Disney's The Magic Behind Our Steam Trains Tour
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- Here is a condensed version of the Walt Disney World Magic Behind Our Steam Trains Tour. Even if you have watched this video and had considered taking the tour, nothing replaces actually being there. It's amazing to see these great engines up close and personal.
One of the best things I did at WDW. More than worth the price, along with the 7 hour Backstage Magic tour are a must for any serious Disney park fanatic.
This tour is worth every penny, and if (like myself) you are a railfan and have experience with steam you will enjoy every minute. It is great to spend time with the hard working Cast Members that keep Walt's love for trains alive.
theses trains are magnificients !!!! so beautiful !!!
yeah, to think they're all from the Mexican border.
Boxcarwillie S160 well they’re American made.
I Love The "Walt Disney's Steam Train Ride Tour" So Much!!! :D
Since this video, the Walt Disney World Railroad has since been redone, with new tracks and a new tunnel after Fantasyland to accommodate the new Tron roller coaster. Three of the four locomotives have since been fully refurbished, with the Roy now undergoing its refurbishment.
I used to go to a kindergarten right across the street from this station- Got to see the trains and monorails leave every morning :)
Thank you very much for posting this vid. I can't wait to take the tour myself this summer!
At the Disneyland here in California they have the locomotive called Fred Gurly which was built in 1894 and was originally used in Louisiana to transport sugar cane.
wow that is one fabulous tour and thank you for sharing it with everybody
Getting to Magic Kingdom at 6:00am. When I did the tour 4 years ago we were staying off property and my wife drop my grandson and myself off in front of contemporary hotel at grand shack and we walked in were the buses enter to pick up. Their is side walk. Tour was not over until almost 11 am. Yes this is extra fare event. But if you are a train nut like me you do not miss this. I had been trying for six trips to WDW to do this. Ed was our engineer guide and was great.
Loving the engineer's safety footwear!
What an awesome experience.
35-40 years, sure we've and engine over here that was a healthy 86 years young when she was withdrawn :D And she's been going strong since!
I plan on hitting this in September with my father, can't wait!
What a wonderful tour! Thank you!
thanks for sharing this video
Beautiful day! :)
Amazing! You got lucky. I didnt know they do a Tour of the Railroad :D
Wait- They give TOURS?!
That's going on my bucket list!
wish I did that the last time I was there
If I'm ever in the area, I might consider doing this just for the fun of it. $50 bucks a pop is a bit steep though, and that's on top of the park admission.
What would be even better is landing a job on the line, you get up close and personal with the engines all the time, and get paid for it.
oh and extra bonus points for wearing usa made roundhouse workwear overalls and hats, but yea steam is no joke it can be dangerous to those that dont consider what superheated steam can do, or the amount of heat a steamer can give off, and I am told a steamer can have moods on differant days, as railfans say they are the machines that are the closest to living things as they breath and groan as well.
I'm an Australian and even I swear by Roundhouse overalls as the superior brand to wear when I work on steam.
Wait! You actually went INSIDE the roundhouse?! LUCKY! Last time I did it, they didn't even pull the train in that far or even LET us go in there! I wonder when they stopped letting people inside the roundhouse...
@ 1234Dekka, you can take pics and video until you cross the switch at the old toon town station, then again in the roundhouse
i used to think that disney amusement parks were just for little kids
i am now considering going to disney world JUST to do this
I love it 😻
@ecb1992
She's being fixed up at Steam Town!
Also this tour was great! I was finally able to sit and chat with the engineers on trains! Somthing I haven't done in ages!
What happen to Roy o disney, is the fourth train coming back soon
Awesome video!
I found it very interesting , But I wish I could hear more of what he was saying .
Hey that was the same exact day I believe that I was at Epcot!!!!
great tour done in 2008
Mr. Jim was your tour guide.
ah very informative, and of course being disney workers, they have a bit of a sence of humor with the whole he stopped running into fires bit with the other engioner.
but if you really want to see monster steamers, come up to new haven indiana where they house the NPK 765 lime berkshire, its 4000 hp, and a mainliner and its free to see work on her and photograph, or its near sister 1225 Piere Marquet in owosso michigan, she haveing a rebuild now but will surely be back in a few years.
Yes, I know. I was scheduled to go in 2009 but it was canceled because of the monorail accident. The question was what is the best way to get to the Magic Kingdom in time for this?
Looks like the Lilly Belle and the Roy O Disney switched car sets.
Lllllllll
They're NOT amusement parks. They're THEME parks.
If I remember correctly it was about $70 and that was after getting a 20% discount by paying with my Disney VISA.
I'm will be working at the MK Railroad next week!!!!! :D
We went in around 6:15 and I have a picture of Main St with no one their.
At 6:27, are there 5 sets of cars in the roundhouse, thought there was only 4 trains
Actually, believe it or not, Lilly was pulling the last three of Roy's blue cars, the other blue cars on the right that you see in this video is in fact the first two of Roy's cars being refurbished. Roy was coupled up to Lilly's green cars, which were fully side paneled because of it. So, I assumed that this video was taken around early 2009 :P
5 star
What is the best way to get to the Magic Kingdom in time for this?
when i did that tour i felt like i was in heven LOL!
I heard Lily Belle is being serviced at the stragsberg railroad(I don't think I spelled that right)
She's back now!
@ecb1912 to help you out, It’s actually spelled “Strasburg” Railroad.
Our engines at Cedar Point seem so bare bone compared to the Disney engines. Of course, we also use coal at Cedar Point instead of diesel.
They use electric
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+TommyBNSF I wish I lived closer to Cedar Point. I love the CP&LERR, it is so much more impressive than any of the amusement park trains in my area. We have Hershey Park, which uses a 24" gauge Crown (propane fired), but even that seems toy-like in comparison to the real-deal Vulcans and Davenport (and Baldwin?) locos they run there at CP. Dutch Wonderland is worse, they use a steam outline Chance CP Huntington replica (ugh). I tried to volunteer at Strasburg Railroad a few times, but they seem uninterested in taking on young guys unless you want to work in the gift shop. Operating a narrow-gauge steam locomotive is pretty much my dream job.
@@calebbarbaree7736 Disney World burns #2 diesel to make steam. I'm not sure if they are mixing in used fryer oil or not.
why did they replace the old 19th century style coaches gondolas and cattle cars with generic open air forward facing bench cars
easier to load and unload
+Kerro Guano They are not generic. They are based on authentic 19th century excursion cars built by Jackson and Sharp.
WDW was always like this, Disneyland, however, replaced them decades ago since it was easier to unload and load
does it cost to take this tour?
Ya know what all those engines run on? Deseill Fuel
they only use diesel to replace coal/wood to heat the boiler. they still run on steam
+TheRBMN Productions They use bio diesel, to fire the boilers..
How did you get to do that?
Disney; land of plastic smiles and robot waves.
how do you get a tour
What is the actual model of the locomotive?
Disney World at the time of the video was running all Baldwin engines.
There are only 2 K-27's I believe you are meaning to say K-36 and I would care..
you know what? i dont really care, but thanks for the technicality. i really just care about the trains, get it?
i am a firemen on a engin just like that one
I assume these are full-sized trains.
Yes, the Walt Disney World Railroad locomotives are full size 36" gauge Baldwins.
TFN5459 I actually got the backstage pass thing years ago
I believe they said these engines are from India or somewhere overseas
These engines are actually from Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula to be exact) and were all built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia. The #1 Walter E Disney and #3 Roger Broggie were both built in 1925 while the #2 Lilly Belle was 1928 and the #4 Roy E Disney was 1916 respectively.
Full-sized trains could have a few different interpretations... The WDWRR and DLRR are both narrow-gauge railroads (36"), so in a sense they aren't standard-gauge (56.5")...
Carter Timberlake I'm sorry but the WDWRR equipment was built as full size but to 36 inches between the rails just as the D&RG (Durango & Silverton Narrowgauge and Cumbres & Toltec) in Colorado, USA and many other narrowgauge railroads. The DLRR is scaled down equipment to fit 36 inch gauge or 7.65/12. I don't remember the exact ratio. The locomotives and cars were built at or for DLRR when the park was built in the 1950's.
@Frickis 5 is dark year round -_-
Before Disney went WOKE
This train isn't going anywhere
@@davidng2336💀
Yes I’m certain the steam-based railroad has everything to do with the culture war
@@Dreyfuss_The_Guythe original video was posted well over a decade ago. Yes, we’re correct. This was before Disney went woke. They’re completely undeserving of my family’s money.