19th century locomotive train service to launch at VivoCity

Property Guru – Tue, Jul 24, 2012

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By Mabel Tan

Tourists and shoppers can soon hop on to a 19th-century locomotive train to tour a local retail mall.

Starting 27 July 2012, the Mini Express will take passengers on a round-trip around the VivoCity, where they can enjoy various sights and sounds of the waterfront, as well as the existing outdoor art installations of the mall, AsiaOne reported. The four-wagon battery-operated train can accommodate up to 24 children per ride.

For a more realistic train ride experience, the Mini Express has been designed with a "wheels-in-motion" feature, where the "train wheels" will chug along at variable speeds together with the speed of the train for visual impact. The train also has a smoke machine which creates non-toxic glycol-based smoke to reinvent the locomotive experience, as well as a built-in sound system that plays the whistling of the train and the sounds of bells.

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