Horse Drawn Streetcar, October 1971

There are fans of the Main Street Vehicles (like me) - I just like knowing that they are there. And if you like the vehicles, such as the Horse Drawn Streetcar, you probably like the wonderful horses that pull the Streetcars! I mean, who doesn't like a nice horse? (Horses that bite, different story!). 

Here's a magnificent Belgian Draft Horse, I always thought horses were bottled, but I guess they are on tap too. Oh man, I'm hilarious! Send me money. This fellow is huge, and (from what I understand), plenty strong enough to pull the vehicle without much trouble. I'm not sure if it is ever OK for guests to interact with the horses - it's best to ask the driver, at least, but it often occurs to me that many young people (and even a lot of older folks) have never seen a live horse up close before.

I want to give him a carrot, or maybe a sugar cube (my understanding is that horses would not appreciate my Thermos full of Beef-a-roni - you learn something every day!). I recall a Disney News article decades ago that gave details about how pampered these animals are, and it made me glad to know it.

EXTRA! EXTRA! Our friend Bu emailed a recent photo from the Firehouse at Disneyland, in relation to yesterday's post. I got home too late to share it then, but I wanted you to see it, so you can take a look and compare it to the vintage photo from the other day. Here's what he said: …interesting how they covered up the buttons…they must still be there underneath that frame.  I like the buttons better.  Also interesting that they took out the sconce to the left: and just covered it up.  There’s other interesting forensics here: I’m glad to see most of the firehouse still intact! THANKS, BU!