Disneyland Railroad Paris
The Disneyland Railroad is a narrow gauge Paris park train at Disneyland Paris.
Railway infrastructure
The track is a single-track circuit in the gauge of 3 feet ( 914 mm). It does not provide facilities to allow train crossings or Übeholungen.
The command line is via block with light signals, the handling of trains both mitfahrendes and through stationed in the breakpoints staff.
Four breakpoints are at the track: Main Street, USA, Frontierland Depot, Fantasyland and Discoveryland well as a workshop for the maintenance of the trains. Main Street, USA is a breakpoint in high position, which was built across from the entrance to Disneyland Park, on the main road axis and has the largest reception building of the plant.
Rolling stock
There are four trains, all in Western design, but each with a different color scheme, which are always as a cohesive unit. They are from oil-fired steam locomotives with the name WF CODY, C.K. HOLLIDAY, G. WASHINGTON and EUREKA drawn. Even their five cars carry in American tradition each a name:
- Train No. 1: WF Cody is the civil name of Buffalo Bill. The cars of the train are named after cities of the " Wild West ": Silverton, Durango, Denver, Wichita and Cheyenne.
- Train No. 2: C.K. Holliday was the founder of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. "Being" is a train excursion train from the 19th century. The cars are therefore named after famous tourist resorts in the time: Coney Iceland, Atlantic City, Chesapeake, Long Iceland and Niagara Falls.
- Train No. 3: George Washington in the colors blue, white and red ( the colors of the national flags of both the United States and France ). The names of the cars refer to places that were important in the life of the first U.S. President to Mt Vernon, Boston, Philadelphia, Yorktown and Valley Forge.
- Train No. 4: Eureka is a transcription of the ancient Greek " eureka" ( ancient Greek εὕρηκα [ hɛ ː ka ː ǔ̯rɛ ] ), which means: "I found it ". It is the state motto of " gold rush state" California, and here refers to the - certainly made in the rarest cases in ancient Greek - exclamation of gold -digger after a successful search. The cars are named after California cities: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Diego and Sacramento.
The cars are covered, semi-open compartment cars with entrances and exits on only one, the side facing the park. After get the car in the area of windows and doors are open, glazed on the other side.
Traffic
The railway was opened along with the amusement park on April 12, 1992. This was in service until 1994 under the name Euro Disneyland Railroad. It consists exclusively of persons. The number of trains used depends on the number of visitors, with no fixed schedule. For a round of a train takes about 20-25 minutes, the maximum speed is 30 km / hr. The track serves as its own attraction of the park, but also between the thematic areas of the park to change. Trains stop in principle at each of the four breakpoints.
The changeover of passengers by first leave the disembarking passengers train and the platform and then the zusteigenden passengers are left on the platform. The doors of the car are closed and locked before driving manually by the staff. This type of clearance is extremely complex and tailored to an audience that is not accustomed to the use of a railroad. Therefore, the average travel speed is below 10 km / h
The trains run clockwise. After the breakpoint Main Street, USA followed by a tunnel in which a diorama of the Grand Canyon will be shown. Then the train leaves at the edge of the theme park Frontierland along and holds the breakpoint Frontierland Depot, which is modeled on a railway station in the Wild West. Then, the tour provides a look at the installation Indiana Jones and the Temple of Secrets. The following is a tunnel of a look at the " pirate treasure " allowed under the attraction Pirates of the Caribbean. Next stop is Fantasyland. This station is modeled on British station architecture. The last stop is in Discoveryland, this is in the style of " Futuristic ". Then Main Street, USA, the train returns.