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The Walt Disney World Railroad (WDWRR) is a 1. 5-mile long narrow gauge railroad circling the Magic Kingdom Park. Operated by Main Street Operations, the 1. 5-mile (2. 4 km) railroad circles the entire park with stations at Main Street, U. Answering Services. S. A. , Frontierland, and Mickey's Toontown Fair, and is one of the busiest steam-powered railroads in the country, transporting over 1. 5 million passengers each year.

History

Walt Disney was an avid railroad enthusiast, who had built a miniature steam railroad, called the Carolwood Pacific Railroad in his backyard. answering service. A full-size, narrow gauge railroad known as the Disneyland Railroad had been included in the design of Disneyland, and would be included in later parks in Paris and Tokyo.

Disney scouts, lead by Roger Broggie, purchased five locomotives from Ferrocarrilles Unidos de Yucatan (United Railways of Yucatan) on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula in 1968. One of the five was deemed to be in too poor a condition to be restored and was later sold; the other four were brought to Tampa Shipyards in Tampa, Florida and restored by a crew headed by Disney imagineer and accomplished live steam builder Bob Harpur. New diesel boilers were constructed for the trains by Dixon Boiler Works of Los Angeles, California and the trains themselves were cosmetically backdated to appear older, including the use of bright colors and polished brass.