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TS Team
Re: Talbot Street Tuesday (Picture Heavy)
This week we take a stroll down the old Park Railway, which today is better known as the Haunted Hollow. The Park Railway operated from the 1950s through to 1996 with several modifications over the years. Most of the pictures here were taken in 1993, when a second line was added to the route and new stations were built to increase capacity.
The new station platform under construction at the Gloomy Wood end of the line. Today this is part of the Haunted Hollow and a similar picture would be looking from near the hearse towards the four interactive gravestones.
Here we see the new station platform under construction in Aqualand, with the Log Flume passing close by in the background. This platform still exists today hidden behind a service gate at the entrance to the Haunted Hollow.
At the same time a new station building was added where the Mississippi Showboat had once stood. Today this building is used for the Sales and Infomration Kiosk in Mutiny Bay.
Finally this week, a picture of what is now Mutiny Bay in the 1960s. The original park railway ran right into the middle of the area, with the station more or less where Marauders' Mayhem stands today. The track then passes in between the Stable building (Courtyard Tavern) and the blacksmiths (today gaming units and staff areas) through a gap which is now occupied by the Mutiny Bay Toilets and Snapshot Adventures. It then passes under a footbridge, allowing guests to cross the rails safely to get to what is today the site of The Flume. This end of the track was shortened at the end of 1980 in order to allow for better access to the new Log Flume. The modern building towards the top of the photo is the original Cable Car station, and the new trees behind this structure are still there today defining the corner of Mutiny Bay where Heave Ho and the games units stand.
This week we take a stroll down the old Park Railway, which today is better known as the Haunted Hollow. The Park Railway operated from the 1950s through to 1996 with several modifications over the years. Most of the pictures here were taken in 1993, when a second line was added to the route and new stations were built to increase capacity.
The new station platform under construction at the Gloomy Wood end of the line. Today this is part of the Haunted Hollow and a similar picture would be looking from near the hearse towards the four interactive gravestones.
Here we see the new station platform under construction in Aqualand, with the Log Flume passing close by in the background. This platform still exists today hidden behind a service gate at the entrance to the Haunted Hollow.
At the same time a new station building was added where the Mississippi Showboat had once stood. Today this building is used for the Sales and Infomration Kiosk in Mutiny Bay.
Finally this week, a picture of what is now Mutiny Bay in the 1960s. The original park railway ran right into the middle of the area, with the station more or less where Marauders' Mayhem stands today. The track then passes in between the Stable building (Courtyard Tavern) and the blacksmiths (today gaming units and staff areas) through a gap which is now occupied by the Mutiny Bay Toilets and Snapshot Adventures. It then passes under a footbridge, allowing guests to cross the rails safely to get to what is today the site of The Flume. This end of the track was shortened at the end of 1980 in order to allow for better access to the new Log Flume. The modern building towards the top of the photo is the original Cable Car station, and the new trees behind this structure are still there today defining the corner of Mutiny Bay where Heave Ho and the games units stand.