Disneyland Railroad, Heritage railway in Disneyland Park, Anaheim, United States

Disneyland Railroad is a 3-foot (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railway built by WED Enterprises that circles most of Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, on a 1.2-mile (1.9 km) route with four stations. Its trains are pulled by steam locomotives, two built by WED and three originally built by Baldwin Locomotive Works. In the photograph, a red locomotive with a black smokebox, smokestack and cowcatcher pilot, a black headlamp and gold-trimmed cab pulls open-sided cars with wooden benches and green canopies on posts, beside a red-paved platform.

Walt Disney first built the 7+1⁄4 in gauge Carolwood Pacific Railroad behind his Holmby Hills home, where the Lilly Belle, named after his wife Lillian, first ran on May 7, 1950. He drew the triangular route of the Disneyland Railroad on the Anaheim site plan on August 8, 1953, and the line opened with the park on July 17, 1955. Two large dioramas were added in the late 1950s and mid-1960s, and the locomotives switched from diesel oil to biodiesel in the late 2000s.

The last car on each Disneyland train is reserved for staff and was originally Walt Disney's private carriage, named Lilly Belle after his wife Lillian; photographs of the couple hang inside. Seats in the Anaheim park face right, toward the park interior, so riders look into the lands as the train circles.

Four stations at different points in the park allow boarding and exiting throughout operating hours, so the railway works both as a round trip and as a way to move between lands. The carriages are open-sided, so sun protection and a seat near the edge are helpful for better views.

Five steam engines are in service, with three of them built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in the early decades of the 20th century and specially adapted for the park. The other two were constructed internally at WED Enterprises and added to the fleet for daily operations.