The first time I saw this I was a kid.It aired on nbc sunday night.My grand mother knowing I was nuts about trains.Let me watch this.Seeing ward kimbel in his rail road out fit.In his train station he built.It was much later he worked for disney.He did some big stuff for disney.So enjoy guys!!
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He was also the voice of Jimminee Cricket, I meet him a few times at TTOS meets in So Cal, he was a very nice man.
John Pignatelli JR. posted:He was also the voice of Jimminee Cricket, I meet him a few times at TTOS meets in So Cal, he was a very nice man.
Wow!!I would have loved to meet him.And talk about trains.I did not know he did jimminee cricket voice.I know he did a cartoon called "IT TOUGH TO BE A BIRD!"This cartoon had my whole family laughing.
You learn something every day. I knew Ward Kimball created Jiminy Cricket, but never knew he also was his voice.
If you like Dixieland Jazz, check out The Firehouse Five Plus Two, in which Ward Kimball played the trombone.
John
Too funny, thanks for posting. I remember seeing this as a kid as well.
seaboardm2 posted:It was much later he worked for disney.
Actually, he began working at Disney from 1934 to 1980, so he was working with Disney at the time this was made.
The animator of the cricket, yes. The voice, no.
The voice of Jiminy Cricket was a Vaudeville singer known as Ukelele Ike.
Wow, I don't think I've ever seen that before! What a nail-biter and cliff-hanger! Beats the heck outta' any railroad suspense movie I've seen for a long time! Had me on the edge of my office chair the whole time after the first few sparks started flaring! 
But then again, I'm a sucker for great model railroad suspense videos. Thanks for posting. 
Mixed Freight posted:Wow, I don't think I've ever seen that before! What a nail-biter and cliff-hanger! Beats the heck outta' any railroad suspense movie I've seen for a long time! Had me on the edge of my office chair the whole time after the first few sparks started flaring!
But then again, I'm a sucker for great model railroad suspense videos. Thanks for posting.
Glad you guys liked this.To see this again after all these years.Brings back good memories.
artyoung posted:The voice of Jiminy Cricket was a Vaudeville singer known as Ukelele Ike.
AKA Cliff Edwards
Kimball didn't actually build the Grizzly Flats station, The depot building was given to him by his boss, Walt Disney, and was originally used as a set piece for the 1949 Disney film So Dear to My Heart.[
Very accomplished collector - videos out there of his stuff. Met him a couple of times when I was a kid, very involved with TCA, really funny guy. Pretty sure he was the facial model for Donald Duck!
Jim
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