October 17, 2008: Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland

[triesch]

Ive been looking at the front of the train and they look the same. Do you think they are the same?

They do look a lot alike, don't they? I never really noticed that before because of the different color schemes.

However, I'm pretty sure the Big Thunder "engines" in use today don't actually provide power for the fast-moving trains (as a roller coaster, today's train is just powered by gravity). The old Mine Train, though, used a real engine that pulled the (much slower) trains for that ride.

It sure does look like the new ones were based on the old design, though. Good eye!

-Jon

[JennyandMickeyMous]

how do you make your own discusion? i could make a thread i guess its called.

[Tractor]

Actually the locomotives ran on battery power

[JennyandMickeyMous]

they are? wow any thing else intresting people know? i know something if you look throw thw tunnal by the water you can see the Mark Twain

[JennyandMickeyMous]

the cars that you ride in look the same to

[MANEATINGWREATH]

The bear in that picture that was taken in 2005, is sadly gone. I remember catching a glimpse of him in 2007, and recently just this July he was gone, the faux tree in place. My hope is that he is temporarily gone like the donkey and dog in POTC. Or maybe he's getting moved to Grizzly River Run!

[Twist1234]

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is the ride that made this train go out of service but it's still there but it's just leftovers.

[Twist1234]

Big thunder as simalair sonds then the old train train i heard the train sondtrack on youtube