I had heard about this years ago, but never saw it. I just found it it on YT. Unfortunately the color is messed up in spots. BTW, for those who don't have the time to watch this, there is a shorter edited version on YT.
WARNING! Look away from the screen whenever a rival publisher is shown! 
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Saw this short film not too long ago, it's really well done. We don't actually see that much of Ward himself, but can definitely sense his touch. Very fun.
Ahh yes, my favorite part of the hobby; getting accosted by chorus line of dancing girls every time I go to the local hobby shop.
Ahh yes, my favorite part of the hobby; getting accosted by chorus line of dancing girls every time I go to the local hobby shop.
The guy in the film looked terrified. I wouldn't mind too much, as long as they didn't force me into the HO section.
Ahh yes, my favorite part of the hobby; getting accosted by chorus line of dancing girls every time I go to the local hobby shop.
The guy in the film looked terrified. I wouldn't mind too much, as long as they didn't force me into the HO section.
Ah yes, the HO section. A nightmarish cornucopia of seemingly unlimited (especially compared to O), prototypically correct locos and rolling stock with a huge selection of railroads to choose from, correctly gauged two rail track, a universal command control system, and an almost infinite (compared to O) selection of structures, vehicles, detail parts, and almost everything else a modeler could possibly want.
Lucky me, I'm into toy trains, Lionel Lines is my favorite railroad, and none of that matters. 
Pete
Makes me want to try....stamp collecting
I used to go to that hobby shop quite a bit. Never any cute girls there when I went.
Steve
Ahh yes, my favorite part of the hobby; getting accosted by chorus line of dancing girls every time I go to the local hobby shop.
Matthew, mavbe Steve needs to go there with you!
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Ah yes, the HO section. A nightmarish cornucopia of seemingly unlimited (especially compared to O), prototypically correct locos and rolling stock with a huge selection of railroads to choose from, correctly gauged two rail track, a universal command control system, and an almost infinite (compared to O) selection of structures, vehicles, detail parts, and almost everything else a modeler could possibly want.
That's pretty funny right there (and true), I don't care who you are!
GOOD GOD!!I rember seeing this.I think it was the wonderful world disney sunday night.I rember my grand mother calling me.My grand mother said "he is gonna freak out about this."Man I couldn,t been no older than 6 or 7.Funny thing is I didn,t kmow he was behind the train in dumbo.I did know he did a cartoon called ITS STILL TOUGH TO BE A BIRD.I wished I had meet him.God rest his soul.
GOOD GOD!!I rember seeing this.I think it was the wonderful world disney sunday night.I rember my grand mother calling me.My grand mother said "he is gonna freak out about this."Man I couldn,t been no older than 6 or 7.Funny thing is I didn,t kmow he was behind the train in dumbo.I did know he did a cartoon called ITS STILL TOUGH TO BE A BIRD.I wished I had meet him.God rest his soul.
Ward Kimball and Walt Disney went together by train to the Chicago Railroad Fair in 1948. Ward had a real operating narrow gauge locomotive on his property - look up Grizzly Flats RR. He also had a huge collection of prewar trains. He was really into it. He certainly is missed.
1975 seems like a million years ago. Great fun to watch. Ward Kimball one of Walt Disney's orginal animators who made millions of dollars. Ward Kimball had a 1:1 scale narrow gauge layout in his backyard, I believe he was a TCA member too.
The person who posted this video on YT, had no description about this video. Below is two screen captures from the video. I Googled Frank's Hobby Shop and found two. If you have more glues, let us know. I have heard of Ward Kimball as stated by member. Seacoast.
Maybe you know some of these people in the acknowledgments. We all no about Model Railroader and its history.
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1975 seems like a million years ago. Great fun to watch. Ward Kimball one of Walt Disney's orginal animators who made millions of dollars. Ward Kimball had a 1:1 scale narrow gauge layout in his backyard, I believe he was a TCA member too.
Sure does....I was 13 years old and listening to KISS and Led Zeppelin
1975 seems like a million years ago. Great fun to watch. Ward Kimball one of Walt Disney's orginal animators who made millions of dollars. Ward Kimball had a 1:1 scale narrow gauge layout in his backyard, I believe he was a TCA member too.
Sure does....I was 13 years old and listening to KISS and Led Zeppelin
Yep... 40 years ago.. Our generation
Not that visiting Frank's Hobbies was anything special to a local, but I sure thought it was on my first trip to CA in 1974. There just wasn't that caliber of hobby shop up in this neck of the woods back then.
Bruce
Not that visiting Frank's Hobbies was anything special to a local, but I sure thought it was on my first trip to CA in 1974. There just wasn't that caliber of hobby shop up in this neck of the woods back then.
Bruce
Especially with dancing girls.
Travel Town was a railroad museum at Griffith Park in LA. I think it is still there. The equipment from the Grizzly Flats RR went to another RR musuem in the area after Ward passed. BTW, it was a 3' gauge backyard RR with real equipment. I believe his engine was named "Chloe".
Ward was indeed a TCA member and his collection was very extensive. There was a featurette about him and his trains on the Disney Channel back in the late 80's.
Travel Town was a railroad museum at Griffith Park in LA. I think it is still there. The equipment from the Grizzly Flats RR went to another RR musuem in the area after Ward passed. BTW, it was a 3' gauge backyard RR with real equipment. I believe his engine was named "Chloe".
Ward was indeed a TCA member and his collection was very extensive. There was a featurette about him and his trains on the Disney Channel back in the late 80's.
Not that visiting Frank's Hobbies was anything special to a local, but I sure thought it was on my first trip to CA in 1974. There just wasn't that caliber of hobby shop up in this neck of the woods back then.
Bruce
Travel Town was a railroad museum at Griffith Park in LA. I think it is still there. The equipment from the Grizzly Flats RR went to another RR musuem in the area after Ward passed. BTW, it was a 3' gauge backyard RR with real equipment. I believe his engine was named "Chloe".
Ward was indeed a TCA member and his collection was very extensive. There was a featurette about him and his trains on the Disney Channel back in the late 80's.
How about Travel Town, is it still there? I remember there was a large live steam layout there as well as prototype equipment. I think that one of the engines was previously owned by Gene Autry.
Travel Town is still there. I have not been in a while. They had some sort of big open house type event last month including model train layouts. I was supposed to set up and display standard gauge for them, but had pneumonia and could not do it.
Steve
Hi Steve • Glad you found Travel Town. They have a first class web page.
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It is delightful to see what Ward could do with the resources of the Disney Studios. My favorite memory of Ward was at the banquet for a TTOS national convention in Hollywood. Following the dinner, the MC went to Ward's table and held up the table cloth. During dinner Ward had sketched all over it and told the MC to auction it off as a donation to the club. It went for $1000 if I remember correctly!
Back to the video, tis a shame that there probably is not enough of a market for some studio to correct the faded color and offer it on a DVD.
LOL! First saw this at a Local NMRA Meet back in the mid-70s. Thought it was a entertaining then, and I still do!
I can't for the life of me figure why someone edited-out the "over the top" dancing girls scenes in most version circulating on Youtube. They fit in perfectly with the bizarre humor that runs though out the film. To remove the dancing girl scenes really does the film a disservice.
I would definitely be "in" for a decent DVD of the full version it!
There were multiple copies of this made. I wonder if the company who can't be named here still has a copy?
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