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Walt Disney World Railroad

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/* Fun Facts and Trivia */
==Fun Facts and Trivia==
* The third locomotive, the "Roger E. Broggie", was originally going to be named the "Roy O. Disney". Roy Disney was still alive at the time the train was dedicated however, and didn't want his name to be on anything in the park. The locomotive was then instead named the Roger E. Broggie, and the forth locomotive (dedicated after Roy had passed) was christened the Roy O. Disney <ref> Amendola, Dana (2015), All Aboard: The Wonderful World of Disney Trains (1st ed.), Disney Editions, ISBN 978-1-4231-1714-8 </ref>.
 
* During the construction of [[Splash Mountain]] the Walt Disney World Railroad ran backwards. Briefly referred to as the "Backtrack Express" (or Goofy's "Backtrack Express", instead of pulling out of the Main Street USA Station and moving forward, the trains instead proceeded backwards to the Duckburg Station <ref> http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1990-11-26/business/9011240905_1_mickey-s-starland-mickey-s-birthday-land-main-street </ref> <ref> https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19910716&id=LwghAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l3YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3983,1722713&hl=en </ref>.