Ward Kimball Tomorrow at Grizzly Flats - Part 1

[squirreland]

i hope i am miss-reading this but does mr. kimball's railroad no longer exist?

[Charliecomet82]

Snyder did a Christmas "Tomorrow" show on a steam excursion train with "E. M. Frimbo" as his special guest in 1975(?) I didn't see it (was too young to stay up that late then,) but read about it in Trains Magazine. Is that available anywhere?

[gymnastix]

I bought a miniature, plastic train set myself this Christmas--one engine, one caboose and a small circular track. Someday, if finances permit & I may obtain larger living quarters, I hope to acquire a full-size model train set. Does anyone out there know if Lionel is the gold standard in model trains, or if some other brand?

[trainchugger53]

If I were you, liking detail, start with MTH

[gymnastix]

I saw this when it first aired, was hoping I'd see it again someday. Thank you so much for uploading this! I believe Tom also had either this man or another train collector on his CBS program, and of course Tom's water tower, seen at the beginning, at the bumpers & the end of his "Late Late Show," was a symbol of his love of railroads & model trains.

[BrickstarRunner]

are they both dead? I will miss them both if they are

[sandysoup]

Sadly, yes.

[rwundrock]

As I remember, Snyder was a train guy and modeler.

[trainboy94]

R.I.P. Tom Snyder and Ward Kimball

[salvador75]

So cool how another master Disney animator, Ollie Johnston had the same appreciation of trains. I'll be interesting to see if that's mentioned at all...thanks for posting!

[alexweihmann]

GREAT

[idolatrize]

WOOOW, this is amazing!

[comnsense1001]

Fantastic video. Thanks for posting it. Two legends that gave us so much while they were here.  These men really knew how to enjoy life.

[tk0173]

Ward was a great animator and an even greater person. Thanks for posting these!

[ladyoflongbourne]

My family and I live just a few blocks from Ward's house and we love to walk or drive by and see whats left of the old track in the front yard and the water tower and other buildings you see in the video toward the back. I loved hearing about how things were in the neighborhood back in the day. Ward was one of my favorite "nine old men". Thank you for posting this, its a treasure. My husband works for Disney and all his co-workers are enjoying it too.

[derwood5000]

Thank you for sharing this, Ward was quite a guy. I love how, at the beginning of part 1, Tom Snyder is completely winded, while much older Ward is breathing easy.

[MrBongers]

Wonderful ! Thank you for posting this !  Wow.