The Disneyland Railroad(DRR), originally the Euro Disneyland Railroad(EDRR), is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gaugeheritage 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.[1]
Experience
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 speaking in both French and English about visited landscapes.
Traveling in a clockwise direction, trains first cross a diorama recreation of the Grand Canyon, complete with wild animals and storm effects. This diorama also hides the show building for Phantom Manor.[2] As they arrive in Frontierland, travelling behind the Rivers of the Far West, they first stop in Frontierland Depot.[2]
Departing from Frontierland, trains then travel through the Adventureland section, allowing guests to discover the Temple of Peril and witnessing the inside of the ride Pirates of the Caribbean, before arriving at Fantasyland Station,[2] located in the British part of England in the Fantasyland section (which also includes Peter Pan's Flight and Alice's Curious Labyrinth) where guests are given a whole view on the land.
The Disneyland Railroad operates four 4-4-0 steam locomotives; the first three were built by H.P. Phillips Company in 1992, and the fourth was built by Severn Lamb in 1993.[3] These locomotives are all based on the No. 1 C.K. Holliday locomotive of the original Disneyland Railroad, and are built to essentially the same specifications, with only cosmetic differences.[4] There are also twenty passenger cars, with five assigned to each locomotive.
On January 2, 2013 at 8:40 pm, as the DRR's No. 1 locomotive approached the Frontierland station with its train, the front car was uncoupled from the other four cars.[6][7] When the locomotive stopped at Frontierland station, the three rear cars struck the front car.[6] Forty-three guests and four employees were on the train at this time of the incident.[7] Thirty-nine guests were immediately taken care of by park agents to exit the train safely,[7] while the other four guests were taken to the hospital and later discharged, even with minor injuries.[8]
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