Tom Morrow
05-14-2007, 12:31 AM
Ward Kimball's Backyard Railroad Closes
Ward Kimball's Backyard Railroad - The End (http://www.thedisneyblog.com/tdb/2007/05/once_upon_a_tim.html)
The Disney Blog
Once upon a time, I had the pleasure and the honor of riding on Ward Kimball's backyard railroad, the Grizzly Flats. Mr. Kimball was there (it was also an honor to be in his presence), as were lots of other Disney veterans and fans, such as a the late great David Mumford. Bob Pool of the Los Angeles Times writes about the end of an era in the unassuming suburban residential neighborhood of San Gabriel where the Kimballs entertained us. (Railroad ends a long run on a short track (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trains12may12,1,5914358.story) - Los Angeles Times)
The train depot, used in a Disney film, was replicated for the Frontierland/New Orleans Square station of the Disneyland Railroad after Kimball refused to give the original back to Walt Disney. So what's becoming of the old depot?
The old depot was offered to the Orange Empire museum but was rejected because of the cost required to convert it from a flimsily built movie prop into a structure open to the public, Kimball said. Instead, it is being given to collector John Lasseter, a Sonoma resident who is chief creative officer of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios. The antique wooden water tower will also be offered to Lasseter when his representatives come in a week or so for the depot, Kimball said.
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Ward Kimball's Backyard Railroad - The End (http://www.thedisneyblog.com/tdb/2007/05/once_upon_a_tim.html)
The Disney Blog
Once upon a time, I had the pleasure and the honor of riding on Ward Kimball's backyard railroad, the Grizzly Flats. Mr. Kimball was there (it was also an honor to be in his presence), as were lots of other Disney veterans and fans, such as a the late great David Mumford. Bob Pool of the Los Angeles Times writes about the end of an era in the unassuming suburban residential neighborhood of San Gabriel where the Kimballs entertained us. (Railroad ends a long run on a short track (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-trains12may12,1,5914358.story) - Los Angeles Times)
The train depot, used in a Disney film, was replicated for the Frontierland/New Orleans Square station of the Disneyland Railroad after Kimball refused to give the original back to Walt Disney. So what's becoming of the old depot?
The old depot was offered to the Orange Empire museum but was rejected because of the cost required to convert it from a flimsily built movie prop into a structure open to the public, Kimball said. Instead, it is being given to collector John Lasseter, a Sonoma resident who is chief creative officer of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios. The antique wooden water tower will also be offered to Lasseter when his representatives come in a week or so for the depot, Kimball said.
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