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Carowinds and Carolina Railroad was a Miniature Railway built by US manufacturer Crown Metal Products previously located at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. It featured two locomotives.
History
Carowinds and Carolina Railroad opened with the park in 1973. It originally had three stations, including one under the park entryway.
One of the ride's locomotives, the Melodia, was fabricated in 1897 and used for pulling sugar cane at a Louisiana plantation.[1] After its run, in Louisiana, the locomotive operated at Cherokee Wonderland in Cherokee, North Carolina, USA and then the cancelled Space City USA park in Huntsville, Alabama, USA.[2].
The ride intermittently operated for previews in 1972, a year before the park itself opened.[3][4][5]
Following the ride's closure, one locomotive was ultimately relocated to Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, California, USA.
References
- ↑ "Heading Home". The Charlotte News. 1972-02-15. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ↑ "Barker & LePine Plantation 2-6-2 No. 3 (Melodia B.)". Steam Locomotive. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ↑ "GET YOUR VERY FIRST GLIMPSE OF WHAT CAROWINDS WILL BE ... STARTING TOMORROW AT BELK!". The Charlotte News. 1972-08-04. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ↑ "Visitors Express Pleasure On Tour Of New Carowinds". The Robesonian. 1972-12-22. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ↑ "'Melodia' will give beauties tour of Carowinds". The Herald. 1972-07-01. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
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