Walt Disney World Railroad

Walt Disney World Railroad is the name of the train encircling the Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney World Resort.

Based on a footing of three feet, like his/her brother the Disneyland Railroad, most usually used in North America, the railroad is made of a loop continues turning around the park, although there exists a long siding bringing to the workshops located in the Central Shop North .

All the engines roll to the diesel, which is less polluting and less expensive than coal, wood or the very heavy " C" bunker; (or fuel oil " C"), usually carburizing used for the engines with vapor.

These means of transport move more than one million visitors per annum.

Each train is composed of an engine, a coach with coal and five coaches of passengers of the panoramic type with opening on the right-sided (interior of the park). Each one can carry 360 passengers and 2 wheelchairs.

The way

The Walt Disney World Railroad serves Main Street U.S.A, Frontierland and Mickey' S Toontown Fair. It modified forever since the opening. Only some buildings are located apart from the perimeter delimited by the way. There is Space Mountain, a half of the Pirates off Caribbean and a half of Splash Mountain.

The trains spend 20 minutes to carry out the turn of the park and the precision is of rigor for the drivers. The trains traverse the way all the day apart from the time beach planned for fires of artifices. The reason is that the zone of shooting is located behind Fantasyland, near the way and thus to protect the engines, the visitors and the employees.

Engines

The Walt Disney World Railroad always includes/understands four different trains, true museum pieces in operating condition. The engines were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works like three of the trains of Disneyland, and have each one their history.

The engines were discovered with the Mexico and off tractor drew on behalf of the United Railways Yucatan of the coaches of hemps, jutes, sugars and the passengers. They were dismounted then sent by boat to Tampa. The workshops of Disney went up and renovated each one of them by transforming the engines with coal out of diesel engines (as for the Disneyland Railroad).

The engines Walter E. Disney and Roger E. Broggie have for example consecutive serial numbers (58444 and 58445). It were built and sold whole in 1925, and they were never separate since.

NR. 1 - Walter E. Disney

It bears the name of Walter Elias Disney, commonly called Walt. Its passion for the trains and the design of the Disney parks returning to him, it is logical that its name is allotted to the first engine.

Year of construction: 1925
Configuration of the wheels: 4-6-0 " Ten-Wheeler"
Serial number: 58444
Color of the engine: Red
Diameter of the wheel: 1,10 Mr.
Tare weight of the engine and the coach with coal: 30.150 kg

NR. 2 - Lilly Beautiful

It is named according to the diminutive which Walt liked to give to his wife Lillian Marie Bounds

Year of construction: 1928
Configuration of the wheels: 2-6-0 " Mogul"
Manufacturer: Locomotive Baldwin Works
Serial number: 60598
Color of the engine: green
Diameter of the wheel: 1,1 Mr.
Tare weight of the engine and the coach with coal: 27.450 kg

NR. 3 - Roger E. Broggie

It is named thus in the honor of Roger E. Broggie (1908-1991) who was one of the large friends and imagineer of Walt Disney, impassioned by the steam trains. It was at the origin of the acquisition of the engines for the Walt Disney World Railroad . It helped Walt to build the Carolwood Pacific Railroad and the first engine travelling Lilly Belle on this railroad. He also worked on the project of EPCOT and conceived many technologies. He was also with the head of the service MAPO of WED Entreprises

Year of construction: 1925
Configuration of the wheels: 4-6-0 " Ten Wheeler"
Manufacturer: Locomotive Baldwin Works
Serial number: 58445
Color of the engine: Red and green
Diameter of the wheel: 1,1 Mr.
Tare weight of the engine and the coach with coal: 30 150 kg

NR. 4 - Roy O. Disney

This engine is named according to one of the older brothers of Walt Disney, Roy Oliver Disney. It was the assistance of Walt for the financial part of all its projects. After death in 1966 of his young brother, it taken charges its company and led with it to end the project of Walt Disney World. He died a few months after the opening of the park Magic Kingdom.

Year of construction: 1916
Configuration of the wheels: 4-4-0 " American"
Manufacturer: Locomotive Baldwin Works
Serial number: 42915
Color of the engine: Red and green
Diameter of the wheel: 1,15 Mr.
Tare weight of the engine and the coach with coal: 22.950 kg

Stations

The Walt Disney World Railroad account less stations than of trains, only three. They are located at the south, the east and the west.

The station of Hand Street the USA adopts an architecture victorienne and much more symmetrical than that of Disneyland. It is still the only one of origin of the park.

The station of Frontierland had to be destroyed and rebuilt in 1992 for the opening of Splash Mountain.

The station Mickey' S Toonwton Fair was built in 1988 for the opening of a new country celebrating the 60 years of Mickey Mouse. It consists of a long building " temporaire" , of capital type, white and blue.

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