Originally Posted By Cindermomster If you say so. I admit I have no references. But I have read about the other train on several occations. At one time there were four trains at Disneyland. That is if you count Casey Jr.
Originally Posted By smd4 I am the author of the only two books ever written about the Disneyland Railroad. I assure you a train never went in "the opposite direction," regardless of what you've read. Disneyland did start out with two locomotives and two train sets. Currently, they have five locomotives and four sets of cars.
Originally Posted By topdisneymom Okay, so is it just me that thought there was a dog on the porch once unpon a time?
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove <<I am the author of the only two books ever written about the Disneyland Railroad>> Neat! Could you share with us the title? Our childhood memories sure play funny tricks on us...
Originally Posted By smd4 >>>Neat! Could you share with us the title?<<< Sure! "Welcome Aboard the Disneyland Railroad! The Complete Dinseyland Railroad Reference Guide" and "From Plantation to Theme Park: The Story of Disneyland Railroad Locomotive No. 5, The Ward Kimball."
Originally Posted By smd4 "From Plantation" is even available through LaughingPlace: <a href="http://www.laughingplacestore.com/Product-9941.asp" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplacestore....9941.asp</a>
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Congratulations! That Maud L story sounds fascinating. I think that anyone who is really into trains would appreciate your book, according to the description at the LP store site. Neat!
Originally Posted By Cindermomster Oh alright. I conceed. But I need to clarify. Were there not two sets of tracks occupied by two different trains? If not, I guess I really have been thrown for a loop!! lol
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Cindermomster... If you're going WAY back, yes... There were two sets of tracks. One for the DLRR and one for the Viewliner - the ground-level predecessor of the Monorail. The ran side-by-side (going in the same direction ;-) .
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I had heard that there were two Viewliners, one in Fantasyland and one in Tomorrowland. They had tracks that ran right alongside each other, but the entrances were in their respective lands, and one ran in the opposite direction of the other. I don't know if that's true or not, but I seem to remember reading that somewhere, which could have led to the confusion...
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Hmmmm... I don't recall seeing more than two total tracks in any photos, FA. I really think it was just the two (one for Viewliner and one for DLRR). I'm not sure how many Viewliner trains they had, but I bet DLandDug or another LPer will know.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Ahhhhhh... The magic of Google! <a href="http://davelandweb.com/viewliner/" target="_blank">http://davelandweb.com/viewliner/</a>
Originally Posted By wonderingalice From the photos, it appears that the tracks converged in places, but were not side-by-side over entirely identical routes.
Originally Posted By smd4 Viewliner: there were two Viewliners--a Fantasyland Viewliner and a Tomorrowland Viewlinder. I believe they shared the same track, portions of which paralleled the DRR main line. The Viewliner used a narrower 30" gauge track (the DRR is 36" gauge track--the distance in inches between the rails). The Disneyland Railroad: Yes, it did have "two sets of track"--but only in two places. These second sets of track are called "passing sidings." There was a siding at Main Street (a vestige of which still remains) and at Frontierland. When there were only two trains, one train would only stop at Main Street, and make a complete, non-stop trip around the Park. The other train only stopped at Frontierland before making the same non-stop trip. When the Main Street train was boarding passengers at Main Street, the Frontierland train would use the passing siding to go around it. When the Frontierland train stopped at Frontierland, the Main Street train would depart and then go around the stopped Frontierland train, using the passing siding there. So, you would often see two trains *next* to each other, but they ALWAYS went in the same direction, basically leap-frogging their way along the line. (As a side note--they had to go in the same direction for mechanical and practical reasons--the roundhouse was built to accommodate the engines facing the same way, and the "blowdown" vent had to be on one side of the track).
Originally Posted By Cindermomster Thanks for the info smd4!! I did look online for more about the viewliner but didn't find much. Thanks too to wonderingalice for the website address!!
Originally Posted By DismayingObservation The funky dude in the rocking chair never had a banjo. The music always came from within the shack as if someone was playing it inside of there. Too bad the Viewliner was before my time. Oldsmobile provided the engines and I believe the dashboards as well. Can you imagine sitting in the cab of the loco and staring at the wonderfully chrome-laden dash of a '58 Olds?
