The Miniature railwaytrain features the steam train locomotives "Puffing Billy" and "Whistling Tom" from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair along with the world's first miniature gauge diesel locomotive built by park owner, Benjamin Krasner. The train originally circled Sylvan Lake until it was renamed Lake Rhoda after Benjamin's only child. Today the view from the train encompasses I-70, Lakeside Mall, a bank of ATMs and a Mexican restaurant. None of that existed in the 1940s, when passengers instead strained for a glimpse of the "kiddie ride" ponies pastured near the current Sears auto department.