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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.

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Subject	Written By	Date/Time (PST)
Knott's railroad has a proud heritage	Glen Brewer	08-02-2015 - 19:04
Re: Knott's railroad has a proud heritage	Glen Brewer	08-02-2015 - 19:10
Re: Knott's railroad has a proud heritage	Margaret (SP fan)	08-02-2015 - 20:33
Re: Knott's railroad has a proud heritage	KRK	08-02-2015 - 20:38
Re: Knott's railroad has a proud heritage	KRK	08-02-2015 - 20:47
Re: Knott's railroad has a proud heritage	Margaret (SP fan)	08-02-2015 - 21:09
Re: Knott's railroad has a proud heritage	George Andrews	08-04-2015 - 21:42

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Margaret (SP fan) Wrote:
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> KRK Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 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.

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