Walt Disney World Railroad #3 - Roger Broggie

Engine #3 departs Toon Town station headed for Main Street.

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[bcschmerker]

@bruiser3601 Stephenson valve gear on a post-1920 U. S. major-works locomotive build other than a Lima Shay (where physical geometry around the cylinders and crankshaft was the limiting factor) must very much be the exception. But Baldwin also used slide valves on both smaller locomotives and the low-pressure pistons of Mallet compound articulateds (such as California Western #46 a 2-6+6-2) into the 1930's.

[pennyf9]

@bruiser3601 Weren't they given new boilers? also, doesnt Tweetsie work on these for repairs?

[bruiser3601]

@bcschmerker Yes, you'd have thought that, in 1925, it would have had Walschaerts valve gear and piston valves. The FCUdY had been buying 4-6-0s from Baldwin since 1903, and probably just asked for 'more of the same'. The present-day 'Roger Broggie' was one of a pair, delivered as wood-burners. A builder's photo of its twin (which is now WDW No.1 'Walter E Disney') appears on page 56 of 'Mexican Narrow Gauge' by Gerald Best. It shows it with inside valve gear, slide valves and a cabbage stack.

[bcschmerker]

@bruiser3601 In which case, the mods look expertly done. Most post-1920 locomotives would have Walschaerts valve gear, but these now have the Stephenson valve gear correct for most pre-1920 orders at the Baldwin Locomotive Works.  (Note: Virginia & Truckee #29, a 2-8-0, uses Walschaerts gear with slide valves, a transitional build.)

[bruiser3601]

@bcschmerker The locomotives at WDW are all ex- Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatan. No.3 is the former U de Y No.275, built by Baldwin in 1925. Under the supervision of its namesake, Roger Broggie, it and the other locos were all 'back-dated' to 1880s appearance for their new lives at WDW.

[bcschmerker]

This is a well-done contemporary execution of the ten-wheeler. Is this an in-house build of the Disney company, as are Disneyland RR ## 1 and 2 (which are 4-4-0's)?

[Fireheart528]

@Beezonit whats it take to get that kind of position and how long does it usually take to get to that position? any required training? any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Dinosorable]

Beautiful engine!