Ride experience Disneyland Railroad

the drr s water tower @ new orleans square station

beginning @ main street, u.s.a. station adjacent disneyland s entrance, pump-style handcar built kalamazoo manufacturing company can seen on siding, trains of disneyland railroad travel along single track in clockwise direction on circular route. train take around 18 minutes complete round trip on main line when 3 trains running, , 20 minutes when 4 trains running; on given day, between 2 , 4 trains run, 3 trains running on average. engineer accompanied fireman operates locomotive, while conductors @ each end of train supervise passengers. prior departing main street, u.s.a. station, engineer must confirm whether signal light in locomotive s cab green, indicating track segment ahead clear, or red, indicating track segment ahead occupied train. drr s route divided eleven such segments, or blocks, , each locomotive has block signal in cab communicate status of each block. prior installation of cab signalling in locomotives around 2005, status of each block along railroad s 1.2 miles (1.9 km) of main-line track displayed track-side block signals, of ones @ 4 stations remain.

once signal light in locomotive turns green, journey main street, u.s.a. section begins train traversing small bridge, passing adventureland section, , going through tunnel before arriving @ new orleans square station in new orleans square section. while train stopped @ station, locomotive takes on water railroad s water tower if needed, sound effect of telegraph operator using telegraph key enter morse code can heard emanating old frontierland station depot building. sound effect continuously repeats first 2 lines of walt disney s 1955 disneyland dedication speech. adjacent old frontierland station depot building, freight house building used train crew break , storage area can seen, functioning historic semaphore signal connected station s block signal.

after journey restarts, train enters tunnel through splash mountain log flume attraction, crosses trestle bridge on critter country section, wraps around rivers of america in frontierland section, , rolls through tunnel before reaching mickey s toontown depot between mickey s toontown , fantasyland sections. while train stopped @ station, non-functioning water tower can seen on opposite side of track station s depot building.

once journey resumes, train moves across overpass , passes façade of s small world water-based dark ride attraction before reaching fuel pump disguised boulder, train stops if locomotive needs refueled. point, train cuts across access road , goes underneath track of disneyland monorail before stopping @ tomorrowland station in tomorrowland section.

when journey continues, train goes across access road , enters tunnel containing grand canyon diorama followed primeval world diorama. train runs alongside grand canyon diorama, main theme on trail, third movement of ferde grofé s grand canyon suite, can heard; , train runs alongside primeval world diorama, music 1961 film mysterious island can heard. shortly after leaving tunnel, train arrives @ main street, u.s.a. station, completing park refers grand circle tour.

disneyland railroad stations

an option ride on seat in tenders of drr s locomotives available upon request @ main street, u.s.a. station @ start of each operating day. option ride in drr s lilly belle parlor car available upon request @ main street, u.s.a. station when disneyland employee available monitor passengers aboard , no heavy rain falling. drr s roundhouse, cannot viewed public, made available viewing participants of specific rundisney events race course organized runners goes past facility.