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I didn't say it above, but I am somewhat convinced that Lancaster made the Disneyland caps. Odds are good that someone at the Santa Fe or a former employee was asked where they got their uniform caps from. Desmond's was likely the answer, and I would hazard a guess that Lancaster manufactured the ca...

It's been a while on this subject. A few thoughts on the original 1955 conductor hats/caps. I did see an original at one point. It has a label from Desmonds, in Southern California. Desmond's was originally a hat shop, but by 1955 had developed into a full-service chain of department stores, with cl...

Photo on Facebook this morning shows #5 back in service.

Well done!

Update! As of 8/22/16, only 12 seats remaining available! Save your place aboard soon!

We have added a second car for this trip due to demand. And it has a bit of a Disney connection! The dorm-lounge "Acoma" was built in 1937 for the famed Santa Fe Super Chief. That same year, Walt and Lillian traveled aboard the Super Chief from Los Angeles to Chicago on their way to and fr...

Join us for a private railroad car excursion from Los Angeles Union Station to San Luis Obispo and back, on Saturday, October 15, 2016. We will be traveling aboard the Dome Dining Car, "Silver Splendor". All to benefit the steam locomotive "Emma Nevada" project! If you have visit...

There was a plan to have a new boiler built for the locomotive. It was disassembled by volunteers to start the process. I don't know all of the details, but I believe money was advanced for the project and it was never completed. Someone with more intimate knowledge willing to speak on the subject m...

Overall, it is a nice exhibit.

And yes, there are a number of items seen before, both here at Disneyland and at the Walt Disney Family Museum exhibitions.

If you haven't seen these items before, worth a visit.

So... Today, a story on the Emma Nevada project at OERM - http://micechat.com/121790-disney-railroads-wardkimball-connection-continues/ And over on my own blog, a story about surviving Baldwin 3-foot narrow gauge steam locomotives in California and Nevada - http://www.theblueparrot.info/survivors-fr...

A further update. Midway informed me that they have no way to shape the faux/plastic cane. Still working on alternatives. It may be that a custom basket maker can produce the wicker cane part of the cap and the lower part produced by another manufacturer could be joined as a final product. Price of ...