In addition to newspapers, he sold fruit, candy and other snacks and amenities to passengers. When Walt was a little older he worked a summer job as a news butcher on that Santa Fe line. His father Elias once worked as a railroad machinist and carpenter and his uncle Mike Martin was an engineer on the Santa Fe line that rain past Marceline.

Walt came by his love of trains in his youth. The Heritage Auction event “The Art of the Disney Theme Park and Disney Storybook” will take place April 8-10. The original plans and blueprints are now part of a lot that captures this unique piece of Disney and Los Angeles history. “I just needed something to get myself away from things,” Walt once said of his decision to create this backyard railyard. Walt named the locomotive the Lilly Belle in honor of his wife Lillian.The train itself was a perfect 1/8-scale, 260-pound, coal-fueled, 7¼-inch gauge train.It featured 2,615 feet of track and a long curving tunnel so you couldn’t see the exit when you entered it.That germ of an idea eventually grew into Disneyland. He called his backyard hobby the Carolwood Pacific Railroad and in many ways it fueled Walt’s desire to build a special place where others could enjoy trains and other rides as a family. Walt Disney’s Holmby Hills home, where he lived in the 1950s, was situated on five acres which was the perfect space to indulge in his growing hobby of rideable miniature railroads. The historic lot is going up for auction next month on Heritage Auctions. This edition is currently not available.Some lucky Disneyana collector, or hopefully a museum or fan club like The Carolwood Society, will soon be the sole owner of the original plans for Walt Disney’s Backyard Railroad. This is a book all Disney collectors and railroad enthusiasts will want to experience! Over 300 illustrations, many previously unpublished. The complete history of the Disney railroads, from small scale models to steam trains for the Disney parks is covered. Walt's Carolwood Pacific Railroad included a 46-foot-long trestle, loops, overpasses, gradients, an elevated dirt berm, and a 90-foot tunnel underneath Mrs. By 1950, his enthusiasm for realistic model trains had evolved into an elaborate backyard live steam railroad. His first job was selling tobacco, candy, and newspapers on the Missouri Pacific line. Walt Disney's love affair with trains began in his hometown of Marceline, Missouri. Walt Disney, Diane Disney Miller, Ward Kimball, Ollie Johnston, Bob Harpur, Bill Cottrell, Roger Broggie, Bill Evans, and many others. This book unveils the private realm of Disney railroading through hundreds of photographs, many of which have never before been made public, and interviews with Mrs. Encouraged by Walt's family and railfans inside and outside the Disney organization, Michael Broggie has chronicled the tale of Walt Disney's personal involvement in railroading. Thousands of books and articles have been written about Walt Disney and his organization, yet few people realize the significance railroading played in the evolution of the Disney empire.

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