The Disneyland Railroad circles the park, stopping at four stations. Ride the full loop or use it to get across the park. The Grand Canyon and Primeval World dioramas are between Tomorrowland and Main Street, U.S.A.
- Opened
- July 17, 1955
- Full trip
- About 18 minutes
- Direction
- Clockwise
- Height requirement
- Any height
Where to board
- Main Street, U.S.A.
- New Orleans Square
- Mickey’s Toontown
- Tomorrowland
You can board or leave at any station. Disney lists trains roughly every five to ten minutes during much of the day. The train may pause for fireworks in certain wind conditions. Check today’s hours and boarding information.
Along the route
- Tomorrowland
- Grand Canyon
- Primeval World
- Main Street
The train follows the Rivers of America past scenery based on the Mississippi, Columbia, Missouri and Rio Grande. After Tomorrowland, it enters the Grand Canyon diorama and then Primeval World’s dinosaur scenes before returning to Main Street.
The five engines
The locomotives are C.K. Holliday, E.P. Ripley, Ernest Marsh, Fred Gurley and Ward Kimball. Kimball was a Disney animator and fellow train enthusiast.
The railroad’s earlier years
The attraction opened as the Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad in 1955. The name changed on October 1, 1974. C.K. Holliday and E.P. Ripley were the original engines. Fred Gurley arrived in 1958 and Ernest Marsh followed in 1959.
Main Street and Frontierland were the original stations. Fantasyland gained a stop in 1956, followed by Tomorrowland in 1958. The Fantasyland stop later used the Videopolis and Toontown names. The early trains also included enclosed passenger cars and a freight train with cattle cars. The current open-air cars give passengers a clearer view of the route. Read the railroad’s history.
Sources
Checked November 9, 2026. Disneyland Railroad visitor information · D23 railroad history.
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10502: Tom Arthur, 2009; CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and displayed in grey when opened; this image and its display adaptation retain that license.
Disneyland Railroad: Andrew Krivsky / Limitless Park, 2018.
The photographs show the railroad in 2009 and 2018. The E.P. Ripley image and any cropped display adaptation retain CC BY-SA 2.0.
E.P. Ripley: Tom Arthur, 2009; CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped display retains the same license.
Disneyland Railroad: Andrew Krivsky / Limitless Park, 2018.
Section photographs are cropped to fit. Dated archive photographs illustrate the place, not its present operating status. Concept art depicts announced work and may change.