Opened in 1975, the railway is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, and has stations in the Heatherdowns, Festa Italia, and New France sections of the park.

It features three trains pulled by 4-4-0 steam locomotives manufactured by Crown Metal Products.

Trains run in a clockwise direction, with a complete round trip taking approximately 20 minutes.

Caribou Station also has a water supply that the engine crews use to top off the locomotive's tenders every two laps of operation.

In 1997, a third locomotive was acquired from a defunct amusement park, and given an Alpine theme to match the newly-opened Alpengeist roller coaster.