Re: Knott's railroad has a proud heritage
Author: Margaret (SP fan)
Date: 08-02-2015 - 21:09
KRK Wrote:
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> One of the Live Steam pioneers in Southern
> California years ago was Richard "Dick" Bagley who
> did a lot of work for both Disney and the Knott
> Family regarding railroads, Log Rides, the Mark
> Twain, et al..
>
> At one time in the early days of the Disneyland
> construction, Dick was a member of a committee
> that was considering the possibility of building a
> three-foot gauge railroad that would be
> approximately ten miles in length, connecting the
> two Orange County theme parks, Knotts Berry Farm
> and Disneyland. However, as there were many other
> priorities at the time, this idea was dropped and
> never made it off the sketch pad.
>
> This would have been a grand idea for tourists
> visiting both parks IF the cities of Anaheim and
> Buena Park had supported the idea !!
>
> KRK
Oh, my! That would have ben so wonderful if the two
parks had been connnected by a railroad -- and using
steam locomotives, to boot!! I had no idea that had ever
been seriously considered. What a real shame it never
happened.