Disneyland’s five-eighth scale locomotives are simply larger models of the Carolwood Pacific Railroad trains that ran in Disney’s backyard. “I’m so short they call me five-eighths here on ...

The engine is named after one of Walt Disney’s “nine old men” of animatIon. It takes a crew of two people in the steam locomotive to run each train. One is the engineer, like Lord.

The locomotive dubbed the Walter E. Disney will be used for the testing. That engine finished its refurbishment while the railway was closed last year. The locomotives project started with Lilly ...

Steam train engineer Mark Gonzales shares a passion for trains with Walt Disney, who loved to hop on the Disneyland locomotives that make the park’s famed Grand Circle Tour and never wanted to ...