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The Disneyland Railroad is a narrow-gauge railroad located at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, United States, that was inaugurated on that theme park's opening day, July 17, 1955. It was constructed at a cost of US$240,000 and each of the original four locomotives cost in excess of $40,000 either to build or restore. It remains one of Disneyland's most popular attractions as riders can use it as transportation to other areas of the park or to simply ride the trains on the so-called "grand circle tour." Unlike the Disneyland Monorail, which requires riders to disembark at the Tomorrowland station, passengers on the DLRR can remain on the trains for as long as they wish. Consists are usually open-air, freight-styled coaches with bench seating facing right for ease of loading and unloading at the depots and for easier viewing of the "Grand Canyon/Primeval World" diorama in a tunnel running between Tomorrowland and Main Street, U.S.A. stations. Five open-air, clerestory-roofed observation cars with forward-facing seats dating from the park's opening and removed from service shortly after the diorama's opening in 1958 were returned to service in 2004 after undergoing a three-year restoration. The Lilly Belle presidential coach is occasionally added to the rear of a train as is an enclosed wooden caboose.

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