scale equipment. WED Enterprises constructed the original two locomotives in the roundhouse at Disneyland under the supervision of Roger E. Broggie. Patterned after the Lilly Belle, a miniature steam locomotive Broggie had made for Walt's backyard Carolwood Pacific Railroad, these were also models of classic "Wild West"-style American 4-4-0s, but built to a larger five-eighths scale. No. 1 was given a big wood-burning "Diamond" stack and a large, pointed pilot (cowcatcher) while No. 2 was given a straight stack and smaller pilot common to East Coast coal-burning locomotives. Roger Broggie (1908-1991) Imagineer and Disney Legend with Walt Disney Company Roger E. Broggie (1908-1991) was a creative American mechanical engineer who worked with Walt Disney and the Walt Disney Company. ... Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad #87, delivered 1873-10-27 from the Mason Machine Works of Taunton, Massachusetts. ... In railroading, the pilot is the device mounted at the front of a locomotive to deflect obstacles from the track that might otherwise derail the train. ...

Three more locomotives were later acquired from outside sources, since this was cheaper than building new ones and since many narrow-gauge lines were closing down and selling their equipment. All three were given extensive renovations before entering service, including new boilers. Number 3 and the "new" number 5 are "Forney" locomotives, a type of tank locomotive. As an 1894 product of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, number 3 is the oldest locomotive in service at any Disney property. An 0-4-4T Forney type built in 1886 by SLM for Finnish State Railways. ... A tank locomotive (occasionally tank engine, especially in England, notably used in reference to Thomas the Tank Engine) is a steam locomotive that carries its own fuel and water on it, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. ... Baldwin Locomotive Works builders plate, 1922 The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. ...

Walt Disney, along with California Governor Goodwin J. Knight and Fred G. Gurley (in his capacity of president of the Santa Fe) presided over the opening-day ceremonies. Since Disney made frequent rounds of the park from opening day forward and since his railroading hobby gave him extensive experience in the operation of steam locomotives, it was not uncommon to see him in the cab of one of the locomotives in the capacity of engineer. Goodwin Jess Knight (December 9, 1896 - May 22, 1970) was the 31st Governor of California. ... Fred G. Gurley (1889 – July 4, 1976) was president and executive committee chairman of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. ...

The Santa Fe sponsored the attraction from its inception until 1974. Santa Fe had gotten out of the passenger train business several years prior, with the takeover of Amtrak in 1971, and the Santa Fe could not justify the sponsorship expenses. This, coupled with the fact that the Santa Fe wished to highlight its modern fleet of diesels instead of the Park's diminutive steam locomotives, led negotiations to extend the sponsorship contract eventually to fail, and the Santa Fe name was removed.

The Grand Canyon/Primeval World diorama

Artist Delmer J. Yoakum (left) painting the Grand Canyon diorama in 1955.

The 1958 addition of the "Grand Canyon" diorama painted by artist Delmer J. Yoakum (added to what was once a long tunnel through a backstage service area) necessitated a change in the rolling stock as well; instead of facing forward, the new flatcars' benches now faced right so that the passengers could better enjoy the scenes. The diorama, which includes the park's only taxidermic animals in lifelike poses, is the longest in the world. Painted on a single piece of seamless canvas and representing the view from the canyon's south rim, the rear of the diorama measures 306 feet (93 m) long, 34 feet (10 m) high and is covered with 300 gallons (1,100 L) of paint. A 96-year-old Hopi chief, Chief Nevangnewa, blessed the trains on the diorama's opening day. Image File history File links DelmerJYoakumGrandCanyonDisneyland. ... Image File history File links DelmerJYoakumGrandCanyonDisneyland. ... Delmer J. Yoakum (December 6, 1915 - October 25, 1996) was an American fine artist, oil and watercolor painter, designer, serigrapher, Disneyland and Hollywood motion picture studio scenic artist. ... Image File history File links Disneyland_Grand_Canyon_Diorama_poster. ... Image File history File links Disneyland_Grand_Canyon_Diorama_poster. ... Image File history File links Disneyland_Primeval_World_poster. ... Image File history File links Disneyland_Primeval_World_poster. ... Moki redirects here. ...

The cost was US$367,000 and took more than 80,000 labor hours to construct. The main theme of Ferde Grofe's "On The Trail" is piped in through the train's sound system as it enters the diorama. In 1966, the diorama was expanded with a prehistoric theme to become the "Grand Canyon/Primeval World" diorama, with Audio-Animatronic dinosaurs from Walt Disney's Ford Magic Skyway attraction at the 1964 New York World's Fair. At the same time as the track expansion on the east side of the park, the track on the western side of the park was extended to make room for the imminent New Orleans Square expansion, including buildings for Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean. The northern edge of the track was moved further north to allow for an expansion of the Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland. That area is now home to the Big Thunder Ranch, Festival Arena, and Fantasyland Theater, currently home to the Princess Fantasy Faire. Ferde Grofé (New York City, March 27, 1892 – Santa Monica, California, April 3, 1972) was a United States composer, pianist, and arranger. ... Audio-Animatronics or just animatronics is a form of robotics created by Disneys Imagineers for several shows and attractions at Disney theme parks, and subsequently expanded on and used by other companies. ... Orders & Suborders Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Theropoda Ornithischia Thyreophora Ornithopoda Marginocephalia Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for over 160 million years, first appearing approximately 230 million years ago. ... View of the New York Worlds Fair 1964/1965 as seen from the observation towers of the New York State pavilion. ... New Orleans Square is a themed land exclusively at Disneyland, and is not at any other Disney park. ... The Haunted Mansion is a dark ride attraction located at Disneyland, the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Park in Paris (as Phantom Manor). ... This article is about the franchise. ... Big Thunder Ranch is attraction at Disneyland. ...

Alterations and modernization

The 1969 installation and opening of Haunted Mansion required minor realignment of the main line since part of the new attraction extended beneath the roadbed. Originally the trains ran behind Casey Junior Circus Train, but the track was rerouted in order to get more space inside the park. The DLRR was in near-continuous operation since the park's 1955 opening day until December 2004 when the system was shut down for reballasting, regauging and new block signals as part of Disneyland's fiftieth anniversary celebration. The Haunted Mansion is a dark ride attraction located at Disneyland, the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Park in Paris (as Phantom Manor). ...

In 1999, Disney purchased the inoperable Maud L locomotive from the Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio, and sent it to a Southern California shop in 2004 to restore it and transform it into a Disneyland Railroad locomotive. This 1902 Baldwin loco is now Disneyland Railroad locomotive number 5 and is the first added since 1959. Originally named for Maud Lepine, daughter of one of the original owners and a name kept throughout the locomotive's service life, it is now named after the late Ward Kimball, one of Disney's Nine Old Men and an avid railroad preservationist. Cedar Point is a 364 acre (1. ... Location within the state of Ohio Coordinates: , Country State County Erie Founded 1816 Government  - Mayor Area  - Total 22. ... Disneys Nine Old Men were the core animators (some of whom later became directors) that created the Disney studios most famous work, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs onward to Snow White and the Seven DwarfsThe Rescuers. ...

The attraction reopened on March 17, 2005. It was the railroad's longest closure in park history. is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Stations, route and tour

A view of the Main Street railroad depot in 1955. The building is in the Queen Anne style with mansard roofs, widow's walks, dormers, and a clock tower. People walk by a cannon, streetlamps, and a horse-drawn surrey.

The 1.5-mile (2.4 km) loop originally only stopped at Main Street, USA and Frontierland, but expanded to stops at Fantasyland (now Mickey's Toontown) and Tomorrowland. Main Street Station is designed to coordinate architecturally with the rest of Main Street, and is the first Disneyland structure visitors see upon entering the park. A sign on the roof shows an elevation of 138 feet (42 m) above sea level and a population number that roughly corresponds with the number of visitors to the park over the past five decades. As of January 2005 the number stood at 500 million. A handcar is on permanent display on a siding in front of the station that once allowed two trains to run the loop, while passing each other at the two original stations. It was donated to Walt Disney himself around 1955 by railroad historian and Disney friend Jerry Best. A replica of the locomotive Lilly Belle is on display inside the station as are various print articles pertaining to the DLRR. Image File history File links Z-5371. ... Image File history File links Z-5371. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... The Buttermans, the historic home of John Newman, the butter king, is one of several Queen Anne mansions in Elgin, Illinois The Queen Anne style of British and American architecture reached its greatest popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century, manifesting itself in a number of different ways... Mansard in architecture refers to a style of hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its four sides with the lower slope being steeper than the upper slope. ... A widows walk is a railed rooftop platform, typically on a coastal house, originally designed to observe vessels at sea. ... A dormer is a window set vertically in a structure projecting from a sloping roof. ... Clocktower at Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia A clock tower is a tower built with one or more (often four) clock faces. ... This article is about the English county. ...

Main Street railroad depot during the fiftieth anniversary.

After leaving the Main Street station, the train travels west along Disneyland's border, separated from the Jungle Cruise by the park's berm. High up in the trees guests can get a glimpse of an antelope and for a few years a black panther leaped out at the trains before the trains entered New Orleans Square. Eventually passing over part of Pirates of the Caribbean and reaching the onetime Frontierland station. This stop now serves New Orleans Square. Its station is a platform whose canopy is of similar style to that at Main Street Station. A building on the opposite side of the tracks (inspired by Ward Kimball's Grizzly Flats depot) once served as the station platform; it was removed from service in 1962 and now serves primarily as an ornamental detail and break room for train crews. The telegraph sound effect that can be heard emanating from the building is morse code, which was used by telegraphers on operating railroads, that repeats the first two lines of Walt Disney's 1955 opening day speech. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2816 × 2112 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2816 × 2112 pixel, file size: 1. ... The Jungle Cruise is an attraction at the following Disney theme parks: Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland (under the name Jungle River Cruise). ... This article is about the herbivorous mammals. ... A melanistic leopard, or black panther The black panther is the common name for a black specimen (a melanistic variant) of any of several species of cats. ... Pirates of the Caribbean is a dark ride at the Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris theme parks. ... Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ... 1922 Chart of the Morse Code Letters and Numerals Morse code is a method for transmitting telegraphic information, using standardized sequences of short and long elements to represent the letters, numerals, punctuation and special characters of a message. ... Disneyland is a theme park that is located at 1313 South Harbor Boulevard in Anaheim, California, USA. It opened on July 17, 1955. ...

Upon leaving the Frontierland station, the train goes through two cavernous tunnels beneath the berm. One tunnel passes between the Haunted Mansion's facade and show building and enters Splash Mountain shortly thereafter. Riders catch a glimpse of one of the log flume ride's final scenes before traveling over Critter Country on a trestle. The track then follows the outer edge of Rivers of America, where there are wildlife scenes, an Indian Chief on a horse, and a view of a western frontier settlement across the river on Tom Sawyer's Island. Several moose can also be seen along the tracks as well as a small Indian boy playing in a puddle with a dog. Prior to the political correct era of the 1990s, this settlement was shown being under attack by Indians, with a burning roof and sounds of Indian War chants and hollers coming from the distance, and a cowboy in front of the cabin with an arrow in his back. The train then passes behind several unused areas (with a glimpse of the crocodile prop used in Fantasmic!), and enters Toontown Depot and the Gateway to Fantasyland. The Haunted Mansion is a dark ride attraction located at Disneyland, the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Park in Paris (as Phantom Manor). ... Splash Mountain is a log flume attraction at three Walt Disney Parks that is based on the controversial 1946 Disney film Song of the South. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Steel trestle with plate girder spans A trestle is a bridge that consists of a large number of short spans, supported by splayed vertical elements and is usually for railroad use. ... This list of rivers of the Americas includes all the major rivers of the Americas. ...

Fantasyland Station was rethemed to a somewhat "cartoonish" design in 1992 to correspond with the new Mickey's Toontown, which opened in January, 1993. Toontown Depot is also usually one of the most crowded stations on the railroad. Upon leaving the depot the trains pass through It's a Small World's facade and roll through some heavily wooded backstage areas, such as parts of the parade route and mechanic stations. The trains then pass part of the Great Barrier Reef of Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage and then Autopia. Tomorrowland's station features a Googie-style architectural design and was originally light blue (the exit signs are still white and blue), but was repainted copper, brown, and orange in 1998 to correspond with the new Tomorrowland color scheme. The station has recently undergone renovation with new metal railings and pavement. For unknown reasons, the station was left with its 1998 colors and its new elements were the same color. Tomorrowland Station is somewhat unused. This section of Tomorrowland was not painted in time for the fiftieth anniversary celebration and will most likely be completed in the off-season. The station is not connected directly to the monorail, but it is just a short walk away. For other uses, see Small world. ... Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage is an attraction located in the Tomorrowland area of Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, which opened on June 11, 2007. ... Autopia is an attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallée, France, and at Hong Kong Disneyland on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. ... The Space Needle, built for Seattles Worlds Fair, 1962 Googie, also known as populuxe, is a form of architecture, originating from southern California in the late 1940s and continuing approximately into the mid-1960s. ...

Leaving the Tomorrowland station, viewers can get a quick glimpse of the Innoventions attraction. The train then ducks behind a thick wall of plant growth. The Space Mountain then will be able to be seen just above the plants. Upon seeing the Space Mountain, the tracks enter a long tunnel. Suddenly, light appears and passengers see the Grand Canyon (this is best viewed on a train with row seats). Inanimate animals such as cougars, porcupines, and mountain goats look at the trains as the train travels deeper into the tunnel, and enters the Primeval World. Primeval World is an exact copy of the Grand Canyon, except that dinosaurs and Jurassic creatures roam the lands instead of today's animals. Brontosaurs and dinosaurs with sails feed in the jungle swamps as a large cascading peak thunders water into the swamp while pterodactls squack angrily at the trains and each other. The terrain becomes more like a desert oasis and a family of triceratops watch their newly hatching babies emerge from eggs. The land is now barren as the sky darkens and raptor like lizards sip from a small pond surrounded by various fossils and bones. Lava waterfalls and fire rip the land across as a Tyrannosaurus Rex and Stegosaurus confront each other in the center of a lake of boiling magma. After the visit to the Primeval World, a light appears at the end of the tunnel and the train emerges into the light. The tracks pass the Disney Kennel Club on the left and finally crosses the entrance onto the bridge to re-enter Main Street, U.S.A. station, the starting point of the tour, and now the ending point.

The voice of the stationmaster who announces the arrival of a train at each stop is that of Jack Wagner, known to many as "The Voice of Disneyland"

Stations of the Disneyland Railroad

Main Street, USA station

New Orleans Square station

Mickey's Toontown station

Tomorrowland station

Locomotives

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The Disneyland Railroad currently has five narrow-gauge steam locomotives (the original four are named after former Santa Fe CEOs):

• 1: C.K. Holliday, a 4-4-0 built in the Walt Disney Studio in 1954; went into service at Disneyland on Opening Day, 1955. Named for Cyrus Kurtz Holliday, founder of the Santa Fe Railroad in 1859. This engine was also known to be Walt Disney's personal favorite.

• 2: E.P. Ripley, a 4-4-0 built in the Walt Disney Studio in 1954; went into service at Disneyland on Opening Day, 1955. Named for Edward Payson Ripley, an early president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) after its 1895 reorganization.

• 3: Fred Gurley, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1894, went into service at Disneyland March 28, 1958. The locomotive, named for the then-current chairman of the ATSF, Fred G. Gurley, is the oldest single piece of railroad equipment in use at any Disney theme park. The 2-4-4T tank locomotive, used in Louisiana to transport sugar cane, was purchased in working condition for US$1300; nevertheless, more than $35,000 was spent on its restoration. A commemorative brass plaque celebrating the Gurley's centennial was mounted in the cab in 1994.

Inside the cab of Engine #1, the C.K. Holliday

• 4: Ernest S. Marsh, a 2-4-0 originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works as a 0-4-0 saddle-tank in 1925; went into service at Disneyland July 25, 1959. Named for the Santa Fe's then-current president, the Marsh originally served the Raritan River Sand Company in New Jersey. During shipment from New Jersey to California, the locomotive was misrouted and ended up in a rail yard outside Pittsburgh. Disney placed a call to personal friend Marsh who personally oversaw the rerouting and rapid shipment of the locomotive to its final destination.

• 5: Ward Kimball, a 2-4-4, serial number 20925, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1902 for the Laurel Valley Plantation of Louisiana and later received in trade from Cedar Point Amusement Park as the inoperative Maud L in 1999. Cedar Point added a lead truck during its service there, making it a 2-4-4T. Restoration was begun by Boschan Boiler and Restorations of Carson in 2004 and the unit went into permanent service on June 25, 2005, as part of the park's fiftieth anniversary celebration. Named for the famous Disney animator, the Kimball makes a slight break from tradition as well.

Since the DLRR's inauguration, no Disney characters have been depicted on the rolling stock or at the stations in order to enforce the image of the railroad as a genuine, working system. The new locomotive's headlight features a gold leaf silhouette of Jiminy Cricket, a Ward Kimball creation. The silhouette is based on a drawing of the character Kimball made shortly before his death. Colonel Cyrus Kurtz Holliday (April 3, 1826 – 1900) was one of the founders of Topeka, Kansas. ... Edward Payson Ripley (October 30, 1845 – 1920), sometimes referred to as Edward P. Ripley or E. P. Ripley, was the fourteenth president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. ... is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... Fred G. Gurley (1889 – July 4, 1976) was president and executive committee chairman of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. ... 2-4-4 Mason Bogie locomotive #6 on the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad as built in 1886. ... Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (508x768, 83 KB) Took this photo at Disneyland, CA I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (508x768, 83 KB) Took this photo at Disneyland, CA I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... In Whyte notation, a 2-4-0 is a railroad steam locomotive that has two leading wheels followed by two coupled driving wheels, with no trailing wheels. ... An 0-4-0 fireless mining locomotive, powered by compressed air. ... is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Pittsburgh redirects here. ... 2-4-4 Mason Bogie locomotive #6 on the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad as built in 1886. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Location of Carson in Los Angeles County, California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1968-02-20 [2] Government  - Mayor Jim Dear [1] Area  - City  18. ... is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Walt Disney's "Lilly Belle" miniature live steam locomotive on display at Disneyland Main Street Station in 1993, before its replacement by a replica. Walt's railroad hobby was the inspiration for the Disneyland Railroad.

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Operation

The railroad operates daily, taking its first passengers at 8 a.m., year-round. A round trip on the DLR takes around 20 minutes.

Crew

Each locomotive is manned by four Disney "cast members", two Conductors, an engineer, and a fireman. The engineer is charged with operation of the locomotive and the fireman is responsible for maintaining the fire as well as water level in the boiler.

The Conductors are responsible for the operation and safety of each station and the trains. Duties as station attendants involve passenger counts, answering questions and assisting passengers. While on the train the conductor runs the spiel box and makes safety announcements. Trains cannot move without approval from the conductor. The conductors work in rotation.

Opening

Early in the morning the first crew arrives at the enginehouse to get the first train ready to depart. The maintenance crew will mark on the board which trains are to be used and the order they are to be removed from the roundhouse.

The first crew will prep and take out the first train listed. A crew consists of 4 individuals: the engineer (charged with operation of the locomotive), the fireman (charged with operation of the boiler to provide the steam for the locomotive to operate), and two conductors (charged with management and safe operation of the train and its passengers). Safety and readiness checks are performed by the conductor as the enginemen prepare the locomotive for a day of operation, known as hostling. The conductor, who is in charge of the train and its motion at all times, will inspect the track and arrangement of the switches in the yard outside of the roundhouse to ensure the train will have safe passage out of the roundhouse all the way to the park.

Once the boiler has reached working pressure and the engineers are ready to go, they will signal using the forward motion whistle (2 short whistles). After a reply from the conductor's buzzer (2 short buzzes) recognizing the whistle signal, the train will proceed into the park.

In the morning, the roundhouse operating engineers will test the safety systems on the train. The main tests include intentionally popping the safety valves. The safety valves are set to release excess steam to maintain the boiler's maximum certified working pressure. After the first train is on the line the second is not far behind. As this is going on, other conductors arrive at the stations in the park and prepare for the trains' arrival.

In Service

When the park opens, the first train departs from Main Street Station. The second will be just behind. Typically, three trains are used daily, with a fourth sometimes coming out on busy days later in the morning.

Each lap around Disneyland should be completed in approximately 20 minutes. This timing is established and maintained by the first train. The second and third trains keep up with the first train as much as possible. The goal is to have the first train at Main Street Station on the hour and at :20 and :40 past. If the trains fall behind, they will need to catch up or drop behind a lap to get the first train to the top of the hour. This is necessary to facilitate proper closing procedures on the park's schedule.

Block Signals

The railroad used to feature block signals along the line to let the engineers and conductor know the position of the trains on the system. The block signals on the DLRR used to resemble a typical traffic light with two lights that are green and red. Today, colored lights in the cab near the engineer tell the crew of the status of the track ahead. On the main line there are ten blocks. Four of them are the stations which include some length of track before the station. The other blocks are spread out with one between each station.

The lights typically change in this order in both directions: Green <--> Yellow/Green <--> Red <--> Yellow/Red

In a four-train operation the conductors will not allow the train to proceed on a Yellow/Green signal. This keeps the trains spaced for more consistent service in the stations and prevents the train from having to stop in between stations. In a three train operation conductors can move trains on the yellow/green signal. The reason for this is because there will almost always be a train in the second block ahead.

Whistles

As with any railroad, the whistles you hear all have meaning as they are warning/signaling devices. Many guests are unaware that whistles/horns' primary purpose was in fact communication. On the DLRR, engineers use the whistle to communicate while the conductor uses the same patterns with a button which activates a bell in the cab of the locomotive. While the train is operated as a team, the conductor has the final say in the operation of the train; he is in command. At the stations, the conductor will signal it's safe for the train to move by calling "All aboard!" Engineers will acknowledge that they can proceed by signaling with 2 short whistles. The common whistles on the DLRR are listed below:

• One Short - Attention
• Two Short – Forward Movement
• Three Short – Reverse Movement
• One Long, One Short – Approaching Station
• One Long, Two Short – Crew spotted along track. (Also used as a general greeting)
• Two Long, One Short, One Long – Public Crossing ahead.
• Two Long, One Short – Meeting Point (Junction)
• One Long – Stop Immediately / Emergent stop.
• Four Long – Train in distress.

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Closing

At park closing, the conductors announce the departure of the last train, also known as the "Sweeper Train". All guests can ride until the train arrives back at Main Street station. Once back at Main Street the conductors walk the length of the train to ensure that there are no passengers remaining and any items left behind are unloaded to the station attendants and brought to lost and found. The procedure is the same for all trains.

After the train is cleared for departure, the conductor will signal the engineers with the forward movement signal. Then the train departs for the switch past It's a Small World. As the train passes through New Orleans Square and Toontown stations, the station attendants can give a "thumbs up" indicating that they would like to jump aboard and will do so while the train is in motion. Once a train passes the switch it stops. The conductor jumps off and throws the switch to allow the train to back to the roundhouse.

At this point the engineer relies on the conductor to guide the train to back towards the enginehouse. The fireman will jump off the train to throw the switch back to allow another train to leave if one remains, otherwise the switch is left where it is. At each switch and crossing the conductor will signal to let the engineer know that the train successfully cleared a switch and can continue. This continues until the train is backed completely into the roundhouse.

Trivia

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• To offset construction costs, the Walt Disney Company solicited a number of major railroads for corporate sponsorship of the attraction in 1953; the Santa Fe was the only company to respond.^{[citation needed]}
• From 1955 until 1974 (when the railroad's sponsorship ended), the Santa Fe "rail pass" was honored in lieu of the required "D" coupon.^{[citation needed]}
• The narration provided inside the cars at various points throughout the trip around the park once featured the late voice actor Vic Perrin, and later, Thurl Ravenscroft.^{[citation needed]}
• By Disneyland's own estimates, the trains make more than 13,000 trips around the park annually.^{[citation needed]}
• Including stops, the train takes 18 minutes to circle the park, making it the longest ride at Disneyland.
• There are also Disneyland Railroads at Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland.^{[citation needed]}
• Ever since the trains first started operating in 1955, they have covered enough track to circle the globe more than 150 times.^{[citation needed]}
• The E.P. Ripley was displayed at the annual Fullerton Railroad Days in 2006 in Fullerton, California. This was the first time any of the locomotives has been displayed at a public event off-site^{[citation needed]}
• The C.K. Holliday was displayed at the annual Fullerton Railroad Days in 2007 in Fullerton, California, a year after the E.P. Ripley.
• Disneyland Resort Paris has four trains, the C.K. Holliday, George Washington, W.F. Cody and the Eureka. Each of them measuring 73 meters long and weighing in at 75 tonnes. They take 20 minutes to tour Park Disneyland and are based at the Roundhouse backstage behind the Indiana Jones attraction.
• A black panther used to reside on a weird rock formation that was often stated to be a repainted version of the mountain lion from Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland. Rumors are false and the popular Adventureland panther was removed with the narration that the guests should watch out for man eating lions and tigers.
• Just after leaving New Orleans Square Station, trains pass through Splash Mountain, where one of the ride's show scenes is visible.
• A massive attraction called Indiana Jones and the Lost Expedition was planned to have Indiana Jones Adventure, Jungle Cruise, a mine cart coaster, and the railroad inside would have had the trains go over the Jungle Cruise and nearly fall off a trestle bridge inside the temple.

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References

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See also

• Disneyland Viewliner
• List of current Disneyland attractions
• List of heritage railways
• Walt Disney World Railroad
• Carolwood Pacific Railroad

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External links

• The Carolwood Pacific Historical Society (CPHS) rededication of Engine #3, the Roger E. Broggie
• "Hidden Mickey's Secrets of the Magic Kingdom Railroad" webpage
• "History of: the Disneyland Railroad" webpage
• The "Magic Behind the Steam Trains Tour" webpage
• "The Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad" website
• DRR 5 is alive - The story behind locomotive number 5.

An aerial view of Disneyland in 1956. The entire DLRR "Circle Route" is clearly visible.