Walt Disney built a 2,615-foot railroad in his backyard in 1950; when his house was demolished decades later, one tiny barn was saved and moved

For a few years in the 1950s, Walt Disney had an unusual feature in his Holmby Hills backyard: a working miniature railway stretching for more than half a mile. The Carolwood Pacific Railroad ran for ...
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The (almost) forgotten tales of Disney animator’s Grizzly Flats Railroad in San Gabriel

Building and operating a full-scale railroad in your backyard would be a dream come true for many devoted railfans, and renowned Disney animator Ward Kimball lived that dream for more than 60 years at ...