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==Attraction Description and History==The Wildlife Express Train is {{Quotation| We're creating a locomotive steam engine look for vehicles that takes guests from the village of Harambe would be seen today in Africa to Rafiki's Planet Watch and vice versa. The train takes guests on a 1.2 mile circuit, along a narrow path between Africa and Asia. Along the way, guests can get a backstage view of the animal care facilities where the park's animals are kept overnight. According to Disney, “The three engines and two sets of cars belonging to the Wildlife Express line were built long after their original use in 1997 only a few miles from William Shakespeare's cottage Europe in Stratford-on-Avon by the model-railroad firm of Severn Lamb, Ltd., at Alcester, England.” late 1800s<ref> https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/11/where-at-disney-parks-can-you-find-13/?comment_sortname=asc <"book"/ref>}}

Early plans for Animal Kingdom called for a steam engine railway which would have taken guests through the Savannah plains. The idea was changed however after concerns about rail cars and engines themselves were built in 1997 Stratford-on-Avon by the safety model-railroad firm of Severn Lamb, Ltd., at Alcester, England <ref name= "parksblog"> https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/11/where-at-disney-parks-can-you-find-13/?comment_sort=asc </ref>. Production of the animals locomotives was raisedoverseen by Imagineers Bob Harpur and Joel Fritsche<ref name= "book"/>. Since Finally, on April 22, 1998 the Wildlife Express Train opened with the rest of Disney's Animal Kingdom. On October 11, 2018, the Wildlife Express Train closed along with the rest of Rafiki's Planet Watch <ref> https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/rafikis-planet-watch/news/21sep2018-rafikis-planet-watch-permanently-closing-in-october.htm </ref>. The attraction reopened on April 22July 11, 19982019, no significant changes have been made with a new narration that showcases the relationship between Walt Disney and nature <ref> https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/rafikis-planet-watch/news/11jul2019-photos---animation-experience-at-conservation-station-opens-at-disneys-animal-kingdom.htm </ref>. ==Attraction Description==The Wildlife Express Train is a locomotive steam engine that takes guests from the village of Harambe in [[Africa]] to Rafiki's Planet Watch and vice versa. The train takes guests on a 1.2 mile circuit, along a narrow path between Africa and Asia <ref> http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/parks/animal-kingdom/attractions/wildlife-express-train/ </ref>. Along the attractionway, guests can get a backstage view of the animal care facilities where the park's animals are kept overnight.

* The train with the serial number 02594 has been named the R. Baba Harpoor in honor of Imagineer Bob Harpur <refname= "book"> https://books.google.com/books?id=BupsDEZOLYUC&pg=PA385&lpg=PA385&dq=Animal+Kingdom+R.+Baba+Harpoor+i&source=bl&ots=dj3EIUI5qL&sig=674U7Iu6qAIcdHi1pc21LWtW-sE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibj5WnltPMAhUJIcAKHZT_BvIQ6AEIKDAC#v=onepage&q=Animal%20Kingdom%20R.%20Baba%20Harpoor%20i&f=false </ref>.