Disneyland in Miniature

The Rocky Mountain Train show happens late winter in Denver, Colorado at the Denver Mart. This is a massive event hall and hosts the largest model train show west of the Mississippi.

This year there was a series of nine N-scale train modules that replicated Disneyland in miniature. The creator did a really nice job of recreating the Disneyland experience and I thought you'd enjoy seeing his work.

Casey Jones Railbus

Silverton, Colorado is the home of the Casey Jones rail bus. This rolling museum piece was originally built to serve as an ambulance for the mines around Silverton, but was also used as transportation. It is based on a Cadillac automobile drive train.

We had the good fortune to follow it on a narrow gauge motor car trip thru the mountains on the Durango and Silverton rail line.

The steering wheel actually operates the brakes

Fuel is located in an overhead tank and is gravity fed

V8 Cadillac engine

Happy travellers

Julie enjoying the day

Watching the passenger train travel by

Classic narrow gauge view

The valves next to the spark plugs are to allow fuel to be dribbled into the cylinder to allow a cold engine to start easier.

Adding coolant

Heading back to storage in the car barn

Ready for another trip