Disneyland steam train (Hong Kong)

This is the steam train at Hong Kong Disneyland, or I guess I better say "fake" steam train! the loco appears to be pushed by it's tender. The tender seems to contain a diesel engine that powers the train, having said that the sound unit in the loco to make it sound like real steam is pretty good! also sorry about the last few seconds of the video, but if I edit it off the sound goes very very bad. Video shot 3rd September 2009

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[TFN5459]

Walt Disney would surely come from his grave if he knew these big lawnmowers were running round his themepark. They could have made attempts to make it more realistic. I believe the sounds are from The DRRs CK Holliday only without the bad case of rod clank.

[jedi725]

nice, a locomotive named Walter E. Disney, a nice tributem to the man himself, walt disney, I never knew there was another walter E. Disney locomotive existing. It looks very beautiful, but not as beautiful as the Walter E Disney locomotive down at Walt Disney World in florida.

[ABOSS302]

Sounds like Disneyland Natures Wonderland tecnor. Thats a shame for a park train.

[pennyf9]

@Chris9017 thats true, most are working int he industrial areas.

[Chris9017]

@pennyf9 Only out in the country side, and they are fading fast.

[pennyf9]

@Chris9017 you know whats ironic, more than a thousand steam locomotives are still working in China today!

[pennyf9]

@Chris9017 I totally agree with you, make the outline look real, Fake wood loads would be a good idea!

[Chris9017]

@Yanamation also unlike Japan, in China they are unaware of Walt's Passion for steam trains, and to them steam is also ancient technology, especially in big cities like Hong Kong, Beijing, XIan, Chong Quing, and Shanghai where technology is advancing.

[Chris9017]

@pennyf9 those diesels are state of that art, when it comes to steam out line, you can't get closer to a real steam in a fake than these. They should have painted the motor block trucks black, and painted the motor block wheels red to hide the fact it's a diesel even more so, and cover the vents with fake wood loads. Also fake water towers would have been more convincing, but they're pretty nice for steam outlines.

[pennyf9]

for a minute it looked like it was real steam, until I heard the diesel motor. They are built by severn lamb in the UK, who also builds steam engines. At least you can hear the chuffing sound.