December 30, 2018 11:32AM
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Thanks for the corrections on that typo. I made that and some formatting edits to the roster and updated the PDF file in the entry a few posts back. I also learned that Harrah had a 42" gauge SF Cable Car, and am still trying to locate more information on that one.
Along the way, I found these photos of Parker Lyon's operation in Arcadia, CA. Apparently he had a loop of track and offered rides on the "Hee Haw Route" and we see that the locomotive was in steam at some point. I wonder who Parker Lyon was, and if he had any connection to Disney or Ward Kimball. I presume he was active in the LA /California railfan scene, which attended and held many excursions over the disappearing railways in the 1930s and 40s. I enjoy reading "Fiddletown and Copperopolis" as a sort of caricature of those rail travel experiences into the past, of the sort that was available on the real deal at the time. Today you can only have that experience at a railway museum - or a special preservation place like the Cumbres and Toltec.
ArcadiaBest.com
Calisphere.org
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