ONE OF WALT DISNEY's NINE OLD MEN WARD KIMBALL & HIS GRIZZLY FLATS RR B&W PHOTO!

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ONE OF WALT DISNEY's NINE OLD MEN WARD KIMBALL & HIS GRIZZLY FLATS RR B&W PHOTO!
One of Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men Disney Legend Ward Kimball's GRIZZLY FLATS RAILROAD STATION Black & White PHOTOGRAPH
You are bidding on 8 1/2” x 11 3/4” Black & White Photograph of Ward Kimball’s Grizzly Flats Railroad The “EMMA NEVADA” 1881 Baldwin 2-6-0 Locomotive, Coal Tender Passenger Coach and Railroad Depot from Walt Disney’s Film “So Dear To My Heart"
Ward Kimball, one of Walt Disney’s “Nine Old Men”, was also an avid collector of antique Fire Equipment, antique American and European Model Trains . . . along with his own Full-Sized Grizzly Flats Railroad . . . all in his backyard! If you ever had the opportunity to visit Ward and he gave you a personal tour of his backyard collection . . . it was very special!
As a lifelong railfan, Ward Kimball purchased a 1881 Barney & Smith Company Passenger Coach in 1938. He originally wanted the coach to house his collection of model trains at his home in San Gabriel, however his wife Betty suggested that he also needed a locomotive to pull the coach. So he purchased a Baldwin 2-6-0 locomotive that was designated for “scrap” for 0 and renamed it the "Emma Nevada". Over the course of several years of restoration, the Kimball’s backyard Grizzly Flats Railroad became operational in 1942. The Grizzly Flats Railroad became the first full-scale backyard railroad in the United States and consisted of 900 feet of narrow-gauge track, including a 500 foot main line.
Ward gradually added a second Baldwin steam locomotive, a 1907 0-4-2T, that he named “Chloe" after his daughter. The Chloe pulled a set of train cars custom made by Kimball, consisting of a four-bench open cars added around 1975 and two passenger-carrying gondolas built around 1993. Kimball also added a roundhouse, a water tower, a windmill, and a depot building. The depot building was given to him by his boss, Walt Disney, and was originally used as a set piece for the 1949 Disney film “So Dear To My Heart”. Ward and Betty regularly held “Steam-Ups”, which were parties hosted at their home when the Grizzly Flats Railroad was in operation.
You are bidding on the Black & White Photograph of Ward Kimball’s Grizzly Flats Railroad only. The color photographs are included for informational purposes only and are not a part of this ebay sale.
We are willing to work on the price for this item, therefore we have listed it as a BUY-IT-NOW item, and you also have the opportunity to MAKE-AN-OFFER! We have also been going through a large number of Disney Memorabilia boxes containing thousands of items that we have collected over the past 45 years! Take a look at our “OTHER ITEMS” and then mark our “Ebay Store” as one of your favorites. We will continue to add more Disney Memorabilia Items often!
DESCRIPTION
One of
Walt
Disney
’
s
Nine Old Men
Disney
Legend
Ward
Kimball's
GRIZZLY
FLATS
RAILROAD
STATION
Black & White
PHOTOGRAPH
You are bidding on 8 1/2” x 11 3/4”
Black & White Photograph
of
Ward Kimball’s
Grizzly Flats Railroad
The
“
EMMA NEVADA
”
1881 Baldwin 2-6-0
Locomotive,
Coal Tender
Passenger Coach
and
Railroad Depot
from
Walt Disney’s Film
“So Dear To My Heart"
Ward Kimball, one of Walt Disney’s “Nine Old Men”, was also an avid collector of antique Fire Equipment, antique American and European Model Trains . . . along with his own Full-Sized
Grizzly Flats Railroad . . . all in his backyard!  If you ever had the opportunity to visit Ward and he gave you a personal tour of his backyard collection . . . it was very special!
As a lifelong railfan, Ward Kimball purchased a 1881 Barney & Smith Company Passenger Coach in 1938.  He originally wanted the coach to house his collection of model trains at his home in San Gabriel, however his wife Betty suggested that he also needed a locomotive to pull the coach.  So he purchased a Baldwin 2-6-0 locomotive that was designated for
“scrap” for 0
and renamed it the "Emma Nevada".  Over the course of several years of restoration, the Kimball
’
s backyard Grizzly Flats Railroad became operational in 1942.  The Grizzly Flats Railroad became the first full-scale backyard railroad in the United States and consisted of 900 feet of
narrow-gauge track, including a 500 foot main line.
Ward gradually added a second Baldwin steam locomotive, a 1907 0-4-2T,  that he named “Chloe" after his daughter.  The Chloe pulled a set of train cars custom made by Kimball, consisting of a four-bench open cars added around 1975 and two passenger-carrying gondolas built around 1993.  Kimball also added a roundhouse, a water tower, a windmill, and a depot building.  The depot building was given to him by his boss, Walt Disney, and was originally used as a set piece for the 1949 Disney film “So Dear To My Heart”.  Ward and Betty
regularly held “Steam-Ups”, which were parties hosted at their home when the Grizzly Flats Railroad was in operation.
You are bidding on the Black & White Photograph of Ward Kimball
’
s Grizzly Flats Railroad only.  The color photographs are included for informational purposes only and are not a part of this ebay sale.
We are willing to work on the price for this item,
therefore we have listed it as a BUY-IT-NOW item,
and you also have the opportunity to MAKE-AN-OFFER!
We have also been going through a large number
of Disney Memorabilia boxes
containing thousands
of items that we have collected over the past 45 years!
Take a look at our “OTHER ITEMS” and then mark
our “Ebay Store” as one of your favorites.
We will continue to add more
Disney Memorabilia Items often!
We will be happy to offer a shipping and handling discount
on items that can be safely packaged together.
Email with any questions.
CONDITION
Used and sold "As-Is".
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DIS 081907.09
_gsrx_vers_856 (GS 7.0.20 (856))