Disneyland Railroad (Paris)

This article is about the railroad in Disneyland Park (Paris). For the railroad in the original Disneyland, see Disneyland Railroad.

Disneyland Railroad (Paris)
Attraction poster
Disneyland Park (Paris)
Area	Main Street, U.S.A., Frontierland, Fantasyland, Discoveryland
Status	Under construction
Opening date	April 12, 1992
Ride statistics
Attraction type	Railroad attraction
Designer	Walt Disney Imagineering
Length	7,150 ft (2,180 m)
Speed	10 mph (16 km/h)
Vehicle type	Train cars
Duration	25-30 minutes
Track gauge	3 ft (914 mm)
Previous name	Euro Disneyland Railroad (1992-1994)
Wheelchair accessible

The Disneyland Railroad (DLRR), originally the Euro Disneyland Railroad (EDRR), is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad in Disneyland Park in the Disneyland Paris Resort in Marne-la-Vallée, France, which was inaugurated on April 12, 1992, the park's opening day. Its route is 7,150 feet (2,180 m) in length and is used by park guests for transportation to other areas of the park, or simply for the experience of The Grand Circle Tour.

Journey

Main Street Station is seen upon entering Disneyland Park, in Main Street, U.S.A.. From there, guests can start their journey around the park, with a recorded narration commenting on visited landscapes.

Trains first cross a diorama recreation of the Grand Canyon, complete with wild animals and storm effects. As they arrive in Frontierland, travelling behind the Rivers of the Far West, they first stop in Frontierland Depot.

Then trains travel through Adventureland, allowing guests to discover the Temple of Peril and witnessing the inside of the ride Pirates of the Caribbean.

At Fantasyland Station, located in the British part of Fantasyland (which also includes Peter Pan's Flight and Alice's Curious Labyrinth), guests are given a whole view on the land, and then trains even venture through the facade of It's a Small World.

Finally, in Discoveryland, trains stop above Star Tours and Captain EO, in Discoveryland Station. The journey comes to an end while returning to Main Street.

Trains

Disneyland Railroad (Paris)
Fantasyland Locomotive shed (not open to public) Discoveryland Frontierland Horse-drawn streetcar transfer (via short walk inside park) Main Street, U.S.A. Train and bus transfers (via short walks outside park)

The Disneyland Railroad operates four trains pulled by 4-4-0 steam locomotives built by H.P. Phillips Company (Locomotives No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3) in 1992, and Severn Lamb (Locomotive No. 4) in 1993.

• 1: W.F. Cody: Named for William Frederick Cody, otherwise known as Buffalo Bill. Note the antlers on the headlamp; he was a western show star. The cars are named after Western cities: Silverton, Durango, Denver, Wichita and Cheyenne.
• 2: C.K. Holliday: Named for Cyrus Kurtz Holliday, founder of the Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in 1859. Since this train is a vacation train from the 19th century, its cars are named after vacation places: Coney Island, Atlantic City, Chesapeake, Long Island and Niagara Falls. The Anaheim version of the railroad has a locomotive also called "C.K. Holliday", but it is No. 1.
• 3: G. Washington: Its colors are blue, white and red (representing both France and the USA). On its headlamp, it has pictures of George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette. With a wood-colored cab, this is the most ornate of all 4 locomotives. Its cars' names are references to places where Washington achieved famous events: Mt. Vernon, Boston, Philadelphia, Yorktown and Valley Forge.
• 4: Eureka: Derived from an Ancient Greek meaning "I've found it", supposedly used by Californian gold miners on the discovery of gold in 1849, it is also the name of the Eureka Locomotive which shares number 4's name and number. The cars are named after Californian cities: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Diego and Sacramento.

See also

• Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

Bibliography

• Broggie, Michael (2014), Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom (4th ed.), The Donning Company Publishers, ISBN 978-1-57864-914-3 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

• Official website

Fan websites

• DLRP Magic - Main Street Station / Frontierland Depot / Fantasyland Station / Discoveryland Station
• DLRP Synopsis - Disneyland Railroad / Frontierland Depot
• Designing Disney - Main Street Station / Trains

Photos

• Photos Magiques - Main Street Station / Frontierland Depot / Fantasyland Station / Discoveryland Station

Videos

• YouTube - Disneyland Railroad, Tour Complete