PhantomPoster32 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Klondike Katie at Dollywood, hands down - followed by the Frisco Silver Dollar Line at SDC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackdude101 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 The steam railroad in Dollywood is definitely impressive for a theme park railroad. Â I researched it and it looks like the Dollywood Express has the most powerful fleet of steam locomotives out of any theme park railroad based on the average tractive effort (i.e.: how "strong" they are) of its locomotives (Tweetsie Railroad, its former sister park, is #2 and the one at Knott's is #3). That's a good thing because Dollywood's railroad has one of the steepest max grades out of any theme park railroad at 5%, which means at its steepest it climbs 5 feet during a single 100-foot stretch of track (typically, railroad companies frown on having grades steeper than 2%, as it can put too much strain on the locomotives). Hooray, for preserved mountain railroad trains! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmiemac02 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 My original favorite was Dollywood, but ever since I visited Tweetsie this summer, their train ride takes the cake (mostly because of the cheesy cowboy and Indian show). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJewelOfJool Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Dollywood, hands down. The trains are from the 30s and 40s, and burn real coal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackdude101 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 The Tweetsie Railroad has a unique distinction: one of its locomotives, the No. 12, is the only amusement park locomotive on the US National Register of Historic Places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestThemeParks Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Silver Dollar City's at Christmas is mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingCoasting Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I've only been on 3 Â Great American Scenic Railway - Six Flags Great America CP Huntington Train Ride - Donely's Wild West Kiddieland Limited - Kiddieland (Defunct) Â While all 3 are great, my vote goes to the Kiddieland Limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Currently, this one... Beautiful. Knott's Berry Farm. Sept.11, 2016 during West Coast Bash. From a distance. With Boomerang, The Tower, a bit of Accelerator, and the Mine Train Mountain in back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genx24 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Haven't been on many. While I wouldn't call it my favourite, I liked Disneyland's. The dioramas of the dinosaurs and what not were a cool touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 (edited) ^ I actually get a kick out of where Disney puts their dinosaurs in the train ride, in the couple of it's parks that have it included, one way or another. Â In Disneyland, it's at the end of an entire ride around the park. Following the original Grand Canyon Diorama, that Walt himself created and loved! Â And in Tokyo Disneyland, the dinosaurs are located....right beside Big Thunder Mountain! Just before the train returns to it's station. No Grand Canyon. Just the dinos. Â Disneyland Paris has only the Grand Canyon Diorama at the beginning, so as to hide view of the Phantom Manor show bldg. Â TDL - The building on the right there, is where dinosaurs be! (o; Thank you to whoever took this photo! Edited January 13, 2017 by Nrthwnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoinItForTheFame Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Frisco Silver Dollar Line at Silver Dollar City gets my vote. I love the cheesy show in the middle of the ride. You can't help but to laugh at it. Not to mention you get some interesting views of some of the rides, and the park. Can't wait to ride it at Christmas Time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalJasonland Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 The one I worked on at Disneyland. Taking a trip with my family around Disneyland in Lilly Belle train car circa 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackdude101 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Hello err'body! I'm in the beginning stages of sprucing up the Wikipedia article for the Disneyland Railroad and I need your help. Â To make the article complete I need pics of the DRR's five locomotives, but the archive of pics for the article doesn't have pics for all of them. At minimum, I need one pic of locomotive #1 (C.K. Holliday) and one pic of locomotive #3 (Fred Gurley) similar to the pic I attached to this post. If you have the pics I need and are willing to release them to the public domain, I will upload them and make sure to credit you when doing so. If you happen to have pics of all five locomotives that look relatively uniform (same angle, same place on the track, same time of day, etc.), that would be even better! I have already raised the article for the Walt Disney World Railroad to Good Article status, and that's my plan for the Disneyland Railroad article. With your assistance, I can easily make that happen. Â https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Railroad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 While nontraditional, I did enjoy the Hogwarts Express in Orlando. They did a pretty good job with the show scenes and the ride made it easy to switch parks. Â As far as traditional trains, I like the ones at Magic Kingdom and Disneyland since they're long, good for getting around the park, and have pretty good sights along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Repeating an earlier post here, but I think my favourite Disney parks train, is still the one in Tokyo Disneyland. Â It's the only train I know of Disney's, where the train ride itself is the attraction, and not transport, like in the other Magic Kingdoms. You get on and get off at the same Western Railroad station. And the station is elevated above where you board the Jungle River Cruise boats. Â Back in 1983, when the Resort opened, Japanese transit taxes wouldn't allow Disney (at that time; now it's changed) to have a train circle the park and have more than one station. But the Japanese still wanted a big Disneyland-style train ride, so Western Railroad was created. Â You travel through the forest beside the Jungle Cruise, then come out of it, to travel past Splash Mountain and around the Rivers of America. Then the train heads around Big Thunder Mountain and into a tunnel and..... Old photo of the train route (clockwise). Without Splash Mountain at the bottom of the pic. Western Railroad passes by Splash Mtn. and Haunted Mansion attractions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masquerade Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Â BGW one is pretty dope too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgtlover Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 My 3 Favs: Dollywood Busch Gardens Williamsburg Busch Gardens Tampa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericthewanderer Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 My favorites are at WDW Magic Kingdom and BGW.I'll also give honorable mentions to Waldameer(the train goes in/around RF 2's structure) and SFA(mostly for if/when they use it for Fright Fest). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pryonisys Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 BGW would be mine. It's great to see the beautiful park from different angles and get a nice break in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 I'm amending my previous answer from a few pages (and years) back. The Hogwarts Express is the obvious answer, but I'm also a big fan of Busch Tampa if you ride it from the front of the park to the station near Kumba since it provides great views of the animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prozach626 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Saint Louis Zoo has a great train. It gets you pretty close to the animal enclosures and there are several long tunnels. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeykaise Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 5 hours ago, prozach626 said: Saint Louis Zoo has a great train. It gets you pretty close to the animal enclosures and there are several long tunnels. Agreed, and I like how you can take the train to the different areas and just hop on and off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytterbiumanalyst Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 There really are two kinds of theme park trains, those that are useful as transportation and those that only have one station and serve as entertainment only.  As useful for transportation: 1. Cedar Point - Bonetown is awesome! 2. Kings Island - Because I don't ever want to walk to the waterpark 3. Michigan's Adventure - Literally the only way to connect the backside of that park  As entertainment: 1. Silver Dollar City, Dollywood, Knott's Berry Farm - Three way tie, because all three use actual railroad rolling stock and put on a show during the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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