tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post765386667142868810..comments2024-03-28T00:37:20.261-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Disneyland Railroad at Frontierland Station, 1973Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-14577925061596188882018-12-27T12:16:15.644-08:002018-12-27T12:16:15.644-08:00One of the highlights of my Disneyland visiting ca...One of the highlights of my Disneyland visiting career was to be able to stand on that side of the track during the recent rail shutdown while the ROA was re-routed for Wookie World. But there was only one train to see, and it wasn't moving. Very fine photos indeed.<br /><br />A friend bought a caboose years ago and turned it into his office behind his house. Cheaper than a building and no permit required since wheels. Sadly, all burned down in last year's fires.<br /><br />@Ken and Dean, I read an article once in an architecture magazine where Disneyland was referred to as "Transportation Porn", citing not only the trains, but submarines, spaceships and many other vehicles. The author was dismissive of Disney and the whole concept of the immersive environment as "artificial" etc. The world of "High Architecture" has always hated Disney because Disney made modern environments that people enjoyed, unlike the oppressive "Architecture" of the schools, which no one likes, but we all must endure in the real world. We silly citizens, who do not know what is good for us, must be guided by our betters, who alone have taste. Disneyland proves in many ways that the Architectural Emperors have no clothes.<br /><br />@Mike Cozart, I am unfamiliar with any reasons why those smaller barrels would be painted that way, but it seems like it was done so specifically and consistently that it would not be accidental. I would be very interested to hear why.<br /><br />JGJGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456196709930408585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-20547147561986128122018-12-26T21:33:59.864-08:002018-12-26T21:33:59.864-08:00RED RUNG
RED RUNGRED RUNG<br />RED RUNGMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-49710058460683628072018-12-26T13:34:16.586-08:002018-12-26T13:34:16.586-08:00MAJOR: these shots were obviously taken by an emp...MAJOR: these shots were obviously taken by an employee or “guest” of an employee since the photographer is standing on the non-guest side. Great and rare views!<br /><br />Your observation regarding the fire barrels and prop freight being unweathered : that would be an authentic detail since a actual “live” or functioning railroad would be shipping new freight. The fire barrels would also be kept in fine shape and brightly painted since they were a necessary tool to help put out potential fires which were a constant threat to buildings of the 19th Century. <br />The fire barrels and fire buckets and chests can be seen still at Frontierland and man street stations and the Bear ( Criiter) Country trestle. These are authentic details that seem to have been left off the newly added Frontierland area reduction trestles. <br /><br />Fire barrels were usually filled with sand. But as much as I know about the Disneyland Railroad and real period railroads I have a question: the Frontierland Station has always featured the large red fire barrels .... but also smaller keg size barrels that feature a top and upper rung painted red-with the lower portion remaining a natural wood.<br />Does anybody know if that has a historic fiction, use or meaning ??MIKE COZARThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616421722228113410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-7761953977116056982018-12-26T10:52:58.407-08:002018-12-26T10:52:58.407-08:00These are some great shots. Thanks to our mystery ...These are some great shots. Thanks to our mystery benny factor and the Major for posting. Makes me want to hop off here for some clam chowder (in a bread bowl of course) on a cold boxing day. Alonzo P Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529651580262634489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-13978696916705593622018-12-26T10:16:47.225-08:002018-12-26T10:16:47.225-08:00I like that these shots aren't just, "Ooh...I like that these shots aren't just, "Ooh, pretty trains" - it looks like they were taken by somebody familiar with and interested in how a railroad operates.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-54067936484037230492018-12-26T09:56:27.589-08:002018-12-26T09:56:27.589-08:00I think it was Sam Gennaway who made the case that...I think it was Sam Gennaway who made the case that Disneyland was primarily a transportation museum before the massive dark rides in the 1960s.Dean Findernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-49376883314937857222018-12-26T09:26:58.355-08:002018-12-26T09:26:58.355-08:00When you think bout it, Disneyland has had a lot o...When you think bout it, Disneyland has had a lot of railway system transportation type attractions through the years. There's the Disneyland Railroad, Horse-Drawn Streetcar, Mine Train thru Nature's Wonderland, Casey Jr. RR, Viewliner, Alweg Monorail System and PeopleMover. That's seven right there. That was Walt and his love of trains. Demonstrating different modes of transportation from the past, present and future including the rail.<br /><br />These are awesome shots. Of course Mysterious Benefactor has shared some pretty amazing Frontierland pics before. Thank you, MB and Major.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-68242180366398158082018-12-26T09:07:06.667-08:002018-12-26T09:07:06.667-08:00There is something about a train. I love aviation,...There is something about a train. I love aviation, but it lacks the magic of the railroad, especially the steam era. Who wouldn't want to be an engineer for just one trip around the park? Oh, and I would love to take the Monorail for a spin as well. Thanks Major and MB for the scans.JC Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15266914255406912159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-41562602847924017482018-12-26T08:00:39.257-08:002018-12-26T08:00:39.257-08:00I'm sorry to say that the caboose is no more. ...I'm sorry to say that the caboose is no more. I seem to remember the reason is that the guy in the caboose observed the train for derailings, reset track switches, etc...all of which is now done electronically. There was a time when the cabooses were being sold off, that the average Joe could buy one for fairly cheap. Alas, that is much harder to do now, so unfortunately the "end of the caboose" era and the "tiny home" era didn't really overlap. Crud.stu29573https://www.blogger.com/profile/01965083590581106701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-23716903716781522522018-12-26T00:08:48.011-08:002018-12-26T00:08:48.011-08:00Major-
Some wonderful shots, here. Once again - ...Major-<br /><br />Some wonderful shots, here. Once again - if you didn't know the 'scene' was part of a theme park, located in Anaheim, California, you'd think you were looking at a station somewhere in small town America. Pretty incredible.<br /><br />Thanks, Major, and 'our Mysterious Benefactor'.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com