WALT DISNEY'S BACKYARD RAILROAD

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Autos & Vehicles

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• CAROLWOOD
• PACIFIC
• RAILROAD

[ubdisani]

Your dad was very lucky to have had a ride on Walt's backyard railway, Iv'e been on the railroad at Walt Disney World, which was great fun and I love steam trains just like Walt.

[jtkirkfan2002]

A bit of trivia: If you were at Disneyland in the late '50's or early '60's, you may have been on a train driven by Walt himself. We would often dress in his engineer's outift in the little apartment on Main Street and pull the cap down low to dart over to the train station. The next train to come in, he would tap the engineer on the shoulder and say, "You're on break." He'd run the train for a few times around to unwind.

[ubdisani]

@jtkirkfan2002 Thanks for the trivia, I've only been to Walt Disney World but one of the highlights of that trip, was the train ride around the Magic Kingdom, so I just had to make this tribute .

[Chris9017]

Walt Disney, You're my Hero, and inspired me to follow my dream on being an engineer for your Railroad at Disneyland.

[GregInCalifornia]

Thanks for sharing this awesome video!

[tommy4trains]

hey i looked up the address of the site of waltdisneys home and today i dont know if im right but it shows a huge mansion at the location

[supermotogreg]

One of the old engines with its set of passenger cars that ran at Disney World are presently being restored. Walt would be so happy to see their rebirth. Railroad track is being layed for them to run on when they have been completed.

[HunterR909]

Walt Disney once met my mom by accident, when the typerwriter carriage my mom was typing on, came back and hit him, because he was standing too close.

Well you can imagine how flustered my mom was, and she was " I 'm sorry Mr Disney, Please Forgive me Mr. Disney, " and so on, finally he stopped my mom and said, " Not Mr. Just Walt ", I tell you, I never met him, but that speaks volumes of just how down to earth he was.

[ABOSS302]

I did get to be the Brakeman on Ward Kimball's Nevada back in the 80's for its long awakening at Grizzly Flats. The Chloe was running as well. What a day!

[babyimafirework]

My dad rode on Walt Disney's backyard train with Walt himself! My dad had gone with my grandma to visit someone at Walt's house, and my dad was a kid, so he had nothin to do. Walt (who my dad didnt even know who he was), saw my dad and ask if he wanted to ride on his train. He took him outside and my dad got to ride the train like the kids in this video! And he didnt even know it was WALT DISNEY!!! this is a cool vid btw

[wrmrrm]

Thanks for posting.

[jtkirkfan2002]

@ubdisani If you really want to know more about Walt and his love for railroading, check out the Carolwood Pacific Historical Society. (carolwood (dot) com). It was founded by Michael Broogie, son of the late Roger Broogie, Disney Imagineer and namesake of WDW's engine number 3.