Viewliner Train of Tomorrow

{{Short description|Former Disneyland attraction}}

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| caption = The Viewliner at the Fantasyland Depot in 1957

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| status = REMOVed

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| opened = June 10, 1957

| closed = September 30, 1958

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| replacement = Disneyland Alweg Monorail System

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| designer = WED Enterprises

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The Viewliner Train of Tomorrow was a {{RailGauge|2ft6in|lk=on}} narrow-gauge, miniature train that once operated alongside portions of the Disneyland Railroad main line.{{cite book |last1=Strodder |first1=Chris |title=The Disneyland Encyclopedia |date=2017 |publisher=Santa Monica Press |isbn=978-1595800909 |edition=3rd |pages=496–497}}

The attraction commenced operation on June 10, 1957 and was billed by Disneyland as "the fastest miniature train in the world."[https://books.google.com/books?id=BupsDEZOLYUC&pg=PA293 Broggie, p. 293] Two separate trains, designed by Disney Imagineer Bob Gurr and built as scale replicas of General Motors' futuristic Aerotrain,[http://kpolsson.com/disland/dl1956.htm Chronology of Disneyland Theme Park] traveled along a dog-bone track circuit (rail line with a turnaround loop at each end) through parts of Tomorrowland and Fantasyland. The Tomorrowland train featured cars that were named for the planets, while the cars of the Fantasyland train were named after various Disney characters.

The modern, streamlined trains were placed into service to represent the future of rail travel, in contrast to the steam-powered Disneyland Railroad, which represented its past. Motive power for each train consisted of an integral head-end unit driven by an Oldsmobile "Rocket" V8 gasoline engine, mated to a Jeep transfer case powering drive-shafts to both the front and rear wheel trucks. Two 1954 Oldsmobile 88 2-door coupes furnished the windscreen, doors and instrument console for each of the two {{convert|5,000|lb|kg|sigfig=3|adj=on}} locomotives. The attraction operated until September 30, 1958, when construction began on the Matterhorn and Submarine Voyage.[https://books.google.com/books?id=BupsDEZOLYUC&pg=PA294 Broggie, p. 294] The Disneyland Alweg Monorail System ultimately took the place of the Viewliner in June 1959, thereby making it one of the shortest-lived rides in the park's history. The railroad ties from the attraction were later used to build the Deer Lake Park & Julian Railroad, a {{Track gauge|3ft|lk=on}} narrow-gauge backyard railroad owned by Disney animator Ollie Johnston at his vacation home near Julian, California.[https://books.google.com/books?id=BupsDEZOLYUC&pg=PA103 Broggie, p. 103.]