Rating : 5 star. Disneyland Railroad gets NEW Engine , 16-Feb-2006
Reviewer: Brian from Fullerton
February 15 2005 - The new engine (over 103 years old!) on the Disneyland Railroad was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and went into service in 1902. The little train was initially owned by Frank Barker and J. Wilson Lepine, proprietors and operators of the Laurel Valley and Melodia sugarcane plantations, and the Laurel Valley Sugar Refinery in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The train was originally known as the Maud L., named after the young daughter of J. Wilson LePine. The little iron horse traversed the 15-mile railroad of the plantation, hauling cars of sugar cane from outlying fields, through mosquito-infested swamps to the mill. ````The Maud L. was retired in 1946 and seemingly headed towards the scrap heap. In 1999, after years of alternate owners, the little steamer found her way into Disney’s hands. The engine has since been lovingly and meticulously restored. It has been rechristened as the Ward Kimball, steam engine No. 5 on the Disneyland Railroad. Featuring a red cab with red wheels, the engine also sports genuine gold-leaf stenciling and lettering, plus a unique Jiminy Cricket silhouette on the headlamp (Kimball created the character for Walt Disney’s animated film Pinocchio). The engine features more pin striping than any other engine on the Disneyland Railroad while the boiler itself is coated in metallic midnight blue paint that cost nearly $900 per gallon!``

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