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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-05-02 13:35:12
The Garden Railway found between Germany and Italy depicts a tour of the Romantic Road from Fussen to Wurzburg. It features a medieval castle set in a miniature Black Forest made up of cypress, juniper and cedar. Along the railway is an alpine village surrounded by a forest of 'Blue Pyramid' cypress and 'Dwarf Alberta' spruce. ]]> EPCOT - Miniature Garden Railway
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@ 2007-05-02 13:35:12
The Garden Railway found between Germany and Italy depicts a tour of the Romantic Road from Fussen to Wurzburg. It features a medieval castle set in a miniature Black Forest made up of cypress, juniper and cedar. Along the railway is an alpine village surrounded by a forest of 'Blue Pyramid' cypress and 'Dwarf Alberta' spruce. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32310/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32310/ Wed, 02 May 2007 13:35:12 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32310/ 28.36822000 -81.54746800 <![CDATA[Miniature Railway]]> Miniature Railway
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@ 2007-03-15 09:58:22]]> Miniature Railway
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@ 2007-03-15 09:58:22]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/30449/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/30449/ Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:58:22 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/30449/ 51.75470900 14.35365400 <![CDATA[Brakenridge Eagle]]> Brakenridge Eagle
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@ 2007-02-20 13:33:03
Miniature train in San Antonio's Brakenridge Park]]> Brakenridge Eagle
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@ 2007-02-20 13:33:03
Miniature train in San Antonio's Brakenridge Park]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29470/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29470/ Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:33:03 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29470/ 29.46121500 -98.47348000 <![CDATA[Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad]]> Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-02-17 19:28:13
The BJWRR has been in operation at Oak Meadow Park and Vasona Park in Los Gatos, California since 1970. In 2006 it attracted over 115,000 riders.

For 71 of his 83 years, Billy Jones was a railroad man. He was 13 when he started as a "roustabout" for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Fifty of those 71 years were spent on the SP while the remainder dealt with a love project for children of the Santa Clara Valley and his hobby. On his ranch at the corner of Daves Avenue and Winchester Blvd. in Los Gatos, Billy constructed the Wildcat Railroad as the result of a rare purchase… the old "Number 2", a prairie type locomotive from the Venice Miniature Railway, Venice, California. Jones began construction of his own railroad in 1941. In 1943 the first round trip was made in his orchard and for the next 25 years, children of all ages in the Santa Clara Valley enjoyed the thrill of riding behind a real steam engine.

After Billy's death in 1968 many of his friends, both adults and children, petitioned the Los Gatos Town Council to save the railroad. A group of businessmen formed a non-profit corporation to purchase the railroad from the Jones estate and relocate it in a corner of Oak Meadow Park and a portion of Vasona Park in Los Gatos. The corporation managed to raise the money needed for the purchase of the equipment through fund raising activities by many interested friends, service clubs, youth groups, fraternal and religious organizations.

An all-volunteer construction project started early in 1969 with the transferring of equipment from the Jones ranch to the park complex. Prior to the "big move" an engine house and car barn facility in the park had been completed to house the equipment. Track laying had gotten underway at the same time. On July 26, 1970 a golden spike was driven into a Laurelwood tie and the new Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad began operations.]]> Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad
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@ 2007-02-17 19:28:13
The BJWRR has been in operation at Oak Meadow Park and Vasona Park in Los Gatos, California since 1970. In 2006 it attracted over 115,000 riders.

For 71 of his 83 years, Billy Jones was a railroad man. He was 13 when he started as a "roustabout" for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Fifty of those 71 years were spent on the SP while the remainder dealt with a love project for children of the Santa Clara Valley and his hobby. On his ranch at the corner of Daves Avenue and Winchester Blvd. in Los Gatos, Billy constructed the Wildcat Railroad as the result of a rare purchase… the old "Number 2", a prairie type locomotive from the Venice Miniature Railway, Venice, California. Jones began construction of his own railroad in 1941. In 1943 the first round trip was made in his orchard and for the next 25 years, children of all ages in the Santa Clara Valley enjoyed the thrill of riding behind a real steam engine.

After Billy's death in 1968 many of his friends, both adults and children, petitioned the Los Gatos Town Council to save the railroad. A group of businessmen formed a non-profit corporation to purchase the railroad from the Jones estate and relocate it in a corner of Oak Meadow Park and a portion of Vasona Park in Los Gatos. The corporation managed to raise the money needed for the purchase of the equipment through fund raising activities by many interested friends, service clubs, youth groups, fraternal and religious organizations.

An all-volunteer construction project started early in 1969 with the transferring of equipment from the Jones ranch to the park complex. Prior to the "big move" an engine house and car barn facility in the park had been completed to house the equipment. Track laying had gotten underway at the same time. On July 26, 1970 a golden spike was driven into a Laurelwood tie and the new Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad began operations.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29352/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29352/ Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:28:13 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/29352/ 37.23680800 -121.97421400 <![CDATA[15 inch gauge train on the Redwood Valley Railway]]> 15 inch gauge train on the Redwood Valley Railway
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@ 2006-12-29 11:14:54
A children's ride in the Tilden Regional Park.]]> 15 inch gauge train on the Redwood Valley Railway
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@ 2006-12-29 11:14:54
A children's ride in the Tilden Regional Park.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27756/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27756/ Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:14:54 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/27756/ 37.88010900 -122.22612700 <![CDATA[Jardin d'Acclimatation - Miniature Train]]> Jardin d'Acclimatation - Miniature Train
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-05-01 22:52:36
In the Bois de Boulogne.

The Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris' Bois de Boulogne, now a children's amusement park, was originally a zoo (in which some episodes of Proust's "A la Recherche du Temps Perdu" are set). Among the attractions for young visitors are animal enclosures, donkey rides, a miniature railroad, a traffic training circuit, a karting track, a skateboarding rink, fair booths, a children's museum and a theater.]]> Jardin d'Acclimatation - Miniature Train
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-05-01 22:52:36
In the Bois de Boulogne.

The Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris' Bois de Boulogne, now a children's amusement park, was originally a zoo (in which some episodes of Proust's "A la Recherche du Temps Perdu" are set). Among the attractions for young visitors are animal enclosures, donkey rides, a miniature railroad, a traffic training circuit, a karting track, a skateboarding rink, fair booths, a children's museum and a theater.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/17389/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/17389/ Mon, 01 May 2006 22:52:36 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/17389/ 48.87929600 2.26312500