ST. LOUIS — On Tuesday, the Saint Louis Zoo Emerson Zooline Railroad debuted its new electric train. The new train joins six other locomotives and is the zoo's first electric train, using less ...

The train will take Zoo adventurers on a 1.3-mile journey through and around the Zoo, offering never-before-seen views from behind the scenes.

A fundraising effort to bring back the train at the Louisiana Purchase Gardens & Zoo pulled out of the station Thursday as city officials announced the regionwide campaign.