Disneyland Railroad Book - Second Edition!

UPDATE: I received the edited manuscript from the publisher the other night for review. I will be choosing photos for each chapter this weekend, and hopefully a trade paperback version will be available by the end of August, and the full-color hardcover should be available at the end of September.

This may sound funny, but as I re-read everything all in one place, even I'm a little surprised by how much information is packed in the book. I'm really looking forward to seeing it with all the new photos and drawings.

Please remind us of this as this book becomes available. Best of luck with this project.

Brad

I'll second that!  I'm definitely in on a hardcover copy. 

Andy

I'd third it., but it sounded like you had to be one of the Kickstarter supporters before the deadline to participate.

I could be misunderstanding how Kickstarter works, but the impression I got when reading the site was that they would produce exactly what was necessary to satisfy the various supporters.

I did not get the impression that "extras" were part of the equation.

Do I have it right, Steve?

[edit:seems I was not understanding Kickstarter.  Sorry if my post made anyone worry!]

-Dave

No Dave,

I'm not sure what the edition size will be; I believe the smallest run most printers will do is about 2,000 copies; I expect this edition to be far larger.

The Kickstarter campaign was just to raise funds up front to be able to do the costly print run in color. People who contributed could get various rewards, with higher contributions receiving a copy of the book for "free."

Book sounds nice as I m a Disney fan.Please let us know when it will be released and how to obtain a copy.

This would make a nice Christmas present to myself (from my wife of course).

Ron

Darn you Steve, I have bought all of your DRR books, now I HAVE to buy another.  

Thanks Bob! I think you will like the new book the best of all.

OK, my mistake.  I saw all the references to various versions of the book for all the different contribution levels (and some seemed very much in line with what might be considered a reasonable price for the book), and I read too much into it. 

I've got one of the earlier editions, but I very well may need to pick up the updated one based on the new content described.

Thanks for the response!

-Dave

Just got back from Disneyland. Can't wait for the new book Steve.

Good to hear, Joe! Disneyland has some neat trains, with very unique histories. Walt ended up being a pretty good railroad preservationist.

The photos and illustrations are currently being laid out with the text. I've seen a few test pages from the publisher. It shouldn't be long now! 

Here's the book's cover! The artwork is an oil painting I did about 15 years ago.

Ah, the early days, the water tank on the engineer's side. Love the near photographic oil. Looks like a birthday or Christmas present to myself, depending on timing.

The cover looks great. That's an awesome job on the oil painting. Beautiful!

Steve ..  a little off topic but do you have anything on Walt's steam engines long before Disney land.  Gregg  thx.

Gregg...what are you looking for?

Michael Broggie probably covered the subject best in "Walt Disney's Railroad Story." It's stlil in print.

Okay! The trade paperback version is not on Amazon!

The Disneyland Railroad - A Complete History in Words and Pictures

The full-color, hard cover edition should be available later this month!

You can also see the Table of Contents and read a couple excerpts from the Theme Park Press website:

The Disneyland Railroad Book

I sort of remember going to the movie theatre  back in the early 50s and the preview had  live steam engines running around.  I'm guessing it was Walt Disney.   What year did Disney Land start in  California &  Florida? The Movie may have been Treasure Island,, still one of my favourites. Sorry I'm late replying.

Walt indeed was a pioneer in the live steam hobby in the late 1940s. He had a 1/8 scale 4-4-0 American named the Lilly Belle (after his wife) and matching freight consist that he ran around his backyard in Holmby Hills, CA. The success he had with that railroad, entertaining people with a train in an outdoor environment, led directly to the creation of Disneyland in 1955.

This subject is definitely covered in great detail in Michael Broggie's book.