Magic Mountain's "99 Steam Train" last day Part 2

[EMDX90]

Any remnants of the railroad in the park?

[bobz299]

Trollywood was removed with the steam train. It was part of the 99 steam train ride.

[DaltonTk423]

Is trollwood still there ? or did they take it out , it is kind of cute

[ptpaul2]

 Quechee Gorge Village at Quechee, Vermont and Canobie Lake park in Salem New Hampshire have Crown Metal Products locomotives . I have had the pleasure of operating them both. They are propane fired .

[97trainman]

how was that whistle built to make it sound deeper.

[bobz299]

@97trainman Don't know. May have been added later, and not a stock whistle. If I remember right, it was pretty big, and not to scale with the rest of the engine.

[eltonjohnfan100]

@97trainman well, the valve is small, and of course dosent let att 200 lbs go thru tha valve, and plus the whistle is made of a long tune, therefore making th pitch low :)

[jimromerulez]

thanks for this.

as a young kid in the 70s I remeber the kids section before bugs bunny. Unfortinatly this is the only video of this section of the park.

[erikals2]

@jimromerulez loved all the troll signs - 'Coca Trolla' was my favourite - everytime I see it it still makes me smile

I wonder if Trollywood is still around and how the park visitors get to where they want to go

[thomasrosiefan1]

what happened to the train after the line closed?

[Ramjet1975]

It's a shame, this engine will not demand an insane price as a piece of MJ stuff. It will never run again. SAD.

[bobz299]

@Ramjet1975

After the ride closed, it was stored in the back lot of Magic Mountain. What we call the boneyard. The engine, cars and track sat there for about 20 years. Finally, a guy that worked at the park talked them into letting him have it all. This guy also owns a dog kennel about 4 miles from Magic Mountain off I-5 at Calgrove. He restored the engine, and one car, and has it on display in the yard of his dog kennel. The engine is ready to fire up and go, but no track to ride on.

[DV5100Z]

Yes...my loco went to MJ's Neverland. But they had been using a 1/2 scale 3 foot gauge loco and my full size loco was too big and I don't think ever really ran at the ranch. There was a curve the loco would derail on as it was too tight radius.

[DV5100Z]

Neat stuff!! I was an engineer on the Carowinds RR. We had a Crown 3ft gauge 4-4-0 and a 1890's era 2-6-2. The 4-4-0 ended up at Neverland when Carowinds shut down the RR. The other loco is in a collection in N. California. Seems like all the parks but Knott's and DL got rid of the trains! Thanks

[geargrinder12]

@DV5100Z wait neverland as in Michael Jackson's neverland

[guitboxchicken]

@DV5100Z Knoebel's in Elysburg PA still has a 15 inch gauge, COAL FIRED, crown metal products locomotive. The cars are from a previous train and earlier vintage. Hershey Park in Hershey, PA Still runs steam too, also Crown Metal, and 2 foot gauge. I know, I've ridden on them!