BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 While Jen was at the Fort last week, she met up with an old friend of hers who gave her the scoop on some train cars found by the construction workers working on the new Wilderness Lodge DVC expansion. They told Arthur they found these two ore rail cars tucked away in the woods and no one knows their origin. Arthur is trying to contact David Leaphart, the author that's written a few books about the Fort Wilderness railroad, to see if he might know anything about these. Jen's dad has a theory on what these may be... "he says that the cars are narrow guage, but he never remembers seeing them with the train at fw...he does remember seeing cars similar to that at thunder mountain when it first opened, but it is a faint memory and he cant quite picture where or why...he thinks they may have made them for props and then discarded them in refurb and dumped them in the woods because they didn't have room for them" Anyone have any speculation or insight? And HUGE thanks to Arthur for sharing this and giving us permission to post!! halla 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 that is a great find Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Neat find... but I find it so funny that these were off in the woods and no one knew about them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cortezcapt (Derek) 156 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Hopefully they reuse them for props somewhere on property. It's odd they would have been put there though. I would think that they must have been there before the lodge was built. I imagine there's probably lots of stuff hidden in the woods around disney property. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I agree, but I bet there is TONS of stuff spread across the property that no one knows about or has been forgotten. Especially construction stuff. There is a LOT of subcontracting going on, especially in their construction areas. Some worker shoved those things out of the way many years ago, then the company he worked for moved onto the next job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Very cool! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 770 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Thanks Mo for posting this for me. Sometimes the day job gets in the way, lol. I don't have any recollection of seeing these cars with the FWRR, although they are the same narrow gauge. Most of my memories, even though I would love for them to be better, are fuzzy. I told Arthur that I sure wish my grandfather was still here with us on Earth, as we would have had this mystery solved already. His three favorite things on property were the FWRR, the WDWRR and Thunder Mountain RR. (in that order) He knew all three like the back of his hand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 770 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Arthur also just sent me this picture and asked if anyone (hint hint, TCD you can come answer this question now) knew the answer to this question. Where did this go? The last time we saw it, it was parked "backstage" at the Fort behind the Settlement Trading Post. Does anyone know? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arthuruscg 34 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Does the MK main street train tracks use the same narrow gauge? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 770 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 To my knowledge they are different. The FWRR is smaller. The FWRR could only carry a max of 90. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arthuruscg 34 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Not the passenger loop railroad, the tracks the run down main street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 44 minutes ago, AuburnJen said: Arthur also just sent me this picture and asked if anyone (hint hint, TCD you can come answer this question now) knew the answer to this question. Where did this go? The last time we saw it, it was parked "backstage" at the Fort behind the Settlement Trading Post. Does anyone know? Last I remember seeing a pic of this it was in the maintenance area up near the outpost behind the trail ride stables. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 14 minutes ago, arthuruscg said: Not the passenger loop railroad, the tracks the run down main street. For the horse drawn trolley car? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arthuruscg 34 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 1 minute ago, Katman1356...Jason said: For the horse drawn trolley car? yep, the cars look small enough to be pulled by the horses to be used as a mobile singing platform. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parrothead7368 aka Norm 101 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 They look like mine cars, not a train car. Best Regards, Norm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dalspot ... Karen 21 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Pretty cool Mo! Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Retired and Happy (Ken) 101 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 And Yuri never found these? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 It would be interesting to see where abouts they were located, and if you could see them with Google satellite view. And they just didn't roll there by themselves, they must've been trucked in and off loaded somehow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Disneyperson52 0 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I agree with a previous post, looks like mine cars. Maybe the seven dwarfs were working around that area, lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Memphis 105 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I wonder if they are connected with this in the WL Lobby? BradyBzLyn...Mo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 739 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 May have been bought to expand the theme as Memphis just posted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cortezcapt (Derek) 156 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 If I remember correctly I read while looking up past attractions that when the Admiral Joe Fowler river boat was dropped in drydock it was broken up and pieces of it that were not reused were buried on property. So these could have been from an attraction, old props or extras that were just discarded. I'm really interested to find out and hope we do what and where these are from though. As well as what happens to them. Fingers crossed they hid the BAH well enough it will never be found! Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk BradyBzLyn...Mo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keith_h 420 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I wonder where the construction crew actually found them? Based only on the picture they look to be in pretty good shape if they have been sitting outside . Could they have been in a building that was torn down to make way for the new DVC suites? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
momof3kids-Yvonne 594 Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 I agree with a previous post, looks like mine cars. Maybe the seven dwarfs were working around that area, lol. Welcome! Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 770 Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 5 hours ago, Disneyperson52 said: I agree with a previous post, looks like mine cars. Maybe the seven dwarfs were working around that area, lol. They are much older than the seven mine dwarfs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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