1961 - The Tallulah Falls Railway, which was used as a setting in … 1960 by Disney for The Great Locomotive Chase, ceases operation.
I tell you, the Mouse is bad news. It’s probably that rascally rodent wot put the kibosh on Lehmann. Revenge for Hamelin, maybe.
Look what he did to the orange groves in Orange County.
Before he moved in, it was orange groves as far as the eye could see.
Betcha it’s the effect of mouse poop.
I think OC would be a sea of red tile roofs with or without the mouse factor, in fact the 600lb mous-rilla is sueing the city of Anahiem to prevent the city from building affordable housing what they consider too close to the sacred ‘magic kingdom’. I dont need to remind anyone that Dizzyland has a long past history of excluding them po’people based on dress and appearence. Minorities were discouraged in the 50’s and 60, and hippies were outright banned in the 70’s. Even people with moustaches and beards have been known to be denied entry. So now the mouse is acting like it owns the whole city, I hope the city wins…every now and then the mouse needs a reality check.
I will add that as many faults as the mouse has, they have saved and restored many steam locomotives for use in their parks worldwide. That counts for something.
I don’t know, Vic.
Firestone and Manchester were THE routes south and east of of LA, when Retlaw decided to build, they started the “Santa Ana Freeway”.
I remember Brookhurst and Euclid when they were mounds of dirt, the “freeway” was dirt, portable stoplights built in 55-gallon drums in the middle of the “intersection”.
The move was then on, AFTER Retlaw started.
First time to Dizzyland, 55 or 56, drive down two lane roads with wake-up stripes at intersections (remember those? The single line did a whole bunch of wide “S” curves just before) looking down rows of orage trees to see the 76 Minuteman on Katella and Ball, was it? rotating and saluting, turn left…
4-lane roads in OC were unheard of.
Harbor Boulevard was “Spadra”, I remember when 91 finally got to State College, it was a cliff.
They ran the pavement up to where the overpass WOULD be…
In school, the big irrigation pipes were still sticking out of the playground.
Ah, the Mouse did it, all right.
Anaheim had NOTHING to offer until Retlaw showed up.
Hell, Santa Ana was “the city”.
At least back then we had the pride to call the freeways by where they went, not a “number”.
Arroyo Seco, right?
Victor Smith said:Well, that's OK. Who knows what they're hiding under that facial hair. (Runs for cover)
Even people with moustaches and beards have been known to be denied entry.
Curmudgeon said:Still using those in quite a few places around here. Painted rumble strips. If your eye don't see 'em, your butt will feel 'em. (And you can hear 'em, of course).
... two lane roads with wake-up stripes at intersections ...
Dave, I drive it everyday and still refer to it as the Arroyo Seco Parkway, when I say it to people, I get blank stares back…Many people here dont know anything about where they are, they’re either at home, work, or ‘somewhere else’.
Or headin’ to san berdoo on foothills…