The Disneyland Railroad (DRR), formerly known as the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad, is a 3-foot narrow-gauge heritage railroad and attraction in the Disneyland theme park of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, in the United States. Its route is 1.2 miles (1.9 km) long and encircles the majority of the park, with train stations in four different park areas. The rail line, which was constructed by WED Enterprises, operates with two steam locomotives built by WED and three historic steam locomotives originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. The ride takes roughly 18 minutes to complete a round trip on its main line when three trains are running, and 20 minutes when four trains are running. Two to four trains can be in operation at any time, three on average.
The Central Pacific No. 173 locomotive served as the basis for the 1:8-scale design of Walt Disney's Lilly Belle locomotive, and was later used as the basis for the 5:8-scale design of the DRR's first two locomotives.
A set of Oahu Railway and Land Company passenger cars were used as the basis for the 5:8-scale design of the DRR's passenger cars.
The DRR's No. 2 locomotive pulling the Retlaw 1 train in July 1955
The interior of the DRR's Lilly Belle parlor car
A narrow-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge narrower than 1,435 mm standard gauge. Most narrow-gauge railways are between 600 mm and 1,067 mm.
1556 woodcut from De re metallica, showing a narrow-gauge railway in a mine
An Electric Tilt Train in Queensland. Unlike other states in Australia which use different gauges, Queensland's network is made up of 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)-gauge track.
The 3 ft (914 mm) gauge Disneyland Railroad in California
The 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) gauge Ffestiniog Railway in Wales