WILD KINGDOM TRAIN: HOUSTON
Built: 1970
Installed: ca. 1975
Locomotive Road Number: #3
Locomotive Serial Number: 0-61-24
Boiler Manufactured By: _____sons MFG Corp
Boiler Serial Number:
Utah State Boiler Inspection Number: U2310-1975
Previous Owner: Busch Entertainment Corp., for whom it was custom built. It supposedly was used, or planned to be used, in Texas at some point.
First painted Blue with the cars in Blue & Purple.
Then painted Red & Yellow with Red, Orange & White cars before coming to Lagoon.
Colors were changed last in 1979 to Black w/ Gold trim with Red, Orange & White cars.
Houston still operates as part of the Wild Kingdom Train which it always has been at Lagoon. PHOTOS
Photos: FS Thanks to Sid, an FS Member, who provided most of the information on the trains.
