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Wildlife Express Train

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/* Fun Facts and Trivia */
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
* According to the attraction's backstory, the Wildlife Express Train is a part of the fictional Eastern Star Railway<ref name= "Jack"> http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/2009/07/rafikis_planet_watch_the_forgo.html </ref>.
* Harambe is Swahili for On the way from Rafiki's Planet Watch to Africa, guests can get a glimpse of the backstage behind Asia <ref name= "coming togetherJack"/>.
* On the way from Rafiki's Planet Watch to Africa, guests can get a glimpse of the backstage behind Asia.  * It takes seven minutes to get from Harambe to Rafiki's Planet Watch, but only five minutes to make the return trip<ref> http://www.disneytrivia.net/park_pages/wdw_ak_attractions_africa_wet.php </ref>.
* The builder’s plates on the trains say that the engines were built in 1926 by Beyer Peacock of Gorton Foundry, Manchester<ref> http://amusementpics.com/TPTWDW.html </ref>.
* On top of the trains, red and green bins can be found. These are meant to represent the luggage that passengers have brought aboard the train. The color of the bins is a good way to tell the trains apart<ref name= "Jack"/>.
* The serial numbers of the trains used on the Wildlife Express have the serial numbers 02594, 04982 and 00174<ref> http://amusementpics.com/TPTWDW.html </ref>.
* The train with the serial number 02594 has been named the R. Baba Harpoor in honor of Imagineer Bob Harpur<ref> 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>.
==References==