Building and operating a full-scale railroad in your backyard would be a dream come true for many devoted railfans, and renowned Disney animator Ward Kimball lived that dream for more than 60 ...

In this photo from May 15, 1949, Ward Kimball is aboard his 1914 Fire Truck, with his family in front of the Grizzly Flats Station. The Disneyland Railroad station at New Orleans Square was ...