"In some way or another, I have always loved trains." Walter Elias Disney, (1901-1966), founder of Disneyland and the Walt Disney Company, seen here in the cab of the Ernest S. Marsh at Main Street Station.

The Carolwood Pacific Railroad was a miniature of an old-fashioned live steam railroad, built by an American animated film producer and animator, Walt Disney (1901-1966) in the garden of the backyard of his home. Walt Disney waving from locomotive at Disneyland This work is copyrighted. ... Walt Disney waving from locomotive at Disneyland This work is copyrighted. ... For the same named company; see The Walt Disney Company Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901–December 15, 1966) was an American animated film producer and animator. ... Disneyland[1] is a theme park at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. ... Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation) The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc. ... Mamod live steam locomotive and train on a garden railway layout Live steam is steam under pressure, obtained by heating water in a boiler. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... In the entertainment industry, a producer is generally in charge of, or helps to coordinate, the financial, legal, administrative, technological, and artistic aspects of a production. ... An animator is one who is involved in the process of animation. ... Walt Disney Walter Elias Walt Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966), was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. ...

Walt's uncle Michael Disney, had been a steam locomotive engineer. As a teenager in Missouri, Walt had a summer job selling newspapers, candy, fruit, and soda on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Walt loved the uniform, the trains, the candy, and the chance to see the country. Great Western Railway No. ... Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning canoe, is a Midwestern state in the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. ... Missouri Pacific (MoPac; AAR reporting mark MP) was the first American railroad west of the Mississippi River. ...

It was Disney’s lifelong fascination with the railroad that in 1950 led to the building of the Carolwood Pacific Railroad (and even before that, a huge Lionel layout in a room adjacent to his office at the Studio). 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lionel Corporation was an American toy manufacturer, specializing in toy trains and model railroads. ...

Entertaining his daughters and their friends in his backyard and taking them for rides on his 1/2 mile-long, 1/8th scale miniature railroad led Walt Disney to include the railroad which formed the backbone of his family-oriented Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California in 1955. Disneyland[1] is a theme park at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. ... This temporary page is being used to expand and convert the article Anaheim, California over to the new format agreed to at WikiProject Cities. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Backyard railroad

Walt Disney built the Carolwood Pacific Railroad on his property in Holmby Hills district of Los Angeles, California where he and his family moved in 1949. He was inspired by his animators Ward Kimball and Ollie Johnston, who already had their own backyard railroads. Holmby Hills is a neighborhood in western Los Angeles, California. ... The Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Ward Walrath Kimball (March 4, 1914–July 8, 2002) was an Academy Award winning animator for the Walt Disney Studios. ... Oliver Martin Johnston, Jr. ...

The railroad was named for the street on which his home was located - Carolwood Drive. Walt's 2,615 feet of track included a 46-foot-long trestle, loops, overpasses, gradients, an elevated dirt berm, and a 90-foot tunnel underneath Mrs. Disney's flower bed. Disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ...

Steam Locomotive

Walt Disney named his working model steam locomotive Lilly Belle after his wife Lillian

Disney admired the beautiful proportions and overall appearance of Central Pacific Railroad's steam locomotive #173. Roger E. Broggie of the Disney Studios machine shop used it as the prototype for a 1/8th scale working model. Walt Disney with locomotive Lilly Belle on his backyard railroad. ... Walt Disney with locomotive Lilly Belle on his backyard railroad. ... External link Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum Categories: Corporation stubs | Historical stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | California railroads | Nevada railroads | Utah railroads | Historic civil engineering landmarks ... Great Western Railway No. ... Roger Broggie (1908-1991) Imagineer and Disney Legend with Walt Disney Company Roger E. Broggie (1908-1991) was an creative American mechanical engineer who worked with Walt Disney and the Walt Disney Company. ... For the theme park in France, see Walt Disney Studios Park The Seven Dwarves Building at the Walt Disney Studios The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California serves as the international headquarters for media conglemorate The Walt Disney Company. ... Prototypes or prototypical instances combine the most representative attributes of a category. ...

Like the prototype, the working "live steam" locomotive was an "American" type with a 4-4-0 wheel configuration, using the Whyte notation. Those numbers indicate the wheel arrangement. The first number represents the wheels on each side at the front of the engine, followed by the number of drive wheels (the large ones), followed by the number of wheels behind the drive wheels. Mamod live steam locomotive and train on a garden railway layout Live steam is steam under pressure, obtained by heating water in a boiler. ... The Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early 20th century. ...

Walt Disney's wife, Lillian, was always supportive of Walt's train hobby. Walt named the new steam locomotive Lilly Belle in honor of her. The Lilly Belle was large enough for the engineer to ride aboard while taking cars with passengers around the track.

Walt's Barn

Walt Disney controlled the track of his backyard Carolwood Pacific Railroad from a special barn. The barn served as the storage facility for his rolling stock. It was also the central headquarters for the railroad's operations, with a central control console which included a fully functional signal system utilizing the "block" system -- lights on the control panel indicate the presence of a train in a particular block and update the signals accordingly. A railroad car (or, more briefly, car), also known as an item of rolling stock in British parlance, is a vehicle on a railroad or railway that is not a locomotive - one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. ...

The barn was also a place where Disney, a creative man, retired to when needing to relax or develop new ideas.

When the Holby Hills home was sold, the barn was to be demolished. Through the efforts of the Walt Disney Family Foundation and others, the barn was purchased and relocated to the grounds of the Los Angeles Live Steamers at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. The barn is now open to the public for tours through the Carolwood Pacific Historical Society. Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum (LALS) is a non-profit 501(c)3 public benefit corporation that was founded in 1956 by train enthusiasts for the purpose of educating people in railroad history and lore and to further the avocation of Live steam, gas-mechanical and electronic scale model... Welcome sign at Griffith Parks northwest entrance Griffith Park is a large park situated in the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles, California. ...

A predecessor to Disney theme parks

I want you to build the greatest place on Earth. And I want a train circling it.

The first train officially ran on the Carolwood Pacific Railroad on May 15, 1950. Walt used the train to entertain his daughters, their friends, and the children of friends who would visit for dinner, and sometimes the adults themselves. He spent hours upon hours working on his train, which he loved. The backyard railroad is credited with becoming part of his inspiration for the creation of Disneyland, first of the Walt Disney company theme parks. The first designs of the park included a live railroad that circled the park, and that part of the design was kept to the finished product. The existence of the Carolwood Pacific Railroad in Walt's backyard only became widely known to the outside world in the publicity relating to the opening of Disneyland in nearby Anaheim in 1955. May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Disneyland[1] is a theme park at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the 50 years since Disneyland opened, Walt's love of railroads have become in integral part of the Disney tradition. In addition to the original Disneyland in California, there are now railroads circling the Magic Kingdom in Florida, Tokyo Disneyland in Japan, Disneyland Paris in France and the forthcoming Hong Kong Disneyland in China. Cinderella Castle is at the center of the Magic Kingdom. ... State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... Tokyo Disneyland park is the first Disney theme park outside of the United States. ... Castle of the Sleeping Beauty in Disneyland Park Disneyland Resort Paris is a theme park in Marne-la-Vallée, near Paris. ... Hong Kong Disneyland is a theme park at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. ...

Walt's fascination with mass transportation led to the now synonymous Disneyland Monorail, and it's sister Walt Disney World Monorail in Florida which serves as a real form of transport with over 5 million annual passengers, (whereas the older and smaller Disneyland Monorail is more of an attraction).

Heritage

In 1999, Walt Disney's famous barn was Donated to the Los Angeles Live Steamers museum by Disney's heirs, and relocated from his former home to Griffith Park in Los Angeles, where a large railroad track about 1* miles long allows model railroaders to operate their own equipment and provide free rides to the general public each Sunday. Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum (LALS) is a non-profit 501(c)3 public benefit corporation that was founded in 1956 by train enthusiasts for the purpose of educating people in railroad history and lore and to further the avocation of Live steam, gas-mechanical and electronic scale model... Welcome sign at Griffith Parks northwest entrance Griffith Park is a large park situated in the Santa Monica Mountains in Los Angeles, California. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ...

At Griffith Park, the Disney Barn features displays of Walt Disney, Los Angeles Live Steamers (a group of which Walt was a member) and railroad related memorabilia. It is opened on the third Sunday of each month to the public. Guided tours are provided by members of the Carolwood Pacific Historical Society.

At Disney's Wilderness Lodge at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, there is a mini-museum devoted to Walt's love of railroads. Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon. ... State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ...

One of the steam locomotives at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, # 2, is named Lilly Belle, in honor of its Carolwood Pacific namesake. On October 21, 2003, Walt Disney World Railroad Steam Engine #3, the Roger E. Broggie was re-dedicated in honor of the late Roger Broggie, who was named a Disney Legend in 1990. It was longtime Disney Imagineer Roger Broggie who had built the original Lilly Belle for Walt's backyard Carolwood Pacific Railroad, where much of the fun began over 50 years ago. October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Disney Legends awards are given annually by The Walt Disney Company to honor individuals who have made a notable contribution to the company. ... WED Enterprises (WED), was formed as a separate company from Walt Disney Studios by Walt Disney in the late 1940s/early 1950s. ...

References

Broggie, Michael, (1997) Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom Pentrex Media Group: Pasadena, California ISBN 1563420090. Thomas, Bob, (1994) Walt Disney : An American Original, Disney Editions, ISBN 0786861290.

External links

• Carolwood Pacific Historical Society official website
• Carolwood Pacific unofficial website
• Disney's Barn website
• Los Angeles Live Steamers official website
• Disneyland Railroad today website
• Magic Behind the Steam Trains Tour webpage
• Hidden Mickey's Disney Train Secrets website
• History of the Disneyland Railroad
• Walt Disney World Dedication of Steam Engine # 3 Roger E. Broggie
• Walt's backyard railroad