Disneyland Railroad > Engine No. 5 - Ward Kimball
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Engine No. 5 - Ward Kimball
Dedicated in 2005, Engine No. 5 is named for famed Disney Studios animator, Ward Kimball.
Kimball had his own backyard railroad - The Grizzly Flats Railroad. Dubbed the Scenic Wonder of the West, the Grizzly Flats featured two engines, a passenger coach, several gondolas and ran on 500 feet of three-foot narrow gauge track. Kimball shared a love of trains and locomotives with his boss, Walt Disney, and Ward's Grizzly Flats Railroad may have inspired Disney to build his own.
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Engine No. 5 - Ward Kimball
The No. 5 - Ward Kimball's engineer looks back to the conductor for the all clear sign.
Traditionally, the right side of a locomotive's cab is the engineer's side.
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Engine No. 5 Ward Kimball - Builder's Plate
This is the Baldwin Locomotive Works - Builder's Plate on Engine No. 5, the Ward Kimball. The plate is numbered -20925 and marked September 1902, the year the engine was built.
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Engine No. 5 - Ward Kimball - Jiminy Cricket Headlamp
Engine No. 5's headlamp features Jiminy Cricket, one of the many Disney characters created by Ward Kimball.
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No. 5 Ward Kimball - Hidden Mickey
A Hidden Mickey has been drilled into a bracket that sits on top of the No. 5 Ward Kimball's tender tank. The Classic Mickey can be seen clearly from the first train car.
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Engine No. 5 - Ward Kimball & Excursion #3
Engine No. 5 - Ward Kimball heads into the Main Street Station pulling one of Disneyland's forward facing trains, Excursion #3.