The Disneyland Railroad Begins Testing its New Path

It’s still over a month away from the return of the Disneyland Railroad, but crews at Disneyland Park have already began testing the new rails.

Due to construction on the upcoming Star Wars land, the route of the train was modified, now traveling between the Star Wars area and the newly reopened Big Thunder Trail on a new elevated trestle.

The Disneyland Railroad Begins Testing its New Path RRtest03  The caboose of the Disneyland Railroad travels the new route along the Big Thunder Trail as the rail line's engineers and conductors test the new route prior to reopening the railroad at the theme park in late July 2017. (Photo by Mark Eades, Orange County Register/SCNG)

In addition to the new path that the crews have to get used to, there are also new computer signals that are being tested. In addition, the Disneyland Railroad has been closed since the beginning of 2016, so it will take awhile to get “back on track”.

The Disneyland Railroad Begins Testing its New Path RRtest02  A train headed by the Fred Gurley locomotive, sits at the Mickey's Toontown Station in Fantasyland at Disneyland. Crews of the rail line are testing out the Disneyland Railroad's new route and signal system leading up to its reopening to the public at the end of July 2017. (Photo by Mark Eades, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Testing is being performed almost every afternoon and evening leading up to the attractions reopening on July 29th.

 

Source/Pictures: Orange County Register

 


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Tom is the former host/producer of the Disneyland Edition podcast and is currently the co-host of the Connecting With Walt podcast, plus is also providing Disneyland content from the parks. He enjoys traveling with friends and spending time with family, including his son and grandson. In his spare time he volunteers with Scouts BSA and Cub Scouts, and helped found his son's former Cub Scout Pack. His favorite Disneyland attraction is Space Mountain.

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