Behind the scenes at the Disneyland Railroad

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  • @Modeltnick
    @Modeltnick 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Was there in 1965 as a kid. The place was total magic and is really a national treasure.

  • @michaeldougfir9807
    @michaeldougfir9807 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mom took me to Disneyland when it was new. Been back 20 some times through the years. Love that place. I'm a big rail fan, but also enjoyed Mr Lincoln. Took my British wife there many years later. She was wowed!

  • @alec4672
    @alec4672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Wait is the monorail shop on top of the locomotive shop? I have no idea why but I find that very entertaining. The train of the future and the train of the past both being serviced under the same roof. Fantastic.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup! The original locomotive shop was a small tin building for the locomotives only The cars sat outside. In the 60’s when they were building the monorail the shop needed to be up high and the trains needed to be inside as they couldn’t really be uncoupled. So... why not put the steam shops under the monorail shops!! And then the whole trains could be pulled inside and never uncoupled.

  • @quadsman11
    @quadsman11 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I want to tell you just what an incredible treat it was to be able to see some of the otherwise hidden from the public items !
    The absolutely gorgeous private railcar of Walt Disney !
    WOW !
    Thank you for going through the arguous task of getting to get behind the scenes and into the inner workings of Walt's privately owned railroad !
    Thank you again !

  • @PlanesAndEmergencyVehicles
    @PlanesAndEmergencyVehicles ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to love trains so much, now i’m into planes. I still have joy for when i see something spectacular. Supposed to be going to travel town with my dad here soon in Griffith Park, CA!

  • @SequenceDr
    @SequenceDr 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, not boring at all, just stumbled onto this one as I watch many Disney biography's etc.. I never knew Walt liked to just drive the train & play so much. Thanks for the Video Toy Man!

  • @GeoZero
    @GeoZero 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Last year while the railroad is shut down for the Star Wars construction, they had the Lilly Belle parked at the New Orleans Square. I was able to talk the engineer into letting me, my buddy and our two kids go inside it. It was a blast to get a private tour of this famous train.

  • @TheMNrailfan227
    @TheMNrailfan227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I didn’t know these engines ran on live steam, I always thought they were dummy trains powered internal combustion engines

  • @HunterR909
    @HunterR909 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Before I was born, My mom workred for Walt Disney, In the secretary pool, At WED Productions,In fact she accidentally hit him with a typerwriter carrage, My mom apollogized, quite alot until Walt stopped her and replied, " No. Not Mr. Disney, Walt! " He wanter everyone to address him by his first name, Ohh Wow!!

  • @PowerTrain611
    @PowerTrain611 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was a volunteer at the Pine Creek Railroad in Farmingdale, NJ. Their first acquisition was Raritan River Sand Co. #10, a Baldwin built 3 foot gauge 0-4-0 saddle tank. That same engine is now Disneyland #4, the Ernest S. Marsh.They'll tell you it came from a lumber operation in New England, but that's not true. They probably say that for "romance" purposes, but I know for a fact it's the same engine. She even "went missing" on the way to Disney - for protection, she was shipped to California in a boxcar, and this resulted in her being accidentally routed to Chicago instead.

  • @Retnick
    @Retnick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    And it all started with a man wanting a railroad in his backyard

    • @zdproductions3903
      @zdproductions3903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Even before that: a young boy on a train

    • @LoganAnimates_Official
      @LoganAnimates_Official 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      its started as a child, then it started growing in a barn right here in california

  • @jeffreycroteau3544
    @jeffreycroteau3544 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for your video. Came across it today and it brought back memories! At 3:18 you have a close up of the #2 tender. As a 28 year veteran cast member of the Sign Shop, I was given the opportunity to create the lettering on the side as a throwback to the original Disneyland Santa Fe R.R. Also a fellow cast member and myself did all the lettering and gold leaf on the Lilly Belle refurbishment project. I created all the interior ceiling panels from one photo graph that existed. What a great time and labor of love! Retired now as of June 2020.

  • @jamesyee4143
    @jamesyee4143 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was very cool!!! Thanks for sharing 😊

  • @tonytattoo3132
    @tonytattoo3132 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    OUTSTANDING Documentary and Adventure....Didn't The Disney Train Bell ...also had a unique tone that Disney Tuned ? unforgettable Sound Of My Life

  • @owenmeschter9888
    @owenmeschter9888 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video! The behind the scenes of this railway is something I had too see!

  • @shamanohar
    @shamanohar 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for showing the behind the scenes of the wonderful Walt Disney's Steam Engines. Enjoyed watching the video

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are welcome!!! Have you seen any of out other disney shows? We have a series called "Walking With Walt". Sort of a remake of this show with LOTS of new stuff.

  • @9250td
    @9250td 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love Disneyland, I try to go once a week. Thanks for this video, it was so awesome!

  • @yerkees01
    @yerkees01 9 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Slight correction. The "Lilly Belle" was not Walt's private car. It's original name isn't even "Lilly Belle." This was originally part of the Retlaw 1 consist, number 106, and was called "Grand Canyon." It was just an observation car with similar seating to the other 5 Retlaw 1 coaches. When the coaches and combine were sold off, Disneyland retained the Grand Canyon and rebuilt it into the Lilly Belle.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +Mark Yerkes Hi Right. Misinformation on the car. Lots of misinformation on all things Disney! Hard to match legend to facts.

    • @stevecampbell7083
      @stevecampbell7083 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mark Yerkes j

    • @robertschmitz7782
      @robertschmitz7782 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for posting that, Mark. You saved me the bother

  • @ThePainTrain765
    @ThePainTrain765 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I went behind the scenes of the Disney world railway a few years ago!

  • @TheKurtsPlaceChannel
    @TheKurtsPlaceChannel 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice video and fun to watch. Have a nice day.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks!!! Keep watching. And you too have a nice day!

  • @TFN5459
    @TFN5459 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That is great footage that not a lot of people don't get to see, but you do have one little thing wrong. Walt never got to see the Lilly Belle as it is now. Walt died in 1966 while the car #106 didn't become the "Lilly Belle" until 1975 when it was opened up to V.I.P.s and members of Club 33. Prior to 1975 it was known as the Grand Canyon and was on the Retlaw 1 Passenger Train.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cool I didn't get a few things right. But I got most of it and had a BLAST. I dreamed of doing this for decades.

  • @BarlowJacob
    @BarlowJacob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really cool. Thank you.

  • @rainbowrunner1550
    @rainbowrunner1550 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I actually got to ride in the Lilly Belle car on one trip to Disneyland. Overall, the Disneyland Railroad is always satisfying to experience.

  • @paulgarcia5684
    @paulgarcia5684 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My mom & sister got to ride in the Lilly Belle coach once. Wish I was there. Working on the Disneyland RR would be a dream job.

  • @ToyManTelevision
    @ToyManTelevision  10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I can't seem to get the reply to work!! So I posting here. The tour was set up as part of the national narrow gauge convention. Disneyland will allow tours for groups, but you need to contact them several months in advance. They seem to like groups of about 15 - 20 people. They don't allow photography however this can be arranged for the area just outside of the round house. And perhaps inside if you are nice. But the rest of the area is right out. They worry about bad guys learning too much, and I for one totally get it. They are a target like it or not. And they do a great job of keeping millions safe in their parks without ever making problems for their guests.

    • @etaymarkman
      @etaymarkman 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      i never heard disneyland does/will do that nor it's on thier website. i heard walt disney world does roundhouse tours and disneyland, however, does cab rides

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      cab rides are easy. Hang out on Main st station and keep asking. Shops are HARD to get. You need a group. And like a year of talking.

  • @josephg9465
    @josephg9465 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was interesting, informative, and fun. Thanks for posting it!

  • @toshibavoodoo
    @toshibavoodoo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    AWESOME!!! Great video!

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks!!!!we have lots of other Disney video too! You might like?

    • @toshibavoodoo
      @toshibavoodoo ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ToyManTelevision Thanks, going to do a search of your channel, already see a lot more cool subjects youv covered!

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@toshibavoodoo check the “walking with Walt” videos. The first is the main video on the channel page. 5 total.

    • @toshibavoodoo
      @toshibavoodoo ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ToyManTelevision THANKS!! I'll check them out!

  • @kevinceniceros1690
    @kevinceniceros1690 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been in the backlot before at Disneyland. It is located behind the north end of the park. It is pretty huge and it does not look magical. We were also not allowed to take pictures. I know this because I marched in the Disneyland Parade during my 2010-2014 high school years. We used that area to get ready.

  • @robertschmitz7782
    @robertschmitz7782 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't remember the circumstance, but I got to ride in the Lilly Belle around the Park once. I also rode the tender around the Park. I have to be one of Disneyland's biggest fans. My first visit was in December, 1959.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  ปีที่แล้ว

      Oddly it’s easier to get a ride on a locomotive than the Lilly Bell.

  • @mr.potatohead9677
    @mr.potatohead9677 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I once rode in the Lilly Belle. It was a indescribable joy.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      They do offer a way to get a ride, and I have looked into that but as yet have never gotten to ride in the car. As of now they only run it on Fridays and first trip of the day is available for people who pay for a particular tour of the place. However next time we are in Disneyland going to try to figure out a way to get that Friday ride. I have seen where on Friday the car is left on the train throughout the rest of the day and certain people are allowed to ride it. But I think their members of the D 23 club or something like that

  • @AdmiralPreparedness
    @AdmiralPreparedness 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would kill for a photo of the Number 1 Disneyland Locomotive all steamed up and the Monorail above it. I love trains...Subscribed! Cheers.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks!! Love the Lilly Bell!!!! (#1). And the shops!! THey would not let us go up to the Monorail shops. Sad. High voltage!!!

  • @slfd2530
    @slfd2530 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    thx for sharing it was a blast to watch and enjoyed most certainly. best wishes

  • @TFN5459
    @TFN5459 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Lilly Belle is currently being refurbished, but she usually brings up the rear of Holiday 5 (Blue). She is expected to be back sometime this spring

  • @robsherwood2909
    @robsherwood2909 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Slight correction, the Monorail opened in 1959, and the Grand canyon Diorama was 1958. You say the 1960's.

  • @georgemoore7989
    @georgemoore7989 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video went on that tour myself which started my idea of a G-scale Disney layout in my back yard. I have a G-scale Lille Bell but can't find excurrsion cars. Would you have any Ideas on were someone could get this type of car. Thank You George

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They did make those cars. They were sold in the gift shop at Disneyland and as far as I know that’s the only place they were sold. I understand LGB made them? Anyway I’ve seen them and they’re really nice. But I defy you to find some. I’ve set up a search on eBay and haven’t had a hit yet.

  • @feelup74
    @feelup74 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great information and special view s love it

  • @ADAMan123
    @ADAMan123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Awesome video! My father worked to make the trains run on bio-diesel I'm so glad you mentioned that!

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Adam Ferry cool!! I always wondered why they smelled like that!

    • @GreenJeep1998
      @GreenJeep1998 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Toy Man Television Do they have a a french fry smell when they go by?

    • @GreenJeep1998
      @GreenJeep1998 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Adam Ferry What do they use as the base stock for their BioDiesel?

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not sure of the exact details. Its vegetable oil, Corn? Soy? Don't know.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nope. Its a nice smell, but not like that. Odd mix of smells, even like a swimming pool. But they treat the water too. Alter the PH and remove scale. The boiler they have on display is an old used one. One they replaced, and it looks 100% perfect. No scale, no corrosion. Perfect.

  • @CBFFan1
    @CBFFan1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved the 2 Disney train railroad train it’s the best train I have ever seen and I miss it

  • @ToyManTelevision
    @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    4:44 "the railroad runs most efficiently and can pull the most number of passengers when they have 3 trains on the line". Disneyland was the first attempt to run an amusement park train on a block controlled track. With 2 stations and 2 trains. That failed right away, they needed 3 trains to even come close to keeping up with the load. So in 58 they added a new train and another depot. In those days as each ride was one ticket, they didn't want people to stay on the train, so what ever depot you got on at, you were required to get off at. So, every train had its own station. And that worked well. Until they added a 4th train. And every train stopped at each station, the system they have now. And the system slowed way down. With 4 trains, often a train needs to wait at a red block while a train is loading people. With 3 trains the trains never catch up to each other. All green lights all the time. SO on some days they will add the 4th, knowing the system will slow down and stack up, but knowing they can pack 33% more people on board. So when you are there, hope they are running 3. The trains will come every 15 minutes, and you will get out of the stations faster and never stop at a red block to wait for a train ahead to clear the station. The only advantage to running 4 is the trains come more often. AND if people get on and off quickly you will be on the line for the usual amount of time. BUT more often the train will go slow in some places, and even wait in some places like just outside of the Primeval World. And while you may feel you got a better ride as it took longer, as you pay one price, what you want the ride to be fun, not long. And sitting waiting for a green light is not fun. So on busy days they will at times run 4 trains, only to make people feel the line is moving faster, which it isn't. But the trains do come more often. At Main St as one train is ofter waiting for a green, as soon as the train clears the station, another will pull right in. But with the system slower, fewer people will have ridden at the end of the day.

    • @erniedominguez2183
      @erniedominguez2183 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Toy Man Tel .
      vision

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not sure I understand the question...

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      This debate rages on. Mostly at Disneyland. When they can move people faster, 4 is better. But when loading and unloading is slower, the whole system backs up with 4. Hum...

    • @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329
      @thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fantastic commentary from you man

  • @cellogirl11rw55
    @cellogirl11rw55 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember riding on one of the trains in Disneyland, California when I was about 5 years old. It was a lot of fun, but, unfortunately, one of the exhibits burned down as we were passing it. As we passed the burning exhibit, they played a recording, saying, "The building is not on fire" over and over to keep everyone calm.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      cellogirl11RW ah the burning settlers cabin!! Classic. For years it burned. Than they changed it to s lighting effect. Than they just gave up on it. They always work to avoid pollution. For years they have been shooting fireworks into the air from air cannons.

  • @sargentrowell81
    @sargentrowell81 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was all of that part of the Disneyland equivalent of the "Magic behind our Steam" program?

  • @Steven_Rowe
    @Steven_Rowe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Greatstuff but surely the great thing will be to see UP 4014 brought back to life.
    A. Must see trip to the US I think.
    To stand close by the rails and feel it pass by will be the best

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you see the new edit??? Check the channel. Just before Christmas we went to Disneyland and had a ball and added some new footage including Walt’s apartment

    • @thatlindgirlinutah5829
      @thatlindgirlinutah5829 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Steven Rowe I live in Utah and Big Boy 4014 came thru our town on it's way to Wyoming a few years ago. It stopped in the town of Stockton, Utah, just a few miles south of us, and we were able to get up close to it. Awe inspiring and it made everyone understand why they call it a Big Boy. It's a beast! It was especially fun to hear the horn echo off of our mountains as it passed thru our town. I'm looking forward to the day when I get to see it return in all its glory too!

    • @Steven_Rowe
      @Steven_Rowe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Laure Lind ,Linda. She is huge, only the Americans xould do something so grand. The name vigboy came about my accident.
      Apprently when the first one was being built a young apprentice simply wrote with chalk BIG BOY on the smoke box door and the name stuck.
      I think to stand by the rack and watch her thunder by wouls be amazing, surely you would feel it through your feet.

    • @thatlindgirlinutah5829
      @thatlindgirlinutah5829 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      steven rowe It made our house vibrate as it lumbered past us on the track. It's massive and we could definitely see and feel the difference between it and today's lighter weight diesel engines. Our house sits within visual and walking distance to the UP track that bisects our valley and everyone was cheering as it went past us on it's way North towards Salt Lake City and then on to Cheyenne.

  • @10star9
    @10star9 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Video been there twice I see miss something OH well I guess I have too go back

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      SO very hard to get in the shop. Easer at Walt Disney World. But Disneyland all but impossible.

  • @FSXNOOB
    @FSXNOOB 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Walt was a legend :)

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was.... Complicated man... BUT the KING of screwing around.

  • @kyleredman4069
    @kyleredman4069 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video! very insightful.......i didint think that road was that big.............have you done any on Knotts berry farm?

  • @Train115
    @Train115 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is awesome!!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 😀😊😎😺
    👀
    👃🏼
    👄 and a face

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Benjamin VanRyn SUPER fun place. Lucky to get in to see it.

  • @lohphat
    @lohphat 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Retlaw not just owned the railroad and monorail and steamship but the old parking lot where DCA is now.
    Those working those attractions and areas were paid by Retlaw. This all changed when Retlaw went defunct in 2005.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Didn't know about the parking lot. leave it to Walt to figure a way to make a buck.

  • @BCSchmerker
    @BCSchmerker 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    *Thanks for some additional information* on the Disneyland RxR rolling stock; the private car resembles an 1870's Kimball refitted with Pullman furniture. The two 4-4-0's, original to Walt Disney Company's Retlaw Division, are very much scaled down from the once-ubiquitous Baldwin 8/27-D-2's of the mid-1870's - I reckon Burnham, Parry, Williams and Company, who ran the Philadelphia locomotive works at the time, would have likened the _Holliday_ and _Ripley_ to a possible 3'-0" gauge Class 8/18-D-1, except that the scaled-down cabs are a tight fit for not-so-small crewmen (Baldwin used scaled-down cabs only for 2'-0"-gauge four-coupled mine locomotives; the 3'-0" 4-4-0's Class 8/22-C-2 and 2-4-0's Class 6/18-C-1 used standard-gauge cabs). Three genuine Baldwins are also at Disneyland: Two 2-4-4's (don't know the official Class designation) with on-frame tenders, and one 2-4-0 Class 6/16-C-1 with separate tender. I reckon all five will undergo their 1244-day overhauls during phase one of Star Wars Land construction, which has the railway closed.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +B. C. Schmerker I'll bet they do. We are just back from The Golden Spike National Historic Site. Looked and Chads cool engines, and the connections to the Retlaw shops. Mostly looking at the colors, figuring out what the real colors were on the two engines. And the murals on the 119. Fun project!!

  • @marktzikas3078
    @marktzikas3078 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super video again. Keep up the good work!!

  • @tuongee562
    @tuongee562 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this! Thank you!

  • @Ericland_Entertainment_Inc
    @Ericland_Entertainment_Inc 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Toy Man, I want to build my own 7.5 inch gauge steam engine, I want to name it OL' Spazzy. Any advice for me? My model is supposed to look a little like C.K Holiday, but kinda different, along with a few different colors.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +EricRamirez101 /EricRamirezGaming 101 Not sure. Never built a 7.5 live steam. BUT there are thousands who have. Find the locals in your area. They can and will help.

  • @ilikeidoit
    @ilikeidoit ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s relly unfortunate that when I went the Disney land Rr was closed I was relly excited to ride it but it is what it is

  • @chanahyun259
    @chanahyun259 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder if the trains do run on steam or not because i can't see wood or coal in the three engine's tenders and bunker. (one of them has a bunker)

    • @johndeveney3878
      @johndeveney3878 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Henry The Green Engine all Disney trains are steam driven. The fuel is Diesel, LP gas used to be used, I believe

    • @faceplant93
      @faceplant93 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Biodiesel from all the fryers in Disneyland and the entire complex. I took the tour (where you also get to ride the Lilly Belle) and they shared that fact.

  • @zacksaulness
    @zacksaulness 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My Whole Life Could Of Been Like Walt Disney's

  • @jcodol3334
    @jcodol3334 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, I miss Disneyland....

  • @hexazalea1793
    @hexazalea1793 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did the Marie E get to stay at disneyland? I rember it from when it was in Reedly for its renovations. i dont rember what number it was but it was an 0-4-0 named after another animators wife. Its over a century old and beyond what i learnt at hillcrest i don't remember much.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It went back to justi creek. And was in the fire. But not hurt as I hear it. Hope they get it back together

  • @salereign
    @salereign 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    the guys that redid this car the last time all signed the inside of the interior wall before they assembled it

  • @kylenicholas3562
    @kylenicholas3562 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    ToyManTelevision did you know know that you can ride on the tender. I did I a few years ago and it was a great experience. Have you done it

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup!! Need to beg a bit. That's how I got the footage in the cab. AND an engineer badge!!!! Hanging in Garagemahal AND the Disneyland locomotive oil can!!

  • @Just_Another_Railfan
    @Just_Another_Railfan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do they run live steam at Disney world in Florida?

  • @conman5135
    @conman5135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here's a bit of back history about the railroad at Disneyland. At the beginning it had a corporate sponsor. AT&SF RY (Santa Fe). For many years' from the beginning to around the late sixties or early seventies they funded the operation. The first four locomotives are named for past presidents of the railroad the last being Ernest S Marsh whom I had the privilege of working for until his retirement and a great supporter of Walt Disney. As you know most of the pavilions had corporate sponsors'.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup. Disney worked for the ATSF as a young man.

  • @iDX1701
    @iDX1701 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    The image quality in this video is great! What did you shoot with?

  • @toptobottom247
    @toptobottom247 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It wasn't boring. Anything Disney is always good. At this point, I would rather pay to get backstage tours on how the magic happens. Or maybe that's just science part me talking.

  • @arnoldzavala5047
    @arnoldzavala5047 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    hey Toy Man Television. You should definitely visit the Travel Town and Los Angeles Live Steamers in Los Angeles, California in the heights of Griffith Park.

  • @seanmcculley
    @seanmcculley 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There is a yellow Retlaw car at the Disney barn in Griffith Park.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  10 ปีที่แล้ว

      I need to get over there. Haven't been in like 20 years.

  • @djmpvae27091978
    @djmpvae27091978 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool vid.

  • @artkaufman595
    @artkaufman595 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Argh! You're completely wrong about the Lilly Belle car. It was the Grand Canyon observation car until long after Walt died! It was part of the RETLAW-1 consist.

  • @altosax18
    @altosax18 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!!! When was this video taken? I only ask because engine 1 was sent offsite to start her restoration about a month ago. The Lilly Belle has been mainly attached to the end of the Holiday 5 train for the last couple years. The Lilly Belle has been out every time I go to Disneyland, I go at least a couple time a month. I know they leave it in the roundhouse on days when it rains. The last time I rode in it was in December. You have to ask to ride in it right when the parks open because they take reseverations for the day and the spots fill up quickly.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  10 ปีที่แล้ว

      THis was in September. Late September. Not sure if #1 was there. I think it was, the still is an older still shot. These engines get rebuilt so often, and with bio fuel, they burn so clean that the boilers are so darn clean. The cutaway is a discarded boiler! And it looks like it brand new!

    • @altosax18
      @altosax18 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Toy Man Television Thank you, #1 would have been there at the time. The Holliday left Disneyland around November 20, 2013.

    • @JonRailVideos2011-1
      @JonRailVideos2011-1 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      altosax18 Check 2:53 in the video to the left right next to engine #3.

  • @GuyGenie73
    @GuyGenie73 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting stuff. Why would they ever run four if three is more efficient.

  • @alejandrobarraganlopez3231
    @alejandrobarraganlopez3231 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's 3 UdeY (unidos de Yucatán) 3foot engines that Disney bought in the 70's .

  • @safetyfirstcompany2122
    @safetyfirstcompany2122 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a great video! Thank you for sharing your very lucky experience!

  • @Surfliner486
    @Surfliner486 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm confused what your talking about the Lilly belle has always been called that and it's always been red also engine 1 is down for a rebuilt it was supposed to come back end of November but no point since the line will be closing

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Surfliner486 The car Lilly Belle was called Retlaw and yellow for years. The locomotive has always beed Lilly Belle and Red.

  • @HOTRAILProductions
    @HOTRAILProductions 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice video!

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +CSX Productions Thanks. Had been wanting to get in there for years. And SCORE!

  • @nintony2994
    @nintony2994 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh dang I better stop 'screwing around' and press that subscribe button already 🤞

  • @davidhaddock5949
    @davidhaddock5949 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It would be good to see a little bit more of the engineering side of things rather tan just a general overview ! What are the regular maintenance issue's and whats involved with doing them, common problems ? .

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      David Haddock Trying to get back into the shops there to cover just such issues. Always difficult to shoot at Disney! Easier to get into the shop to Disney World and so we may do that.

  • @ToyManTelevision
    @ToyManTelevision  10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didn't know they changed the name on the car. I have spoken to several people who have ridden on it. It was on the train all the time, but now they think its "not up to their standards" and don't want to spend money on it. So its parked. Sad. Retlaw was the name of disney's company that owned the railroads and the Mark Twain. Walter spelled backwards.

    • @etaymarkman
      @etaymarkman 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      they completely renovated it as well. it used to be a yellow car, not red. and the interior got a full makeover

    • @Surfliner486
      @Surfliner486 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which car Is being renovated?

    • @etaymarkman
      @etaymarkman 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      The lilly belle, it WAS renovated. now none are probably some will be during the long closure

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +giladmarkman Have you guys seen the Rossi Ranch Railroad show here on the channel? Rob is the guy that bought 4 Disneyland cars for his private railroad. NICE GUY. Some people are very upset he was sold these 4 cars.

    • @etaymarkman
      @etaymarkman 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Toy Man Television i heard of it and watched some on youtube if you mean the place where the remaining four "Retlaw 1" cars are

  • @mushieslushie
    @mushieslushie 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have a bit of a factual error. You said Walt didn't ride in the Lilly Belle and instead preferred to drive the train. The more likely reason is that when the Lilly Belle entered service in 1975 he had been dead for 9 years.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well not exactly. I did miss a bunch but that was the year they changed to name. The car has been in service form opening day in 55.

  • @Syncopator
    @Syncopator 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    When you think about it, a lot of other things at Disneyland are essentially, little railroads-- maybe even *most* of the rides, certainly all of the dark rides for instance, which run on tracks. It's pretty clear Disneyland was fueled by a significant obsession with things that run on rails...

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Worked for Santa Fe as a kid. Now kids can't have jobs....

  • @Johnnyblaze8219
    @Johnnyblaze8219 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love how he calls his youtube videos Movies

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are! Technically any moving picture is a movie! First they were movies them they were soundies. So these are both

    • @Johnnyblaze8219
      @Johnnyblaze8219 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      well ya learn something new everyday

  • @xcab66
    @xcab66 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love how you talk! I want you to be my uncle!

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks!!!!!! I talk to much. So thanks!!!!!!!

  • @ADHDZach
    @ADHDZach 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Video! What camera are you shooting with?

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  10 ปีที่แล้ว

      I use the panasonic GH2 (H) you get someone to "hack" the software and boy does it look great! But it voids the warranty.

  • @MsDisneylandlover
    @MsDisneylandlover 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    they now have a tour where you ride in the train but I am sure you knew that

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hard to get on. Reserve at 7 am Friday. Sells out by 7:30.

  • @MikoRaphael
    @MikoRaphael 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!
    Just one thing though.. I hope you were referring to Disneyland as a "magic kingdom" instead of THE Magic Kingdom in WDW at 6:56

  • @bigpianoguy
    @bigpianoguy 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    How'd you get Jimmy Stewart to narrate your video? Gee whiz, Mary, I thought that he was long gone...!

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well a I just, I just well asked him and well he said sure. (actually got to work with him!! Back in the 70's on Mr krueger's Christmas)

  • @homefront3162
    @homefront3162 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like the Diaramas

  • @Ericland_Entertainment_Inc
    @Ericland_Entertainment_Inc 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for replying Mr Toy Man. I want to see the engine shop so badly now! Awesome video!

  • @rdgk1se3019
    @rdgk1se3019 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Lilly Belle from WDW was at Strasburg RR in 2010/2011

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which we had seen that!!!!!! Fun story about that loco. Lilly Disney got POed at the corp years ago and said I want the Lilly Bell back!!!! (The 7,25 inch gauge on display at Main St Disneyland depot) For some reason, someone thought she meant that loco, the one at WDW!!! And the legal people said, yup, it belongs to her. So they packed up the WDW loco. Before it was shipped, Lilly informed them of their little mistake. Oops. Anyway, she got her loco back, and they built a reproduction for the depot.

  • @raybiscoejr5684
    @raybiscoejr5684 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    who else thinks Disney land is in orlando because is actually in california. Disney World is in orlando florida.

  • @Surfliner486
    @Surfliner486 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    how did you get
    to do this behind the scenes tour

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Surfliner486 The Narrow gauge Convention set that up. Disneyland will allow tours for groups but this must be set up like a year in advance as the background check is huge.

  • @rockyfanatic6846
    @rockyfanatic6846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LEGO made a Disney train and made the R.P holiday and the lily bell and a passenger car

  • @etaymarkman
    @etaymarkman 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    how did you get into the roundhouse?

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The National Narrow Gauge Convention set it up. They will do groups, but you need months of lead time and they do a background check and check everyones ID.

    • @frankwelsch3306
      @frankwelsch3306 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Toy Man Television

    • @DerHistoryMeister
      @DerHistoryMeister 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A.... Background check? Good Lord.

  • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
    @Allan_aka_RocKITEman 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Toy Man Television → You mention in this video that the DISNEYLAND steam trains burn biodiesel. At *some* amusement park I have been to in the past - maybe one of the BUSCH GARDENS parks - they were operating steam trains which {at that time at least} burned propane.
    Do you know if there is a significant difference between the two fuels? {Thanks in advance.}

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think these did at one point. Not sure on that. BUT boy, what clean boilers!!!

    • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
      @Allan_aka_RocKITEman 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Toy Man Television → Even though it's NOT "traditional", it seems to me that more {whomevers} would switch to biodiesel or propane to cut down on maintenance manhours....

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The engines at golden spike ran on oil, but thy changed them to wood and coal to make them more correct. Must say, I do like the smell.

    • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
      @Allan_aka_RocKITEman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Toy Man Television → I suspect you're correct on that....

  • @chanahyun259
    @chanahyun259 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do they run on oil because theres no steam or smoke coming out of the funnel

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They run bio diesel. Sort of like french fry oil.

  • @yellowstonethepony7769
    @yellowstonethepony7769 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    such interesting video. l love it!

  • @LSM_Lover
    @LSM_Lover 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    0:27 GOLF CART ON TRAIN WHEELS!

  • @TCORV
    @TCORV 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    All we had to do was follow the damn train CJ

  • @edwardteats9580
    @edwardteats9580 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know the guy who was giving you the information on the half cut boiler! Friends dad

  • @southernwulf6983
    @southernwulf6983 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    what scale are those steam engines

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Brenton Carter The first 2 are scale models!!!! 5/8 scale. The rest are 1:1.

    • @southernwulf6983
      @southernwulf6983 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Toy Man Television thanks now I know what scale I'm going to do when I build a c19 with long tender

  • @117N7
    @117N7 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    when disney has more security for their trains than some railroads

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Than any railroad!! WOW. When I saw what it takes... Trucks are searched, mirrors under our bus. No photo rule..... OK I cheated. They said OK for the cutaway loco, but nothing more. WOW. Glad they looked the other way. I show one of the firework launchers, WAY off limits. BUt there it is........

  • @gextreme2381
    @gextreme2381 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's green! Ha!

  • @MsDisneylandlover
    @MsDisneylandlover 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    how do u get to go back stage

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Almost impossible at Disneyland. Easy at Disney world. Just keep getting lucky. Not supposed to video but we sneak.

    • @ToyManTelevision
      @ToyManTelevision  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      For now you can get into the apartment if you call that number in the show. Not the shops. For now. May change