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Thank you for your kind comments! You certainly got to meet some of the greats.

I absolutely know about Ray Fox! He’s in the video of Walt taking the yellow caboose out of the barn. And thank you for your kind comments and your service as a Cast Member!

@@onceuponatrain I thought that looked like Ray, I remember,as a young boy, being at Ray and Mildred's home. Ray carved a bust of Will Rogers that looked beautiful and I remember seeing Wooden flowers in a vase that looked real. I did love my time as a cast member. I make my own (amateur) videos about Garden Railroading, it is a great retirement hobby.

Great to hear from you! All of the gondolas are convertible to flatcars. The staves and sides were cast as one piece. I removed one of them at some point; I’ll have to see if I have a photo of that.

Thanks, Miguel! I’m planning an episode just about the Barn. Perhaps I can interview you for that? It wouldn’t have happened without you!

One way or another, I’m pretty sure it will happen. 😎

In my research for this episode, I came across a quote from Roy O. Disney about Walt. Essentially he said that Walt didn't have any extravagances except for the Carolwood Pacific. Walt had some nice cars, but they weren't Rolls Royce or Bentley (and he sold them when he needed cash). He had a home at Smoke Tree Ranch, but then sold that to help raise funds to build Disneyland. Walt also hand built a lot of the Lilly Belle, rolling stock, and railroad; he didn't "outsource it". This is not to say he was broke from the late 40's on, but he definitely didn't live like the ultra rich.

Thank you for watching. Yes, for a kid that never had a toy train, Walt ended up with the biggest model railroad ever: Disneyland!

@onceuponatrain it's So Sad, That His Home was Destroyed ! I would have Loved to See His Train Layout !

You are very welcome!

Yes! Both are on the roster. I produced a show about TGLC at the WDFM for the film's 50th anniversary. I've also had the honor of operating the Inyo, which appeared in the film. As for Kimball, there's a whole episode just about him planned.I visited him at his home a few times and have some fun stories to share.

I saw your train in the posts about the Fair! Wanted to get out to see it in person but didn’t have the time. “George Stephenson” was at the 2023 Fair and we chatted about his valve gear design. Tony is the real deal. He’s participated in several of the events I’ve produced over the years. Ask him about his house if you see him again.

@ That’s fantastic! Yeah Tony is a great guy indeed, and it was an honor to give him a ride and talk trains for a bit :)

You are most welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

“Walt surfing on a box car” is one of my favorite clips. Probably because I’d do the same thing given the chance.

Bill and his wife are among my dearest friends. I invited him to announce the opening of my exhibition at the Walt Disney Family Museum in 2014 and became instant pals.

@@onceuponatrain I understand the track remained in Walt's back garden until a few years before his death when he gave it to a live steam railroad club. is this information correct

Yes, it is. I discuss this starting at 13:27 in the video. He donated it in 1964. It was used to build a large expansion of the Los Angeles Live Steamers railroad. They named it the "Disney Loop" in Walt's honor shortly after he passed away in 1966.

Thank you for watching!

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! The next one is about the FWRR.

Lowell Smith's N-scale CPRR rolling stock do show up on eB@y from time-to-time. The three freight-car set just sold for for about $200.

That’s too much a pretty penny for me. Luckily RUclips user “Fairest of them all Locomotives Works” could customize me a CPRR Bobber Caboose in N scale. The Bachmann HO set also shows up on eBay from Time to Time. I’ll see what I can do to snag one of those eventually.

Share some photos when you build one!

Where to? I got it one on hand right and would love to show pictures.

You're welcome to post it in the comments of the Once Upon a Train Facebook or Instagram pages. You can also share them on Burnsland.com

Good eyes! Yes, they are very similar. "The Brave Engineer" short was released in 1950. This is right around the same time Walt was constructing the Lilly Belle locomotive. It's not surprising that there would be a strong resemblance, although the cartoon engine is somewhat simplified (probably to make it easier to animate).

@@onceuponatrain Agreed. Besides, the number 2 train that Casey Jones drives is named Johnny, while the number 77 # 5 freight trains are named Zeb & Zeek. Even though they're not mentioned in the short.

@@julyleonard In the actual short the locomotives are inanimate and unnamed. Those names are merely fan creations.

@@Nostall123YT Same ol, same ol.

I'm so glad you enjoy our videos! The lighting kit I purchased was from BricksMax. It doesn't appear that they still offer it new, but I saw a couple on eBay. I liked this kit as the instructions were very easy to follow and the white lites were closer to incandescent rather than bluish. There may be other vendors who offer a similar product. Good luck!

Wow, you have quite the collection! Those FWRR sets command top dollar when they come up for sale. As for the original FWRR, that is the subject of one of our upcoming episodes!

Do you mean the red or silver lantern?

@@onceuponatrain The silver one

Ah, that is a custom Adlake lantern. It’s stamped “Carolwood Pacific” on the top and the globe is etched with the Carolwood herald.

@ I was wondering if it would be Carolwood-related! That’s really neat

Not exactly. It depends on who you ask.😎

The Disneyland Paris Railroad is on the list to cover! We’ve got a lot of stories to tell about railroads everywhere.

I just wish I was still in my 30's!

Hahahaha. Yes, I should have mentioned “Straight from the NSRM!”

Hint: you have to be able to see on top of the tender…

@@stevedegaetano8188 No way I can find footage of that…could you possibly put a spoiler warning and then comment the answer more specifically? This comment section is a thread so there’s plenty of warning.

It's on the tender. There's a photo of the Mickey online, btw!

@@rachaelmajdali5696 literally have searched the other person said it’s on top of the tender…No photos on top of the tender for Fred. Literally all side angles

Just do a Google Image search for "Fred Gurley Disneyland hidden mickey." On my computer it's the very first image.

Thank you, Steve, for all your help! Folks, if you don't know Steve DeGaetano, you should. He is THE authority on the Disneyland Railroad. You'll learn more about him and his books during the upcoming Ward Kimball episode. (BTW, Steve, it was Mike Aronson who found the semaphore video. He never ceases to amaze me.)

Thanks, David! I think you'll be quite happy with one of our upcoming episodes.

I wondered when someone would ask about that. Disney steam trains aren't my only hobby; I'm a lifelong fan of Jeff Lynne. The cover of the Discovery album shows a man holding a small version of the ELO logo (spaceship). I thought that would be a nice thing to have, only to find that it was never made into a product. Years later, a company made an accurate, miniature model of the Wurlitzer 1015 jukebox. Then they released the matching Wurlitzer 4008 speakers. These speakers were the basis for Kosh's creation of the ELO logo that first appeared on A New World Record. I purchased four of these speakers and converted them into the ELO logo by updating the colors and creating a new hub out of styrene and polished brass. I kept one and the other three are being enjoyed by friends and family.

@@onceuponatrain I've always thought the spaceship on the ELO album "Out of the Blue" was cool. There is the Cut-Out Model of the ELO spaceship that's included with their "Out Of The Blue" album but nothing else.

Exactly. That's why I had to make my own. I suggested to Jeff's management that they could make something like this, but it went nowhere.

​@@onceuponatrain Somone should license it, make it, and sell it themselves before the generation that knows ELO gets too old. Or it could be offered as part of an ELO collectors release with the audio CDs and video DVDs/Blu-ray disks inside.

Ladies and Gentlemen, it's RAY! I've mentioned Mr. Spencer before and you'll hear a lot about him in upcoming episodes. For now, please know that Ray is: 1) Awesome; 2) a true railroader; 3) a retired Imagineering executive who is responsible for some of the best things Disney has ever created; 4) one of my bestest friends; 5) Awesome. (He's so awesome, it has to be listed twice!) Funny you should mention that banjo, Ray: it will show up in the Ward Kimball episode because of its connection to the Firehouse Five + 2. No, that isn't me playing on the music bed. I like this audience too much to subject them to that!

Thanks for your comment. I agree that truly faithful G-gauge models of engines 1 through 4 require a fair amount of kitbashing. Locomotive 5, the Ward Kimball, is fairly well represented by the HLW version we created. I'll go through the story of this model when we create the episode dedicated to Ward.

@@onceuponatrain I thought the model of the Gurley was pretty darn accurate...

@@jayo1212 For me to feel that a model is pretty darn accurate, I'd expect the cab to be correct, no giant backup headlamp atop the cab, and the correct order of the bell and domes. Essentially, the "25 feet away" test. 🙂

Hi, Andy. Hornby made a Toy Story 3 set in 2010. The locomotive was fashioned after the "Old 95" (a reference to the release year of the first Toy Story film). In turn, Old 95 was based on the C. K. Holliday. I own this set and the engine is remarkable well made for being a "toy". The proportions and colors are quite nice. There are a few missing aspects, such as the drive rods and the entire tender. But it's well made and would be a great starting point for a C. K. Holliday kitbash. As for scale, that's always a consideration for Disney trains because these models are scale versions of something that itself was a scale model. HO is meant to be 1:87 of the prototype and OO is 1:76.2. But of what? The Holliday is nominally five-eighths the size of the Central Pacific 173. So is the Hornby loco 1:76.2 of the CP173? Or is it a much larger scale model of something that is little more than half of the CP173? This is why I try to refer to gauge and not scale; while the Toy Story locomotive is a scale model of *something*, it will run on OO / HO track. My suggestion is to do what Walt did: look at something in its setting and decide if it looks "right" to you or not.

Thanks! It’s a treat for me, too: I always learn something new when doing the research for these.

@@onceuponatrain I understand that Walt wanted Ward's Chloe but she would have been converted from a wood burner to a oil burning engine

Yes, that's what I've been told as well. Makes sense. I doubt that was Ward's only concern, though. Even if Ward acquiesced, I'm not sure Chloe had enough tractive effort to pull a fully loaded, six-car passenger train. It's TE is 1,000+ lower than the other DRR engines.

I’m glad you enjoyed the episode! My great friend Dennis Flores has performed a few “upgrades” on the LGB Gurley to make it more faithful to the prototype. It was one of these that we ran at the Walt Disney Family Museum in 2014/2015.

Yes, it’s closed for important track replacement. The Park has put up some nice, temporary displays featuring DRR history. These are at Mickey’s Toontown and Tomorrowland stations.