Re: Life before Walt Disney
| March 01, 2016 05:14PM |
I'll refrain from responding to the dismissive comments that are usually leveled at theme park steam operations and just share that we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Roy O. Disney last Friday. Say what you will about us "ride operators," but whether engineer or conductor, many of us love and cherish the amazing machines we're lucky enough to get to work with on a daily basis.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
The NGDF was started by Don Richter and is currently operated in his memory by Nathan Holmes and others. Others who have contributed to the upkeep of this board are (in no particular order): Charles McCandless, Everett Lueck, Ted Wilton, Cole Adams, James Bane, John Moellmer, Jon Bentz, Linn Moedinger, lloyd lehrer, Rod Jensen, John Craft, Steven Forney, Herb Kelsey, Bill Ramaley, Russ Sperry (El Russo Loco), Josh McNeal, John West, Jim Armstrong, Bob Bergstrom, Greg Scholl, Blake Forbes Doug van Veelen and Mark Fuller.