Ride length (Round Trip): 18 minutes
# of Stops: 4 (Main Street U.S.A., New Orleans Square, Toontown, Tomorrowland)
# of Trains: 5
1. C.K. Holliday: A 4-4-0 built in the Walt Disney Studio in 1954. It was named after the founder of what would eventually become the Santa Fe Railroad.
2. E.P. Ripley: A 4-4-0 built in the Walt Disney Studio in 1954. It was named after a past president of the Santa Fe Railroad.
3. Fred Gurley: A 2-4-4 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1894. It was named after a president of the Santa Fe Railroad.
4. Ernest S. Marsh: A 2-4-0 originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works as a 0-4-0 saddle-tank in 1925. It was named the president of the Santa Fe Railroad at the time the engine was added to Disneyland.
5. Ward Kimball: A 2-4-4 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1902. The engine is named after Ward Kimball, Disney animator and railfan. Ward had his own full scale Grizzly Flats Railroad in his backyard. The headlamp features Ward's most famous creation, Jiminy Cricket, the character Ward created and animated in Pinocchio. Ward was also known as the man who got Disney into train building, and eventually inspired the conception of Walt's initial Disneyland train ideas.
Ride length (Round Trip): 20 minutes
# of Stops: 3 (Main Street U.S.A., Frontierland, Mickey's Toontown Fair)
# of Trains: 4
1. Walter E. Disney: A 4-6-0 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1925. Named after Walt Disney.
2. Lilly Belle: A 2-6-0 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1928. Named after Walt's late wife.
3. Roger E. Broggie: A 4-6-0 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1925. It was named after Roger Broggie, an Imagineer and railroad fan. He helped Walt Disney build his eighth scale Carolwood Pacific Railroad, and he oversaw the purchase and restoration of all the engines at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.
4. Roy O. Disney: A 4-4-0 built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1916. Named after Walt's brother Roy. Roy oversaw the construction and opening of Walt Disney World before his death in December of 1971.
(for a vast amount of information on trains at either park, visit: http://www.burnsland.com/index.shtml)
Disneyland: 5 out of 5 rating
The greatest thing about the Disneyland Railroad is perhaps the chance to travel through Walt Disney's Grand Canyon Diorama and the Primeval World exhibits from the 1964 World's Fair. The exhibit was created for the Ford Magical Skyway, and was relocated to Disneyland (between the Tomorrowland and Main Street stations) after the Fair's conclusion. Both areas have a larger than life feeling, and are a great surprise placed at the end of the grand circle tour of the park. While epic dinosaur battles are always great, it's nice that Disneyland has this bit of nostalgia that WDW doesn't have.
Magic Kingdom: 3 out of 5 rating
The first obvious difference between the way Walt Disney World does things as opposed to Disneyland is that WDW tends to make things...bigger. Sometimes a LOT bigger. They have the blessing of more land, and it seems like extravagance is not a big deal to them. While the ride was both magical and relaxing, there really wasn't as much to see during this ride.
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