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The Grizzly Flats Train and More

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As promised, we continue our exploration of the Grizzly Flats barn. Inside the barn is the Grizzly Flats train. For some strange reason, it's not all together so it's a good thing that I decided to stick around and fully explore the barn and discover the rest of the train! This is actually the first thing you see upon entering the barn and then you see the engine which I shared in my previous post . These really do remind me of the horse drawn trolley cars at Disneyland! You know I had to know what that little sign said... No, I didn't climb up on the train, LOL. As I continued exploring I came upon another train, much bigger than the Grizzly Flats. I was drawn to inspect it. They had such beautiful artwork back then...in places where hardly anyone would notice! See that leg? It belongs to a tall man. That should give you an idea of just how BIG the wheels are on this train! At the back end of...

Blues, Steampunk and Disney!

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I'll bet you never thought you would hear Blues music at a Steampunk Carnivale held at the Orange Empire Railway Museum - a museum that housed Disney related history, right? Well I did! My nephew is the lead singer of that Blues band. They are called The BoneThumpers and you can find them on Facebook. Take a listen here. It was great listening to the live performance but once the Steampunkers started to arrive, I ran off to take pictures. Check out this guy! I took tons of pics but didn't want to post them all here. We shall spread the goodness over several posts, LOL. Oh ya, and now for the Disney connection... Yes, Ward Kimball's train is at this museum along with several other Disney related goodies... More to come!