Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Disneyland · US · WED Enterprises Custom mine train
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Fast facts
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is an operating steel coaster at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. coasterpedia.net
- The railway opened at Disneyland on September 2, 1979. disneyparksblog.com
- Its mountain rises 15.2 metres above the surrounding park. coasterpedia.net
- The trains reach a top speed of 45.1 kilometres per hour. coasterpedia.net
- There are no inversions along the route. coasterpedia.net
- The railway is arranged to carry approximately 2,400 riders per hour. disneyhistory101.com
- WED Enterprises developed the attraction, with Tony Baxter among its principal designers. d23.com
The story of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad occupies ground long associated with Disneyland’s mine-train journeys. Earlier attractions carried visitors through the western landscape before the present railway took its place. disneyparksblog.com
Tony Baxter drew upon the red-rock country of Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. The mountain itself was built from cement and paint, carefully shaped to suggest a rugged natural formation rather than a conventional building. disneyparksblog.com· disneyparksblog.com
After years of preparation and construction, the Disneyland railway opened in 1979 as the park’s 59th attraction. The finished work represented an investment of 15.8 million dollars and established a new steel mine-train landmark in Frontierland. disneyhistory101.com· disneyparksblog.com
Sources
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- disneyparksblog.com Acceptable source
- disneyhistory101.com Acceptable source
- d23.com Acceptable source
- disneyparksblog.com Acceptable source