Locoboy5150 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2024 11:34 am
Thanks for the details Steve!
For some reason I got a little chuckle out of the fact that the locomotive inspector's name was "Leakey."
It actually was "Laekey," but it got auto-corrected.
Someone told me that the GT&C RR has been re-named to just the "Calico Railroad," and this is how it appears on their website. Is this really true?
Steve
The latest edition of Welcome Aboard the Disneyland Railroad! is now available to pre-order, with a special price for Burnslanders! You can read more about the book and pre-order a copy from http://www.burnsland.com/store/dlrrbook.shtml
Changing the name of the GT & C RR is an absolutely perfect example of a total no-no for us engineers - a solution to a problem that does not exist. To think that people actually get paid to think up this stuff!
They can change the name all that they want on the website in my book though. They just better not change the beautiful GT & C RR herald that is a tribute to the classic D & RGW herald.
"Hello folks. Welcome aboard the Disneyland Railroad."
Well, that's unfortunate. Talk about eliminating character. I didn't even like when the changed 41's name to "Walter K," from the original D&RG "Red Cliff."
Steve
The latest edition of Welcome Aboard the Disneyland Railroad! is now available to pre-order, with a special price for Burnslanders! You can read more about the book and pre-order a copy from http://www.burnsland.com/store/dlrrbook.shtml
The train talk in the video starts at 18:48. The talk about the Knott's Crown locomotive starts right afterwards.
Don't blame me Tractor - I did not utter a word as per your instructions to me at Frontier Village a few weeks ago! Someone else spilled the beans on camera!
I am not happy that the locomotive is not at the park any more but I am glad that the locomotive is in the hands of the right people.
"Hello folks. Welcome aboard the Disneyland Railroad."
"Arrow Development built all the ride systems for Disneyland in 1955, including it's a small world and pirates". I'm paraphrasing a bit, but come on. For a guy in animatronics, you'd think he'd at least get the basics right.
Back to the three foot stuff. Someone caught 340 out side of the shops in Durango recently and posted a photo on the Narrow Gauge page on FB. Boiler still on the frame , completely stripped.
