Is There Still Evidence of a Railroad in Fort Wilderness?

[bassman]

wow that is so cool.

does anyone know why it was taken out? i would love it to be put back in.

also does anyone have a pic of the suposed railcar on pontoons in TLs carpark? i would love to see it.

 

[dandaman]

^Frequent derailments, engines stalling from low fuel or water, and improperly trained CM's.

 

[bassman]

^Frequent derailments, engines stalling from low fuel or water, and improperly trained CM's.

realli?
aw man that would have been awesome to go on this year when i go back.
ive just watched a vid of the full ride and i saw people in indian style canoos (sp?) on the back water rives and such,i was wondering,
can you still use them?

 

[cloudboy]

How did they get across the waterway between 7 seas and Bay Lake? The monorail clears the waterway quite high up, and the road goes beneath it.

 

[unkadug]

How did they get across the waterway between 7 seas and Bay Lake? The monorail clears the waterway quite high up, and the road goes beneath it.

It didn't. It was a self contained system exclusive to Fort Wilderness.

 

[Horizons1]

Here's photos of the railcar at TL. The door on the back was open and I was so tempted to take a gander inside but fear...and probably getting kicked out of WDW got the better of me.

 

[Ringo8n24]

This was an excellent topic/question to post. I had completely forgotten about this at Fort Wilderness. Love the photos on the link given. I wish there would be more threads posted on things forgotten at WDW, but I have a hard time coming up with them. This thread is on the level with the old grape-shaped/orange-shaped juice containers that I "had" to have at WDW in the 70's. These are so interesting.

 

[Nansafan]

That's a great overhead shot of the remanence of the Fort Wilderness Railroad, WDW Monorail. Thank you.

Thank you, Nansafan for the meaning of OP. Being 44 years old, I was hoping that it didn't mean Old Person. :animwink:

Scott

Scott, I'm 47 and certainly do not consider myself to be an "Old Person". Glad to be of help.

Ringo8n24, there is a whole website dedicated about "lost" or former WDW attractions. I heard about it on this forum. Here is the link. If it doesn't work, google Widen Your World and you will get there.
http://home.cfl.rr.com/omniluxe/wyw.htm

 

[Scott M]

Scott, I'm 47 and certainly do not consider myself to be an "Old Person". Glad to be of help.

Thank you, Nansafan. I do not consider myself old either, but not having known an obvious abbreviation like OP made me think twice. :hammer:

Scott

 

[Nansafan]

Thank you, Nansafan. I do not consider myself old either, but not having known an obvious abbreviation like OP made me think twice. :hammer:

Scott

Scott, I believe it is just that at our age, there are so many things that we are required to remember/know etc. that sometimes minor things i.e. meaning of OP are simply stored in the circular files of our brains and are not immediately available. (That's my story anyway and I'm sticking to it.) Besides, the "kids" these days don't speak in words with all their texting and IMing. They talk in abbreviations. What is wrong with speaking and typing in complete sentences I say!:lol: :lol: :lol: (Ok, I'm a secretary and I live for proper spelling.)

 

[Figment632]

I was just tracking the route of the Fort Willderness RR using Google maps and it passes right by River Country. Does anyone know if it made stops at River Country?

 

[marni1971]

Bit of a thread bump!

No - you`re following the wrong track. The line got as close as south east of the petting farm and Pioneer Hall :wave:

 

[Figment632]

Bit of a thread bump!

No - you`re following the wrong track. The line got as close as south east of the petting farm and Pioneer Hall :wave:

Yea I didnt want to start a new thread if one already existed.

Thank you its a shame they got rid of this.