Walt named his train set the "Carolwood Pacific", giving rides to friends, employees and celebrities. The 1/8 scale train in Walt's yard had a 1/2 mile of track, 46 foot trestle bridge built, and in order to avoid disturbing his wife's flower bed, he built a 96 foot long tunnel under it. He built a barn for operating and maintaining the train, and you can visit the relocated barn at in Los Angeles, California at Griffith Park near the LA Steamers train sets, where it is on loan to the City, and maintained by the Carolwood Pacific Historical Society. Walt Disney's experience with that train and his life long love for steam trains helped drive him to build Disneyland and have a train as the key element. Walt always knew he wanted a live steam train for his Disneyland park, and he turned to experts and live steam buffs like Roger Broggie, animator Ward Kimball, and other train enthusiasts on his staff to feed his personal fascination with trains and guide his ideas. I read an article recently that the train at Disneyland has more guests that any other attraction, a full 70% of visitors take a ride on it.
#Walt disney railroad story book update#
Walt Disney once said that he preferred designing Disneyland to making movies, because his yard train set showed him you could constantly change and update things, but he could not do that with a film. The book has a rare Preface by Lillian Disney herself, wife of Walt Disney. It has a Forward by steam train buff and legendary Disney animator Ollie Johnston. It also has sections on his trains and Ward Kimball's trains. The first half of the book is mostly about Walt's experiences and brushes with trains, including his backyard set. It has very details pictures of his backyard layout.
The second half of the book deals with the acquisition and building of the Disneyland railroad. This includes the history of each of the 4 trains that are 5/8 scale on a 3 foot track. Many modern theme parks have a train that visitors can ride that looks like a steam train, but only in looks and the scale is too small.
#Walt disney railroad story book full size#
The scale on the Disney trains is close enough to full size to fool the eyes.
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