Wow John, great memory! My mom took me on that little train too! The elderly gent who was the engineer was telling us of plans of having a loop ride someday, and some improvements, but alas, nothing happened. When we went out there one time, one of the people in charge told us that he had died, and that was the end of that. Do you remember what was the consist, and how long the run was? It seemed to me that we just went straight out, and backed up? Any other details you can remember?
As for the LARY streetcars, come out to OERM, you can ride many different types ALL DAY LONG on weekends! If you come out to railfest and some other occasions, you can ride in Pacific Electric Redcars! And you don't have to be a 'toon' either!