Jim Wrote:
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> two of the original 1955 Steam locomotives for the Disneyland Railway were built from scratch. Every subsequent locomotive has been referbished from an existing locomotive, such as a cane hauler from Central America.

You must mean THE TWO original steam locomotives, #1 - C.K. Holliday, and #2 - E.P. Ripley - were built by W.E.D. Enterprises. In the early days there were only two stations (Main Street and Fantasyland) and the two trains ran in opposite directions (thus the passing siding at Main Street, which today is used only as a display track for the handcar.) One train was a passenger train (which now belongs to the Pacific Coast Railroad - see below) and the other a "freight train" - stock cars, where originally the passengers had to stand! That train is still in service today, but with benches installed.

#3, Fred Gurley, was put into service in 1958 and was originally a Louisiana sugar cane plantation locomotive. It was originally built by Baldwin in 1894, is Disneyland's oldest locomotive and a workhorse.

#4, Ernest S. Marsh, was built by Baldwin in 1902 for another Louisiana sugar cane plantation. It went into service at Disneyland in 1959.

#5, Ward Kimball, is Disneyland's newest addition having been added to the fleet in 2005. It was also built in 1902 and came to Disneyland by way of the Cedar Point Amusement Park but originally served in Louisiana like the #3 and #4 engines. This engine is the only Disneyland locomotive NOT named for a former President (or Chairman) of the Santa Fe Railroad; Ward Kimball was one of Disney's best known animators and had his very own backyard railroad - a bit larger than G gauge, or 7.5 inch gauge for that matter.