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Roger Broggie, Ed Sargeant and Walt prepare Lilly Belle for a trial run in the Studio's machine shop. THE LILLY BELLE GOES TO DISNEYLAND By Mike Broggie Soon another locomotive will join the rolling stock at Disneyland. Recognized as one of the outstanding examples of miniature engineering, Walt Disney’s own live steam engine, the Lilly Belle, will take its place as a special display inside the Main Street station. The 714-inch gauge, 4-4-0 locomotive, in red and gold trim, is a replica of Central Pacific’s old No. 173, built in the Sacramento shops in 1872. On Saturday, December 24, 1949, there was a special excitement that transcended the holiday mood on the Studio lot. A group of men were gathered around a special project that had taken many hours of spare time to complete. Slowly and carefully anthracite nut coal was shoveled into the boiler of the Lilly Belle as it began to build head steam to 150 pounds. Then, with a slight movement of the throttle, the one-eighth scale, diamond-stacked locomotive began to move on a 300-foot loop of test track which had been laid on Sound Stage One. The Lilly Belle became the pride of the Carolwood-Pacific R.R., which encircled the Disney home in Holmby Hills. It consisted of the loco, six gondolas, two freight cars, two cattle cars and one cabbose, all reproduced in perfect scale. About 2,600 feet of 7 1 4-inch gauge track was laid around the sprawling estate and was complete with a 65-foot long, 9-foot high trestle, a five-foot high, 90-foot long tunnel and a railroad crossing guard at the driveway entrance. Carl Buckey’s HOLLYWOOD CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH, INC. RALPH HIMMEL - Fleet Mg. VINCE SACCO - Associate FLEET PRICES TO STUDIO EMPLOYEES ON ALL MODELS * VALIANTS * FURYS * BARACUDAS * CHRYSLERS * IMPERIALS 6119 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., HOLLYWOOD - For Special Discount - SERVICE DEPT - BODY SHOP CALL FLEET DEPARTMENT - 465-2111