Scene from the Grand Canyon on the Disneyland's Railroad

Scene from the Grand Canyon on the Disneyland's Railroad

A scene from the Dinosaurs on the Train ride

A scene from the Dinosaurs on the Train ride.

Disneyland Railroad train coming into the New Orleans Square depot

Disneyland Railroad train coming into the New Orleans Square depot.  Walt loved trains so he decided to build a park just to have the trains go around it!

Disneyland Rail Road, the EP Ripley pulling a Well's Fargo Express baggage

Santa Fe and Disneyland Rail Road, the EP Ripley pulling a Well's Fargo Express baggage (US Railway Post Office) car.  Sept 1955.

Splash Mountain River Boat

Splash Mountain

You can only get this shot from the Train as you are passing through the tunnel that is by the Splash Mountain ride.  You can get a similar one while you are on the ride but looking down on it you have to take it as you go pass the window in the tunnel.
1/320, f/1.4, ISO 1250 with a 35mm lens

Disneyland Train at the Main Street Station

Train at the Main Street Station

This is an older shot taken back during the 50th Anniversary.  The settings are 1/350, f/11, ISO 800 (I have no idea why, it should have been 100 to 200.  My guess is that I had it set from the night before and this was my first shot of the day, but it still turned out fine) 60mm

Dinosaurs on the Disneyland train ride

On the Disneyland Train Ride

This picture was taken with a Nikon D800 1/400, f/1.4, ISO 3200 with 35mm lens
They put a lot of harsh lights into these scenes so it can be difficult to know what the final picture should really look like.

Casey Jr. Circus Special running down the track, in the early 60's

Wow, it does not look like it is even in Disneyland.  Casey Jr going around Storybook Land and in the background are some trees.  The biggest change to Disneyland has not been the rides, it has been the landscape.  When the Jungle Cruise first opened it could have been called the Jungle Desert due to the lack of any large trees.
But over the last 60 years the bare spots have filled in and it is hard to imagine the Park without all of the big trees and large bushes.

Rainbow Mountain Mining Co Train through the Balancing Rocks

Mine Train ride through the balance rocks

This is the Rainbow Mountain Mining and Exploration Company's ride through balancing rocks along with caverns and the geysers.  At one time there was also some pack mules that you could ride through some of this area.

For more information on this great area please visit these sites:
http://blogs.disney.com/insider/articles/2014/03/20/throwback-thursday-disneylands-frontierland/
http://davelandweb.com/frontierland/

Let them know we sent you!!

This picture is from the Bill Cotter collection.  To order any of his Disneyland sets go to : http://www.worldsfairphotos.com/themeparks/disney.htm