Disneyland Railroad

Disneyland includes/understands a railroad to vapor. At the origin known under the name of Disneyland & Santa Fe Railroad , it was sponsored by the company of railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway . Based on a footing of three feet, most usually used in North America, the railroad is made of a loop continues turning around the park, although there exists a siding bringing to the workshops. All the engines of Disneyland roll to the diesel, which is less polluting and less expensive than coal, wood or the very heavy " C" bunker; gasoline normally used for the engines with vapor.

This train, present as of the first drafts of the project of the Disneyland park takes as a starting point the passion of Walt Disney for the trains and fact following the Carolwood Pacific Railroad, the private miniature train of Walt, and with the Grizzly Flats Railroad of Ward Kimball.

Disneyland Railroad can be comparable with a railroad company which exploits only one line but several trains. It owes its existence with the Carolwood Pacific Railroad and it gave rise to others " compagnies" in the Disney parks:

The way

The rails use a gauge of Narrow gauge railway of 3 feet 6 inches (1,067 Mr.).

With the opening, two trains could be used on the way, run in opposite direction. A way of crossing had been included on the level of the station of Main Street and one of the trains was to await the passage of the other to continue. Later, for safety reasons and in order to be able to use more than two trains, the line was changed so that the trains in normal service traverse the ways in only one direction in the direction of the needles of a watch. The way of crossing was disconnected and is currently used to expose a Draisine to hands. The addition in 1958 of the diorama Large Canyon on 35 Mr., then of Primeval World in 1966 (conceived for the fair of New York 64-65) required a change of rolling stock; instead of facing forwards, the benches of the new flat wagons are turned towards right-hand side so that the diorama can be better appreciated by the passengers. Five opened coaches of observation, covers of open-type screen with seats directed towards before and dating from the opening of the park, were given in service in 2004 after a three years restoration.

Another detail dating from the opening of the park is visible since the railroad. When the train passes behind It' S.A. Small World the attraction of Fantasyland, it crosses an access road which is protected by two miniature signals from crossing called Wigwag. The Santa Fe had offered these signals of crossing life size, but Disney would have refused them because their scale is not proportioned with that of the train. Miniature counterparts were conceived and built by the workshops of San Bernardino of the Santa Fe Railroad like gift for Disneyland. They function with engines of windshield wiper of cars.

In 1969 the installation and the opening of Haunted Mansion in the New Orleans Square led to a minor realignment of the main road because the new building would have encroached on the ballast. Attractions built later all were conceived to prevent that work on the train is not necessary, and do not stop the service. Thus Splash Mountain spans the ways and Indiana Jones Adventure passes below.

The railroad was nevertheless closed between January and March 2005 for three months a complete restoration (including the restoration of the ballast) for the 50 {{E}} birthday of the park. It is the longest closing of the railroad in the history of the park. A ceremony was given the March 17th 2005 for reopening, the addition of the fifth train and a dedication was made with Ollie Johnston.

According to the proper estimates of Disneyland, the trains make more than 13.000 turns around the park per annum.

Engines

The Walt Disney Company built the two original engines in its clean workshops of Burbank under the supervision of Roger E. Broggie. They are conceived according to the Lilly Belle , a miniature steam train that Broggie had made for the Carolwood Pacific Railroad of the garden of Walt. They are reproductions of the traditional style American 4-4-0s " Wild West" , but built on a larger scale of 3/5e.
Two additional engines were bought, because it is currently less expensive than to build news of them and than of many narrow-gauge lines and their equipment resells closed. All accepted a complete restoration before integrating the service in 1958 and 1959, including new boilers.

NR. 1 C.K. Holliday

It is the Locomotive No 1 built with the Walt Disney Studio in 1954; into service at Disneyland the day of opening in 1955 was brought. Named according to Cyrus Kurtz Holliday , founder of the Santa Fe Railroad in 1859. the train NR. 2 C.K. Holliday of the Disneyland Paris Railroad bears also this name.
the train No 1 has a large chimney for the firewood called " ballon" and a large pointed drive out-body (drive out-cows or railguard).

NR. 2 E.P Ripley

Locomotive No 2 : built in Walt Disney Studio in 1954; into service at Disneyland the day of opening in 1955 was brought. Named according to Edward Payson Ripley one of the first presidents of ATSF after the reorganization of the company in 1895.
the train No 2 has as for him a narrow chimney and a small drive out-body running for the engines with coal of the east coast.

NR. 3 Fred Gurley

Locomotive No 3 : built by Baldwin Works Engine in 1894; into service at Disneyland the March 28th 1958 was brought. Named according to the general president-director of then of ATSF.
the train No 3 is a " Forney" 2-4-4T, a type of engine tank built in 1894 for a plantation of cane with sugar of Louisiana. It was bought 1.300 $ in operating condition and 35.000 $ of more were spent for its restoration. It is the oldest engine in service in all the Disney parks.

NR. 4 Ernest S. Marsh

Locomotive No 4 : built by Baldwin Works Engine in 1925; into service at Disneyland the July 25th 1959 was brought. Named according to the president of then of Santa Fe, the Marsh was used for the origin in Raritan River Sand Company in the New Jersey.

NR. 5 Ward Kimball

Locomotive No 5 : built by Baldwin Works Engine in 1902 for a plantation of Louisiana. It is named according to the famous organizer Ward Kimball, one of the Last nine Wise ones, ( Nine Old Men ) and was brought into service in 2005.
In 1999 Disney bought the engine except service Maud L of the recreation park of Cedar Point located at Sandusky in the Ohio. They led it in 2004 in the workshops of Boschan Boiler and Restorations in the south of the California in order to restore it and to transform it into an engine of Disneyland Railroad. This machine at the head of the train No 5 is the first engine with being added since 1959.

NR. - Marie E.

The Marie E. is the engine bought and renovated by Olly Johnston for its own pleasure. It sold it in 2004 with John Lasseter. This engine functioned only once on the circuit of Disneyland Railroad in 2004 at the time of a ceremony given by Lasseter in the honor of Olly Johnston, the engine and the turn of circuit having been it gift-surprise.

Stations

The original loop of 2,5 km stopped only with Main Street the USA and Frontierland. But now it also stops with Mickey' S Toontown and Tomorrowland.

Street hand

The station of Main Street, Main Street Station is on the same topic that the remainder of the country, an architecture beginning of the 20th century. This station is the first building seen by the visitors at their entry in the park. A panel on the roof indicates as the cities were accustomed to doing it at the time altitude compared to the sea, here 46 Mr., and the population which corresponds about to the number of visitors having crossed the doors of the park since its opening. This number is currently of more than 500 millions.
A line inspection car with hand is permanently presented in front of the station on a way " désaffectée". It was given to Walt Disney at the time of the opening by its manufacturer Kalamazoo Manufacturing .

Frontierland-New Orlans Public garden

The station was during a short moment the Frontierland Depot . It is now since 1966 that of New Orleans Square. This station is a quay whose roof is of a style similar to that of Main Street Station .

A building on other side of the ways was used as quay. It was removed service in 1962 and is now especially a decorative piece. A sound of telegraph can be heard coming from the building, it uses the current railway code and repeats the first two sentences of the speech of Walt Disney for the opening in 1955.

Fantasyland-Toontown

The original station of Fantasyland, the Fantasyland Station was added in 1958 in order to serve this country, but it had to be moved in 1966 in order to build attraction It' S.A. Small World. It was re-elected in 1988 Videopolis Station with the opening of the Videopolis Pavillion , a theater.

The station of Fantasyland was Re-thèmatisée in 1992 in a style cartoon to correspond with the new open country the 1993 Mickey' S Toontown. She is called since Toowntown Depot .

Tomorrowland

The station of Tomorrowland has an architecture " googie" and was at the origin of color light blue (the panels of exit are always blue and white), but was repainted out of copper, brown and orange in 1998 to correspond with the Nouveau Tomorrowland . Closed now for restoration, the station must be repainted again in white and blue, as the remainder of Tomorrowland in a white and blue style silver plated and reopen during the 50e birthday.

The " paysage"

The train makes the turn of the park in approximately 18 minutes and makes it possible to see the landscape created for each country. With Frontierland it is possible to see the tribe of the Indians Pinewood .

In 1958, the installation of the diorama " Large Canyon" in what was a long tunnel through the slides hiding mainly Old Administration Building. The diorama, which includes/understands only the animal empaillés of the park, is longest of the world. Painted on a simple piece of fabric without seam, the bottom of the diorama measures 102 Mr. length, 11 Mr. top and 1100 liters of painting. The cost was of 367  000  $ and took more 80  000 work hours. The main theme of Ferde Grofé One The Trail (on the track) is whistled by the audio system of the train when it enters the diorama.

In 1966, the diorama was wide with a prehistoric section Primeval World . The name of the diorama became the " Large Canyon/Primeval World".

the section Primeval World was reproduced with Tokyo Disneyland: Western To rivet Railroad

the section of the Large Canyon it was reproduced with Disneyland Paris.

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