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Beginning at Main Street, U.S.A. Station adjacent to the Magic Kingdom park's entrance, the trains of the Walt Disney World Railroad travel along its single track in a clockwise direction on its circular route. Each train is operated by an engineer and fireman in the locomotive, as well as a conductor in the back of the train who supervises the passengers.
After the train departs Main Street, U.S.A. Station, it goes across an access road in the Adventureland section, travels across a small bridge, enters a small tunnel, and cuts across an access road in the Frontierland section. After going through a tunnel through the Splash Mountain log flume attraction, the train's next stop is at Frontierland Station.
Continuing down the line, the train passes the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster attraction and traverses a swing bridge, which crosses a canal that connects the Rivers of America to a boat servicing area. This bridge was originally located in Wabasso, Florida, and was previously owned by the Florida East Coast Railway. The train then runs through an area where numerous static and animatronic displays of Native Americans and wild animals can be seen. At this point on the line, when the locomotive is traveling side-by-side with the Liberty Belle riverboat on the Rivers of America, they will sound their whistles together in melodies. After that, the train goes under an overpass, passes the spur line leading to the WDWRR's roundhouse where its trains are stored and maintained, and arrives at its next stop at Fantasyland Station.
In the final phase of the train's journey around the park, it climbs up a two-percent grade through the Tomorrowland section, passes the Space Mountain roller coaster attraction, and travels over a small bridge before it arrives back at Main Street, U.S.A. Station. This completes what the park refers to as The Grand Circle Tour.
The Walt Disney World Railroad (WDWRR) is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad and attraction in the Walt Disney World Resort's Magic Kingdom theme park in Bay Lake, Florida, in the United States. Its route is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length and encircles the vast majority of the park, with stations in the Main Street, U.S.A., Frontierland, and Fantasyland sections. The rail line, which was built by Retlaw Enterprises (now Walt Disney Imagineering), is operated with four historic steam locomotives originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. Each of the four locomotives pulls a set of five passenger cars with seating capacity for 75 passengers per car, for a total of 375 passengers per train, and it takes around 20 minutes for each train to complete a round trip on the WDWRR's main line. On a typical day, the railroad will have two trains in operation; and on busy days, the railroad will have three trains in operation. Between 1976 and 1977, Amtrak's Auto Train sponsored the WDWRR.
The Walt Disney World Railroad opened to the public for the first time on October 1, 1971, the same day that the Magic Kingdom park first opened. Since then the WDWRR has become one of the world's most popular steam-powered railroads, with 3.7 million passengers served each year.
Beginning at Main Street, U.S.A. Station adjacent to the Magic Kingdom park's entrance, the trains of the Walt Disney World Railroad travel along its single track in a clockwise direction on its circular route. Each train is operated by an engineer and fireman in the locomotive, as well as a conductor in the back of the train who supervises the passengers.
After the train departs Main Street, U.S.A. Station, it goes across an access road in the Adventureland section, travels across a small bridge, enters a small tunnel, and cuts across an access road in the Frontierland section. After going through a tunnel through the Splash Mountain log flume attraction, the train's next stop is at Frontierland Station.
Continuing down the line, the train passes the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster attraction and traverses a swing bridge, which crosses a canal that connects the Rivers of America to a boat servicing area. This bridge was originally located in Wabasso, Florida, and was previously owned by the Florida East Coast Railway. The train then runs through an area where numerous static and animatronic displays of Native Americans and wild animals can be seen. At this point on the line, when the locomotive is traveling side-by-side with the Liberty Belle riverboat on the Rivers of America, they will sound their whistles together in melodies. After that, the train goes under an overpass, passes the spur line leading to the WDWRR's roundhouse where its trains are stored and maintained, and arrives at its next stop at Fantasyland Station.
In the final phase of the train's journey around the park, it climbs up a two-percent grade through the Tomorrowland section, passes the Space Mountain roller coaster attraction, and travels over a small bridge before it arrives back at Main Street, U.S.A. Station. This completes what the park refers to as The Grand Circle Tour.
The Walt Disney World Railroad (WDWRR) is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad and attraction in the Walt Disney World Resort's Magic Kingdom theme park in Bay Lake, Florida, in the United States. Its route is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length and encircles the vast majority of the park, with stations in the Main Street, U.S.A., Frontierland, and Fantasyland sections. The rail line, which was built by Retlaw Enterprises (now Walt Disney Imagineering), is operated with four historic steam locomotives originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. Each of the four locomotives pulls a set of five passenger cars with seating capacity for 75 passengers per car, for a total of 375 passengers per train, and it takes around 20 minutes for each train to complete a round trip on the WDWRR's main line. On a typical day, the railroad will have two trains in operation; and on busy days, the railroad will have three trains in operation. Between 1976 and 1977, Amtrak's Auto Train sponsored the WDWRR.
The Walt Disney World Railroad opened to the public for the first time on October 1, 1971, the same day that the Magic Kingdom park first opened. Since then the WDWRR has become one of the world's most popular steam-powered railroads, with 3.7 million passengers served each year.
