This article talks about the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Train for the ride at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World Resort, Bay Lake, Florida (Orlando, Florida). Big Thunder Mountain is located in Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom. An overview of the trains and the layout of the cars is covered in this article.

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Trains

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad has 6 trains that operate as part of the ride. Walt Disney World and Walt Disney Imagineering has given each of the trains names. The names for the trains that are part of the ride are I.M. Brave, I.B. Hearty, I.M. Fearless, U.B. Bold, U.R. Daring, and U.R. Courageous. During the ride two trains run on the track and you can see the other train that is on the track from the overpass that is at the beginning of the ride (while on the ride). The loading area also helps Walt Disney World run two trains on the tracks as there are two loading areas that are located next to each other. When you reach the loading area you will be guided to one of two lanes to board one of Big Thunder Mountain trains at the train station. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad’s train station is located below the line or queue area.

Above photo of a Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Train (U.R. Darling) at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom by Michael Lowin on Wikimedia Commons. Photo modified by NavFile. The train photo is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Train Car Layout

Each Big Thunder Mountain Railroad train has 5 train cars that seats up to 6 guests per car. There are three rows per car that seat two guests or persons in each row. A padded lap bar that runs across the row secures guests during the ride. With 5 cars and 6 persons per cars, one Big Thunder Mountain Railroad train can hold up 30 guests.

Seats

The train’s seats are padded bench or booth style seats that are inside of a mine car. Two people sit side by side in the cars, with no barrier between the “seating area”.

Above photo Big Thunder Mountain Railroad’s Train and Train Cars with seats by Bobby Bokista on Flickr and Wikimedia Commons. Modified by NavFile. The photo is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License.

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