WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.470 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.470 --> 00:00:04.180 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 1: "Visiting With Huell Howser" 00:00:04.180 --> 00:00:06.220 align:middle line:84% is made possible through a generous grant 00:00:06.220 --> 00:00:08.610 align:middle line:84% from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. 00:00:08.610 --> 00:00:11.921 align:middle line:90% 00:00:11.921 --> 00:00:14.759 align:middle line:90% [TRAIN BELLS CLANG] 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:16.180 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, boy! 00:00:16.180 --> 00:00:18.060 align:middle line:90% This is gonna be a lot of fun! 00:00:18.060 --> 00:00:21.070 align:middle line:84% Here we are in Griffith Park on a Sunday afternoon. 00:00:21.070 --> 00:00:22.790 align:middle line:90% I'm standing here with-- 00:00:22.790 --> 00:00:24.595 align:middle line:84% Leonard, introduce yourself to everybody. 00:00:24.595 --> 00:00:26.969 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Leonard Evans, member the Los Angeles Live 00:00:26.969 --> 00:00:28.150 align:middle line:90% Steamers for 13 years now. 00:00:28.150 --> 00:00:29.830 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: The Live Steamers! 00:00:29.830 --> 00:00:32.060 align:middle line:84% I've been hearing about this place for years. 00:00:32.060 --> 00:00:34.930 align:middle line:84% They're opening up the gates so we can walk in. 00:00:34.930 --> 00:00:37.837 align:middle line:84% Tell us what in the world this is all about. 00:00:37.837 --> 00:00:39.420 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Well, the Live Steamers 00:00:39.420 --> 00:00:42.160 align:middle line:90% was started back in 1956. 00:00:42.160 --> 00:00:44.210 align:middle line:84% When Travel Town was established, 00:00:44.210 --> 00:00:45.430 align:middle line:90% they had a static display. 00:00:45.430 --> 00:00:47.830 align:middle line:84% And they wanted some people to have a moving railroad. 00:00:47.830 --> 00:00:49.630 align:middle line:84% They heard about a club in Lomita 00:00:49.630 --> 00:00:51.580 align:middle line:84% where a manufacturer had based a little track. 00:00:51.580 --> 00:00:54.200 align:middle line:84% They were the first people to start building kits for this. 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:56.500 align:middle line:84% And asked some of the guys to come out here and set up 00:00:56.500 --> 00:00:58.486 align:middle line:90% a demonstration railroad. 00:00:58.486 --> 00:00:59.860 align:middle line:84% And that's how it actually began. 00:00:59.860 --> 00:01:01.870 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now what is going on over here? 00:01:01.870 --> 00:01:05.306 align:middle line:84% Can we hear some noise over here, fellas? 00:01:05.306 --> 00:01:08.570 align:middle line:90% [TRAIN WHISTLES] 00:01:08.570 --> 00:01:11.312 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: One more time now that I'm ready for it. 00:01:11.312 --> 00:01:12.960 align:middle line:90% [TRAIN WHISTLES] 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:17.020 align:middle line:84% Now there is some live steam over there. 00:01:17.020 --> 00:01:19.205 align:middle line:84% What have we got over here, Leonard? 00:01:19.205 --> 00:01:21.640 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: This is our stationary steam plant. 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:25.180 align:middle line:84% It's actually an exhibit of turn of the century steam power, 00:01:25.180 --> 00:01:26.350 align:middle line:90% complete with appliances. 00:01:26.350 --> 00:01:28.390 align:middle line:84% Like a generator, the whistle that you just saw. 00:01:28.390 --> 00:01:29.042 align:middle line:90% Water pumps. 00:01:29.042 --> 00:01:31.000 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Look at all this stuff down here. 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:32.958 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: And these are stationary models. 00:01:32.958 --> 00:01:34.954 align:middle line:84% Now Paul Secord is one of the supervisors-- 00:01:34.954 --> 00:01:36.370 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Howdy, Huell Howser. 00:01:36.370 --> 00:01:37.340 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 2: Hi, how are you? 00:01:37.340 --> 00:01:37.500 align:middle line:90% Good to meet you. 00:01:37.500 --> 00:01:38.330 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Tell us what we're seeing. 00:01:38.330 --> 00:01:38.710 align:middle line:90% Wait a minute. 00:01:38.710 --> 00:01:40.780 align:middle line:84% I want to meet the guy who blew that whistle. 00:01:40.780 --> 00:01:42.407 align:middle line:84% You about scared us out of our skin. 00:01:42.407 --> 00:01:43.990 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 3: That's a big one, isn't it? 00:01:43.990 --> 00:01:45.365 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah, it really is. 00:01:45.365 --> 00:01:47.394 align:middle line:90% Huell Howser. 00:01:47.394 --> 00:01:48.310 align:middle line:90% Look at this, Cameron. 00:01:48.310 --> 00:01:49.930 align:middle line:90% Look at what we've got going. 00:01:49.930 --> 00:01:52.840 align:middle line:84% These all look like antique engines 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:54.460 align:middle line:90% that show the early days of-- 00:01:54.460 --> 00:01:55.960 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 4: Yes, these are all models 00:01:55.960 --> 00:01:59.070 align:middle line:84% that show how early steam engines work. 00:01:59.070 --> 00:02:00.910 align:middle line:84% These vertical ones is like a marine engine. 00:02:00.910 --> 00:02:03.760 align:middle line:84% The kind of engine you'd find in the Titanic. 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:08.030 align:middle line:84% These are typical of industrial engines of the 19th century. 00:02:08.030 --> 00:02:09.919 align:middle line:84% These are just running on air right now. 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:11.669 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: What about all the big ones? 00:02:11.669 --> 00:02:14.050 align:middle line:84% Can we come in there and take a look? 00:02:14.050 --> 00:02:15.257 align:middle line:90% Boy, this is-- 00:02:15.257 --> 00:02:16.965 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 4: These are all the real things. 00:02:16.965 --> 00:02:18.740 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: What is this over here? 00:02:18.740 --> 00:02:19.560 align:middle line:90% Look at this. 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:21.790 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 4: This is a steam-driven air compressor 00:02:21.790 --> 00:02:25.780 align:middle line:84% that came from the oil fields up between Taft and Coalinga. 00:02:25.780 --> 00:02:28.420 align:middle line:84% And originally there was a oil line 00:02:28.420 --> 00:02:30.160 align:middle line:84% that went from the Bakersfield area 00:02:30.160 --> 00:02:33.780 align:middle line:84% up to Concord and San Francisco Bay. 00:02:33.780 --> 00:02:37.720 align:middle line:84% And every 15 miles or so there would be a compressor station. 00:02:37.720 --> 00:02:39.670 align:middle line:84% This was just a little utility engine 00:02:39.670 --> 00:02:42.490 align:middle line:84% to power pneumatic brushes to clean out 00:02:42.490 --> 00:02:44.280 align:middle line:90% the fluids in the broiler. 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:47.980 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And look at all this. 00:02:47.980 --> 00:02:49.600 align:middle line:90% I wasn't expecting this. 00:02:49.600 --> 00:02:51.145 align:middle line:84% I was expecting little steam engines. 00:02:51.145 --> 00:02:53.020 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 4: No, no this is all the real thing. 00:02:53.020 --> 00:02:56.530 align:middle line:84% We wanted to show people what a typical 19th century, 00:02:56.530 --> 00:03:00.550 align:middle line:84% early 20th century industrial operation plant would be like. 00:03:00.550 --> 00:03:02.380 align:middle line:84% And we have our can crusher here. 00:03:02.380 --> 00:03:03.504 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Look at this. 00:03:03.504 --> 00:03:05.920 align:middle line:84% They're recycling here with the can crusher. 00:03:05.920 --> 00:03:07.929 align:middle line:90% Girls, what are you doing? 00:03:07.929 --> 00:03:09.220 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 5: We're crushing cans. 00:03:09.220 --> 00:03:10.200 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: OK. 00:03:10.200 --> 00:03:11.480 align:middle line:90% So these are old cans. 00:03:11.480 --> 00:03:13.664 align:middle line:84% And just look over here, Cameron. 00:03:13.664 --> 00:03:14.830 align:middle line:90% We're just sticking them in. 00:03:14.830 --> 00:03:17.490 align:middle line:90% 00:03:17.490 --> 00:03:19.030 align:middle line:90% Oh boy, there it goes. 00:03:19.030 --> 00:03:19.960 align:middle line:90% Right down here. 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:22.940 align:middle line:90% 00:03:22.940 --> 00:03:23.470 align:middle line:90% What? 00:03:23.470 --> 00:03:24.970 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 5: Sometimes they get stuck. 00:03:24.970 --> 00:03:26.680 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Let me see. 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:28.571 align:middle line:90% Boy, this is great! 00:03:28.571 --> 00:03:30.320 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 4: It is going to take two engines 00:03:30.320 --> 00:03:31.420 align:middle line:90% to run this can crusher. 00:03:31.420 --> 00:03:34.180 align:middle line:84% We've got one engine here running the conveyor belt. One 00:03:34.180 --> 00:03:35.860 align:middle line:90% engine running the crusher. 00:03:35.860 --> 00:03:37.160 align:middle line:90% These are turn of the century. 00:03:37.160 --> 00:03:39.306 align:middle line:84% These are all about 100 years old. 00:03:39.306 --> 00:03:40.930 align:middle line:84% The story about this one was apparently 00:03:40.930 --> 00:03:43.390 align:middle line:84% it came from down here just a mile or so away. 00:03:43.390 --> 00:03:47.260 align:middle line:84% And was used to pump water out of the Los Angeles river. 00:03:47.260 --> 00:03:48.340 align:middle line:90% And it's a little cranky. 00:03:48.340 --> 00:03:48.840 align:middle line:90% It's old. 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:50.185 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, it stopped. 00:03:50.185 --> 00:03:52.877 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 4: We'll get it going again. 00:03:52.877 --> 00:03:53.960 align:middle line:90% It's just a little cranky. 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:55.335 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, that happens. 00:03:55.335 --> 00:03:56.164 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 4: Yes. 00:03:56.164 --> 00:03:57.580 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: The thing's how old? 00:03:57.580 --> 00:03:58.330 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 4: 1880s. 00:03:58.330 --> 00:04:00.378 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, well, it's entitled 00:04:00.378 --> 00:04:03.150 align:middle line:90% to stop every once in a while. 00:04:03.150 --> 00:04:04.030 align:middle line:90% Howdy, how you doing? 00:04:04.030 --> 00:04:05.210 align:middle line:90% WILLIE WILHELM: I'm fine. 00:04:05.210 --> 00:04:07.130 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Is this part of your deal here? 00:04:07.130 --> 00:04:07.650 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 6: His deal. 00:04:07.650 --> 00:04:08.608 align:middle line:90% This is Willie Wilhelm. 00:04:08.608 --> 00:04:09.920 align:middle line:90% He's a former rocket scientist. 00:04:09.920 --> 00:04:10.586 align:middle line:90% And this is his. 00:04:10.586 --> 00:04:12.680 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So you came up with all this. 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:14.080 align:middle line:84% WILLIE WILHELM: No, not entirely. 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:15.670 align:middle line:84% This has been there for a long, long time. 00:04:15.670 --> 00:04:16.600 align:middle line:90% We just improved it. 00:04:16.600 --> 00:04:19.504 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Where do you get all of this stuff? 00:04:19.504 --> 00:04:21.420 align:middle line:84% WILLIE WILHELM: I think we got it off of Ebay. 00:04:21.420 --> 00:04:22.086 align:middle line:90% He can tell you. 00:04:22.086 --> 00:04:22.710 align:middle line:90% He got it. 00:04:22.710 --> 00:04:24.210 align:middle line:90% That's his equipment. 00:04:24.210 --> 00:04:26.620 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: But you help keep it going, right? 00:04:26.620 --> 00:04:27.580 align:middle line:90% And keep it greased. 00:04:27.580 --> 00:04:29.080 align:middle line:84% WILLIE WILHELM: The whole crew does. 00:04:29.080 --> 00:04:30.320 align:middle line:90% You can't run this alone. 00:04:30.320 --> 00:04:31.480 align:middle line:90% It takes the whole crew. 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:33.269 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Lot of volunteers down here. 00:04:33.269 --> 00:04:34.435 align:middle line:90% WILLIE WILHELM: All of them. 00:04:34.435 --> 00:04:35.890 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Nobody's getting paid. 00:04:35.890 --> 00:04:37.098 align:middle line:90% WILLIE WILHELM: That's right. 00:04:37.098 --> 00:04:38.370 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 7: This is our boiler. 00:04:38.370 --> 00:04:40.990 align:middle line:90% It's a Dixon Vertical 2 boiler. 00:04:40.990 --> 00:04:42.640 align:middle line:90% Puts out about 10 horsepower. 00:04:42.640 --> 00:04:44.510 align:middle line:90% It's rated to 35, I believe. 00:04:44.510 --> 00:04:46.340 align:middle line:84% But we're only using about 10 right now. 00:04:46.340 --> 00:04:47.350 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Cameron, come here a minute 00:04:47.350 --> 00:04:48.710 align:middle line:90% and look right down here. 00:04:48.710 --> 00:04:50.080 align:middle line:90% This is something to see. 00:04:50.080 --> 00:04:53.350 align:middle line:84% Yeah, just looking down through there. 00:04:53.350 --> 00:04:56.990 align:middle line:84% You see a lot all the way down, looking down there. 00:04:56.990 --> 00:04:58.939 align:middle line:84% There's a lot of stuff to see here. 00:04:58.939 --> 00:05:00.730 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 7: Oh yeah, it's a very busy place. 00:05:00.730 --> 00:05:03.760 align:middle line:84% You can see our firebox in there through the mirror. 00:05:03.760 --> 00:05:06.760 align:middle line:90% It's a diesel fuel boiler. 00:05:06.760 --> 00:05:09.930 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now see, this took me totally off-guard. 00:05:09.930 --> 00:05:12.287 align:middle line:84% I thought we were coming here to ride on little trains. 00:05:12.287 --> 00:05:14.370 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 7: Oh no, there's a lot more going on here 00:05:14.370 --> 00:05:15.369 align:middle line:90% than just little trains. 00:05:15.369 --> 00:05:17.400 align:middle line:84% Although the club specializes in it. 00:05:17.400 --> 00:05:19.940 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, this is what pulls it to start it. 00:05:19.940 --> 00:05:21.648 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 7: You gotta give it a good pull. 00:05:21.648 --> 00:05:23.519 align:middle line:90% [TRAIN WHISTLES] 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:28.766 align:middle line:90% 00:05:28.766 --> 00:05:31.280 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: (LAUGHING) That's great! 00:05:31.280 --> 00:05:32.990 align:middle line:90% Thank you very much. 00:05:32.990 --> 00:05:35.840 align:middle line:90% Thank you very much. 00:05:35.840 --> 00:05:37.210 align:middle line:90% Now where do we go now? 00:05:37.210 --> 00:05:38.360 align:middle line:90% I guess we leave you. 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:40.490 align:middle line:90% We're going over here. 00:05:40.490 --> 00:05:41.880 align:middle line:90% What are we saying over here? 00:05:41.880 --> 00:05:43.580 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Our next stop is the Disney barn. 00:05:43.580 --> 00:05:45.705 align:middle line:84% This is the barn that actually was in Walt Disney's 00:05:45.705 --> 00:05:47.120 align:middle line:90% backyard at his house. 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:50.630 align:middle line:84% His home workshop around which he built his model railroad. 00:05:50.630 --> 00:05:51.560 align:middle line:90% He had a live steamer. 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:54.890 align:middle line:84% He was actually a charter member in this club, the Los Angeles 00:05:54.890 --> 00:05:56.282 align:middle line:90% Live Steamers, in 1957. 00:05:56.282 --> 00:05:58.115 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And this is from his backyard. 00:05:58.115 --> 00:05:58.985 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: It was from his backyard. 00:05:58.985 --> 00:05:59.610 align:middle line:90% Reconstructed here. 00:05:59.610 --> 00:06:00.200 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Where? 00:06:00.200 --> 00:06:01.400 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Well, Michael Broggie, 00:06:01.400 --> 00:06:03.230 align:middle line:84% whose father used to work closely with Disney, 00:06:03.230 --> 00:06:04.820 align:middle line:84% can tell you much more about it than I can. 00:06:04.820 --> 00:06:06.110 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Where did this come from? 00:06:06.110 --> 00:06:08.360 align:middle line:84% MICHAEL BROGGIE: Welcome to Walt Disney's happy place. 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:11.660 align:middle line:84% This came from Walt Disney's backyard up on Carrolwood Drive 00:06:11.660 --> 00:06:12.871 align:middle line:90% in Holmby Hills. 00:06:12.871 --> 00:06:14.620 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: It looks like a little barn. 00:06:14.620 --> 00:06:17.630 align:middle line:84% MICHAEL BROGGIE: It was Walt's personal workshop at his house. 00:06:17.630 --> 00:06:20.540 align:middle line:84% And it was also the birthplace of imagineering. 00:06:20.540 --> 00:06:22.610 align:middle line:84% And this started the whole thing of Disneyland. 00:06:22.610 --> 00:06:24.694 align:middle line:84% Started right in this little barn up at his house. 00:06:24.694 --> 00:06:26.068 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: What's in here now? 00:06:26.068 --> 00:06:26.820 align:middle line:90% Can we go inside? 00:06:26.820 --> 00:06:29.445 align:middle line:84% MICHAEL BROGGIE: Absolutely, all kinds of fun stuff to look at. 00:06:29.445 --> 00:06:31.220 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Let's go inside. 00:06:31.220 --> 00:06:34.070 align:middle line:90% The happiest place on earth. 00:06:34.070 --> 00:06:37.687 align:middle line:84% Now here's the barn in Walt's backyard. 00:06:37.687 --> 00:06:39.020 align:middle line:90% MICHAEL BROGGIE: That's correct. 00:06:39.020 --> 00:06:41.990 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And we are inside now. 00:06:41.990 --> 00:06:45.712 align:middle line:84% Well, here he is with Mickey up by a train. 00:06:45.712 --> 00:06:47.420 align:middle line:84% MICHAEL BROGGIE: That's up at Disneyland. 00:06:47.420 --> 00:06:50.300 align:middle line:84% That was taken June 18th, 1955, a month 00:06:50.300 --> 00:06:51.810 align:middle line:90% before Disneyland opened. 00:06:51.810 --> 00:06:53.990 align:middle line:84% Notice the headlight hadn't been installed yet. 00:06:53.990 --> 00:06:56.855 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So he was a huge train buff. 00:06:56.855 --> 00:06:58.945 align:middle line:84% MICHAEL BROGGIE: That's why Disneyland was built. 00:06:58.945 --> 00:06:59.470 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: What? 00:06:59.470 --> 00:07:01.511 align:middle line:84% MICHAEL BROGGIE: That's why Disneyland was built. 00:07:01.511 --> 00:07:03.890 align:middle line:84% It gave him a bigger place to run a larger train. 00:07:03.890 --> 00:07:06.500 align:middle line:84% This is one of two English engines 00:07:06.500 --> 00:07:10.850 align:middle line:84% that Walt bought in London from a famous train shop 00:07:10.850 --> 00:07:12.832 align:middle line:90% called Tracy Lowe. 00:07:12.832 --> 00:07:13.790 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, look. 00:07:13.790 --> 00:07:18.250 align:middle line:90% Here is Walt with this train. 00:07:18.250 --> 00:07:19.500 align:middle line:90% MICHAEL BROGGIE: That's right. 00:07:19.500 --> 00:07:21.830 align:middle line:84% If you touch this, this has Walt's fingerprints on it. 00:07:21.830 --> 00:07:22.920 align:middle line:90% You can touch this engine. 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:23.777 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Wow. 00:07:23.777 --> 00:07:25.610 align:middle line:84% MICHAEL BROGGIE: And Walt is taking it apart 00:07:25.610 --> 00:07:26.660 align:middle line:90% in the machine shop. 00:07:26.660 --> 00:07:29.330 align:middle line:84% My dad was the machinist at the studio. 00:07:29.330 --> 00:07:30.890 align:middle line:84% And he became the first imagineer. 00:07:30.890 --> 00:07:31.730 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Realy? 00:07:31.730 --> 00:07:34.130 align:middle line:84% MICHAEL BROGGIE: And if you look up on the wall 00:07:34.130 --> 00:07:39.240 align:middle line:84% here is a picture of Walt with my dad with the Lilly Belle 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:41.630 align:middle line:84% locomotive that ran in the back yard. 00:07:41.630 --> 00:07:44.450 align:middle line:84% And we have several models of the Lilly Belle 00:07:44.450 --> 00:07:45.230 align:middle line:90% here in the barn. 00:07:45.230 --> 00:07:48.860 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So really all of these things 00:07:48.860 --> 00:07:54.250 align:middle line:84% here are part of Walt's collection of trains from his-- 00:07:54.250 --> 00:07:55.460 align:middle line:90% why are they here? 00:07:55.460 --> 00:07:58.340 align:middle line:84% MICHAEL BROGGIE: Because the LA Live Steamers and the city 00:07:58.340 --> 00:08:01.640 align:middle line:84% of Los Angeles, with the Disney family, 00:08:01.640 --> 00:08:04.360 align:middle line:84% all agree the barn should be on public display. 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:07.470 align:middle line:84% So that the family loaned it to the city of Los Angeles. 00:08:07.470 --> 00:08:09.230 align:middle line:90% We built a brand new foundation. 00:08:09.230 --> 00:08:09.950 align:middle line:90% A new frame. 00:08:09.950 --> 00:08:12.260 align:middle line:84% We saved 80% of the original wood 00:08:12.260 --> 00:08:14.529 align:middle line:84% to locate it here so people can come and enjoy it. 00:08:14.529 --> 00:08:16.820 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And this is open to the public how often? 00:08:16.820 --> 00:08:20.620 align:middle line:84% MICHAEL BROGGIE: It's open every third Sunday in the month. 00:08:20.620 --> 00:08:22.310 align:middle line:90% And it's free. 00:08:22.310 --> 00:08:24.380 align:middle line:84% Opens at 11:00 o'clock until 3:00. 00:08:24.380 --> 00:08:26.680 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Every third Sunday. 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:29.900 align:middle line:84% We'll put a phone number and all of that up on the screen. 00:08:29.900 --> 00:08:30.830 align:middle line:90% OK, everybody. 00:08:30.830 --> 00:08:33.030 align:middle line:90% Give us a wave. 00:08:33.030 --> 00:08:37.130 align:middle line:84% This is the Disney group in front of the Disney barn. 00:08:37.130 --> 00:08:40.627 align:middle line:84% And he was one of the original members of the Live Steamers. 00:08:40.627 --> 00:08:41.960 align:middle line:90% LEONARD EVANS: A charter member. 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:43.340 align:middle line:84% Officially made a charter member, 00:08:43.340 --> 00:08:47.000 align:middle line:84% which is a lifetime membership, in 1957 by action of the board. 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:47.810 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Wow. 00:08:47.810 --> 00:08:49.610 align:middle line:90% Well, thank you all very much. 00:08:49.610 --> 00:08:51.680 align:middle line:90% We're taking a train ride. 00:08:51.680 --> 00:08:52.850 align:middle line:90% Have fun in the barn. 00:08:52.850 --> 00:08:54.590 align:middle line:90% We'll be back. 00:08:54.590 --> 00:08:56.730 align:middle line:90% This is very, very interesting. 00:08:56.730 --> 00:09:00.050 align:middle line:84% Now so far we got here, we saw Disney's barn. 00:09:00.050 --> 00:09:02.881 align:middle line:90% We saw all of the steam engines. 00:09:02.881 --> 00:09:04.630 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Our stationary steam plant. 00:09:04.630 --> 00:09:06.546 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: But where are the little trains? 00:09:06.546 --> 00:09:09.110 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: There are three locomotives triple-heading 00:09:09.110 --> 00:09:09.770 align:middle line:90% right up there. 00:09:09.770 --> 00:09:11.510 align:middle line:90% All coal-burners. 00:09:11.510 --> 00:09:14.640 align:middle line:84% And they're pulling a freight drag through the Old Sutchville 00:09:14.640 --> 00:09:15.900 align:middle line:90% station here. 00:09:15.900 --> 00:09:18.200 align:middle line:84% Well, this particular engine was built by the driver, 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:20.210 align:middle line:90% Chuck Moore, from scratch. 00:09:20.210 --> 00:09:22.580 align:middle line:84% It actually has a sander system in it. 00:09:22.580 --> 00:09:24.320 align:middle line:90% So it's got lots of traction. 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:25.880 align:middle line:90% And we come out over here. 00:09:25.880 --> 00:09:27.486 align:middle line:90% This is a group of volunteers. 00:09:27.486 --> 00:09:28.610 align:middle line:90% One thing I didn't mention. 00:09:28.610 --> 00:09:30.920 align:middle line:84% Everything that you see in here has 00:09:30.920 --> 00:09:34.670 align:middle line:84% been built, donated, obtained by, and now maintained 00:09:34.670 --> 00:09:35.840 align:middle line:90% by the membership. 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:37.550 align:middle line:90% That includes the landscaping. 00:09:37.550 --> 00:09:38.810 align:middle line:90% These cars were brought in. 00:09:38.810 --> 00:09:40.070 align:middle line:90% Everything that you see. 00:09:40.070 --> 00:09:42.620 align:middle line:84% There were rusty refrigerators, old cars out here. 00:09:42.620 --> 00:09:43.214 align:middle line:90% Boulders. 00:09:43.214 --> 00:09:44.630 align:middle line:84% Nothing was here in the beginning. 00:09:44.630 --> 00:09:47.330 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And what's the idea? 00:09:47.330 --> 00:09:49.612 align:middle line:90% What scale are they built to? 00:09:49.612 --> 00:09:51.820 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Well, there are actually three scales. 00:09:51.820 --> 00:09:55.570 align:middle line:84% The trains that you see here are inch and 1/2 to the foot scale. 00:09:55.570 --> 00:09:58.400 align:middle line:84% And they run on 7 and 1/2 inch gauge track. 00:09:58.400 --> 00:10:00.080 align:middle line:84% The track that we're on top of right 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:04.125 align:middle line:84% here is 4 and 3/4 gauge, or one inch to the foot scale. 00:10:04.125 --> 00:10:05.720 align:middle line:90% So 1/12 scale. 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:07.940 align:middle line:84% Now you'll notice here, there are three tracks. 00:10:07.940 --> 00:10:10.940 align:middle line:84% The smaller ones are 3 and 1/2 inch gauge 00:10:10.940 --> 00:10:12.770 align:middle line:90% for 3/4 inch to the foot scale. 00:10:12.770 --> 00:10:17.000 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And where did the term Live Steamers come from? 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:19.440 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Because they actually work on live steam. 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:22.350 align:middle line:84% These engines have a fire in them. 00:10:22.350 --> 00:10:24.800 align:middle line:84% They have miniature valves, a real boiler. 00:10:24.800 --> 00:10:28.901 align:middle line:84% They either burn fuel oil, coal, propane, or, in some cases, 00:10:28.901 --> 00:10:29.400 align:middle line:90% wood. 00:10:29.400 --> 00:10:31.050 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now here comes one right now. 00:10:31.050 --> 00:10:31.880 align:middle line:90% Look at this one. 00:10:31.880 --> 00:10:32.950 align:middle line:90% Ha! 00:10:32.950 --> 00:10:34.210 align:middle line:90% What's the deal on that one? 00:10:34.210 --> 00:10:35.420 align:middle line:90% Now what's running that one? 00:10:35.420 --> 00:10:36.503 align:middle line:90% That's a Southern Pacific. 00:10:36.503 --> 00:10:38.940 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Yeah, this has a gasoline hydraulic system 00:10:38.940 --> 00:10:40.020 align:middle line:90% in it. 00:10:40.020 --> 00:10:44.350 align:middle line:84% It has an eight horsepower gas engine with a hydraulic drive. 00:10:44.350 --> 00:10:45.240 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Wow! 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:47.940 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Now you're diesels come in two varieties. 00:10:47.940 --> 00:10:50.430 align:middle line:84% They have either 8 or a 16 horsepower engine in them 00:10:50.430 --> 00:10:51.570 align:middle line:90% with hydraulics. 00:10:51.570 --> 00:10:54.660 align:middle line:84% Some are chain-driven and others have a battery system in them 00:10:54.660 --> 00:10:55.590 align:middle line:90% with a sound unit. 00:10:55.590 --> 00:10:58.740 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And how many trains do you have running? 00:10:58.740 --> 00:11:00.467 align:middle line:84% Oh, here's the conductor, right here! 00:11:00.467 --> 00:11:01.050 align:middle line:90% How you doing? 00:11:01.050 --> 00:11:02.670 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 8: Fine, how are you? 00:11:02.670 --> 00:11:04.128 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: What's your job here? 00:11:04.128 --> 00:11:05.560 align:middle line:84% To hold back the masses of people? 00:11:05.560 --> 00:11:06.930 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 8: Try to. 00:11:06.930 --> 00:11:07.471 align:middle line:90% Try to. 00:11:07.471 --> 00:11:09.970 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So it's really crowded here when they're open, 00:11:09.970 --> 00:11:10.469 align:middle line:90% aren't you? 00:11:10.469 --> 00:11:13.260 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 8: When we open and then they just keep coming. 00:11:13.260 --> 00:11:15.190 align:middle line:84% And they come back and ride again and again. 00:11:15.190 --> 00:11:16.270 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Lots of regulars here. 00:11:16.270 --> 00:11:17.040 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 8: Oh, yeah. 00:11:17.040 --> 00:11:17.870 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: When are you open? 00:11:17.870 --> 00:11:19.290 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: We're open every Sunday. 00:11:19.290 --> 00:11:20.414 align:middle line:90% The gates at 10:00 o'clock. 00:11:20.414 --> 00:11:21.630 align:middle line:90% The rides start at 11:00. 00:11:21.630 --> 00:11:23.610 align:middle line:84% Anyone in by 3:00 o'clock gets a ride. 00:11:23.610 --> 00:11:24.680 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Is it free? 00:11:24.680 --> 00:11:25.390 align:middle line:90% LEONARD EVANS: It's free. 00:11:25.390 --> 00:11:26.139 align:middle line:90% There's no charge. 00:11:26.139 --> 00:11:29.050 align:middle line:84% Any donation that they would like to make is fine. 00:11:29.050 --> 00:11:30.300 align:middle line:90% But that's entirely voluntary. 00:11:30.300 --> 00:11:31.508 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: All right, now. 00:11:31.508 --> 00:11:36.300 align:middle line:84% We've got a lady giving instructions down here. 00:11:36.300 --> 00:11:37.140 align:middle line:90% Let's see. 00:11:37.140 --> 00:11:37.640 align:middle line:90% Oh, look. 00:11:37.640 --> 00:11:40.860 align:middle line:84% We've got another little train coming over here. 00:11:40.860 --> 00:11:42.690 align:middle line:90% Boy, it's everywhere. 00:11:42.690 --> 00:11:46.177 align:middle line:84% What kind of instructions are you giving to everybody? 00:11:46.177 --> 00:11:47.260 align:middle line:90% What are you telling them? 00:11:47.260 --> 00:11:49.343 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 9: I'm telling them how to ride the train. 00:11:49.343 --> 00:11:51.020 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And what do you tell them? 00:11:51.020 --> 00:11:53.430 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 9: Keep their hands, arms, knees, and feet 00:11:53.430 --> 00:11:56.100 align:middle line:90% inside at all times. 00:11:56.100 --> 00:11:57.360 align:middle line:90% Don't lean from side to side. 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:59.950 align:middle line:90% 00:11:59.950 --> 00:12:01.235 align:middle line:90% I'm going to go on my ride. 00:12:01.235 --> 00:12:02.260 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, OK. 00:12:02.260 --> 00:12:03.507 align:middle line:90% She's busy. 00:12:03.507 --> 00:12:04.340 align:middle line:90% LEONARD EVANS: Yeah. 00:12:04.340 --> 00:12:05.472 align:middle line:90% She gives each conductor-- 00:12:05.472 --> 00:12:06.430 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, look! 00:12:06.430 --> 00:12:07.470 align:middle line:90% So there she goes. 00:12:07.470 --> 00:12:08.370 align:middle line:90% Look, She's got a-- 00:12:08.370 --> 00:12:10.530 align:middle line:90% [WHISTLE BLOWS] 00:12:10.530 --> 00:12:11.690 align:middle line:90% Oh boy, she's ready. 00:12:11.690 --> 00:12:14.736 align:middle line:84% Do that whistle one more time for us. 00:12:14.736 --> 00:12:16.230 align:middle line:90% [WHISTLE BLOWS] 00:12:16.230 --> 00:12:18.680 align:middle line:90% Oh boy, look at them going. 00:12:18.680 --> 00:12:19.240 align:middle line:90% Oh look. 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:20.280 align:middle line:90% We got three here. 00:12:20.280 --> 00:12:22.380 align:middle line:90% We got one over here. 00:12:22.380 --> 00:12:25.770 align:middle line:90% That's a coal train over there. 00:12:25.770 --> 00:12:27.180 align:middle line:90% Then we got one in the middle. 00:12:27.180 --> 00:12:29.719 align:middle line:84% And we got one over here on the left. 00:12:29.719 --> 00:12:31.260 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: So this is the station 00:12:31.260 --> 00:12:32.384 align:middle line:90% where we load every Sunday. 00:12:32.384 --> 00:12:36.866 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: How many trains do you have in this place? 00:12:36.866 --> 00:12:39.240 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Oh, now you're asking me a question that's 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:40.010 align:middle line:90% hard to figure. 00:12:40.010 --> 00:12:41.468 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: We got a backup here. 00:12:41.468 --> 00:12:42.724 align:middle line:90% We got one here. 00:12:42.724 --> 00:12:44.640 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: We probably got 10 or 11 trains 00:12:44.640 --> 00:12:45.660 align:middle line:90% running today right now. 00:12:45.660 --> 00:12:47.530 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now how come this lady is just 00:12:47.530 --> 00:12:49.260 align:middle line:84% on her own own little train over here? 00:12:49.260 --> 00:12:51.093 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Well, they brought their unit 00:12:51.093 --> 00:12:52.170 align:middle line:90% to visit the park today. 00:12:52.170 --> 00:12:54.090 align:middle line:84% They are actually members of another club 00:12:54.090 --> 00:12:55.645 align:middle line:90% down in Costa Mesa. 00:12:55.645 --> 00:12:58.270 align:middle line:84% And so they brought their engine and riding car up to visit us. 00:12:58.270 --> 00:12:58.840 align:middle line:90% And we do this-- 00:12:58.840 --> 00:12:59.490 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Ha! 00:12:59.490 --> 00:12:59.940 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: --between the clubs. 00:12:59.940 --> 00:13:01.065 align:middle line:90% We go and visit each other. 00:13:01.065 --> 00:13:04.896 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Wow, she's riding the Yosemite and Western. 00:13:04.896 --> 00:13:06.770 align:middle line:84% And look at this other little one right here. 00:13:06.770 --> 00:13:08.790 align:middle line:90% Hi, how you doing? 00:13:08.790 --> 00:13:09.870 align:middle line:90% Is that your family? 00:13:09.870 --> 00:13:10.654 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 10: Yes! 00:13:10.654 --> 00:13:12.695 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So people bring their whole family. 00:13:12.695 --> 00:13:14.740 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: And this is 1 inch scale. 00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:17.670 align:middle line:84% And this is a nice size to actually put in your backyard. 00:13:17.670 --> 00:13:20.040 align:middle line:84% Because you can go around a tighter curve with this. 00:13:20.040 --> 00:13:21.725 align:middle line:84% This is all a train that he built. 00:13:21.725 --> 00:13:25.140 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Look at all that's going on here! 00:13:25.140 --> 00:13:26.520 align:middle line:90% Here comes another one. 00:13:26.520 --> 00:13:27.479 align:middle line:90% Here comes another one. 00:13:27.479 --> 00:13:28.936 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: On the front here we 00:13:28.936 --> 00:13:30.330 align:middle line:90% have the club steam locomotive. 00:13:30.330 --> 00:13:32.100 align:middle line:90% We have classes. 00:13:32.100 --> 00:13:34.160 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Howdy! 00:13:34.160 --> 00:13:37.130 align:middle line:90% Look at this. 00:13:37.130 --> 00:13:38.590 align:middle line:90% And look over here, Cameron. 00:13:38.590 --> 00:13:40.370 align:middle line:90% Watch out. 00:13:40.370 --> 00:13:41.980 align:middle line:90% We better get over here. 00:13:41.980 --> 00:13:43.510 align:middle line:90% Look at this locomotive. 00:13:43.510 --> 00:13:44.860 align:middle line:90% This is an old steam locomotive. 00:13:44.860 --> 00:13:45.430 align:middle line:90% LEONARD EVANS: That's right. 00:13:45.430 --> 00:13:47.992 align:middle line:84% One of the past residents of the club donated this engine. 00:13:47.992 --> 00:13:50.200 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: You look like you're having a hard time 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:51.300 align:middle line:90% fitting on this thing. 00:13:51.300 --> 00:13:52.716 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 11: You've got that right. 00:13:52.716 --> 00:13:53.311 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:13:53.311 --> 00:13:55.270 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: This is a lot of fun! 00:13:55.270 --> 00:13:56.050 align:middle line:90% Great fun! 00:13:56.050 --> 00:13:56.550 align:middle line:90% Now! 00:13:56.550 --> 00:13:57.700 align:middle line:90% This one's run by steam? 00:13:57.700 --> 00:13:59.045 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 11: By steam. 00:13:59.045 --> 00:14:00.320 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Wow. 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:02.034 align:middle line:84% And here the-- what's his position? 00:14:02.034 --> 00:14:04.075 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Sam is the general superintendent. 00:14:04.075 --> 00:14:06.115 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: OK, what are you doing to it now? 00:14:06.115 --> 00:14:08.530 align:middle line:84% SAM: Well, I got my boiler way too full. 00:14:08.530 --> 00:14:10.840 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, look at this. 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:13.360 align:middle line:84% SAM: When he gets by, I'm going to blow some water out. 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:14.650 align:middle line:84% Give me a little bit more room for steam. 00:14:14.650 --> 00:14:16.080 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So this is the real thing, isn't it? 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:17.480 align:middle line:90% It's just smaller scale. 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:20.280 align:middle line:90% SAM: A lot smaller scale. 00:14:20.280 --> 00:14:23.450 align:middle line:84% Me and him both work on a larger-scale one 00:14:23.450 --> 00:14:24.910 align:middle line:90% when we're not working on this. 00:14:24.910 --> 00:14:28.096 align:middle line:84% And this makes it all much more fun. 00:14:28.096 --> 00:14:29.789 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, this is great. 00:14:29.789 --> 00:14:31.330 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: So the first gentleman 00:14:31.330 --> 00:14:32.580 align:middle line:90% actually repaired this engine. 00:14:32.580 --> 00:14:33.710 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh my god! 00:14:33.710 --> 00:14:36.296 align:middle line:90% Look at this! 00:14:36.296 --> 00:14:37.640 align:middle line:90% He's blowing out the tanks! 00:14:37.640 --> 00:14:40.064 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Yeah, he's lowering the water level 00:14:40.064 --> 00:14:41.230 align:middle line:90% to make more room for steam. 00:14:41.230 --> 00:14:43.336 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And look over here. 00:14:43.336 --> 00:14:44.184 align:middle line:90% SAM: I might need-- 00:14:44.184 --> 00:14:45.850 align:middle line:84% I've got more than enough in the boiler. 00:14:45.850 --> 00:14:49.080 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: You got too much water going. 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:51.340 align:middle line:90% Look it over here. 00:14:51.340 --> 00:14:53.470 align:middle line:84% Boy, it went from nothing going on 00:14:53.470 --> 00:14:55.214 align:middle line:84% to a lot going on here all of a sudden. 00:14:55.214 --> 00:14:57.880 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: The owner of this train's sitting in the caboose. 00:14:57.880 --> 00:15:00.526 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Howdy! 00:15:00.526 --> 00:15:02.567 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: He's a steamer for over 30 years. 00:15:02.567 --> 00:15:04.150 align:middle line:84% He had a steam engine for a long time. 00:15:04.150 --> 00:15:05.200 align:middle line:90% Now he likes to run the diesel. 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:06.610 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Let's talk to this guy over here. 00:15:06.610 --> 00:15:07.405 align:middle line:90% How you doing? 00:15:07.405 --> 00:15:08.650 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 12: Pretty good, pretty good. 00:15:08.650 --> 00:15:09.130 align:middle line:90% How are you? 00:15:09.130 --> 00:15:10.570 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: What's your job here today? 00:15:10.570 --> 00:15:12.590 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 12: I'm the conductor of this train today. 00:15:12.590 --> 00:15:14.048 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And as the conductor, 00:15:14.048 --> 00:15:15.560 align:middle line:90% what are your responsibilities? 00:15:15.560 --> 00:15:20.260 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 12: See that all the passengers get set properly. 00:15:20.260 --> 00:15:22.510 align:middle line:84% And that they obey by the rules that we have so 00:15:22.510 --> 00:15:24.870 align:middle line:84% they don't get hurt while moving. 00:15:24.870 --> 00:15:26.120 align:middle line:90% That's one of the main things. 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:29.680 align:middle line:84% The other thing is that we had to see that they 00:15:29.680 --> 00:15:31.550 align:middle line:90% get a comfortable ride. 00:15:31.550 --> 00:15:33.700 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh boy. 00:15:33.700 --> 00:15:35.450 align:middle line:90% You look pretty laid back here. 00:15:35.450 --> 00:15:37.197 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 13: My job is to have fun. 00:15:37.197 --> 00:15:39.030 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: How can you fit on this thing? 00:15:39.030 --> 00:15:40.830 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 13: Well very comfortably. 00:15:40.830 --> 00:15:42.180 align:middle line:90% Footpads and a nice seat. 00:15:42.180 --> 00:15:43.230 align:middle line:90% And I've got my controls. 00:15:43.230 --> 00:15:44.130 align:middle line:90% And I'm ready to go. 00:15:44.130 --> 00:15:46.130 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And how fast do you go on these things? 00:15:46.130 --> 00:15:47.490 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 13: About six miles an hour. 00:15:47.490 --> 00:15:48.630 align:middle line:90% Five, six miles an hour. 00:15:48.630 --> 00:15:52.219 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And what's people's reaction when they-- 00:15:52.219 --> 00:15:53.260 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 13: They love it. 00:15:53.260 --> 00:15:53.850 align:middle line:90% They love it. 00:15:53.850 --> 00:15:54.680 align:middle line:90% Kids love it. 00:15:54.680 --> 00:15:55.770 align:middle line:90% Adults love it. 00:15:55.770 --> 00:15:57.100 align:middle line:90% So it's a great time for all. 00:15:57.100 --> 00:15:59.820 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Isn't it hard for adults to fit on these things? 00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:01.860 align:middle line:84% You look like a kid on a tricycle here. 00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:03.760 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 13: It's harder for some than others. 00:16:03.760 --> 00:16:04.697 align:middle line:90% That's for sure. 00:16:04.697 --> 00:16:05.655 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 14: Hey, Huell. 00:16:05.655 --> 00:16:07.010 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Hi, how you doing? 00:16:07.010 --> 00:16:07.650 align:middle line:90% Are you all loading up? 00:16:07.650 --> 00:16:08.540 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 14: We're loading up. 00:16:08.540 --> 00:16:10.470 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now are you all regulars here? 00:16:10.470 --> 00:16:12.170 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 14: We come here about two or three times a month. 00:16:12.170 --> 00:16:13.378 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: You're kidding. 00:16:13.378 --> 00:16:17.002 align:middle line:84% Now see, now the kids really get addicted to it. 00:16:17.002 --> 00:16:17.752 align:middle line:90% [TRAIN HORN BLOWS] 00:16:17.752 --> 00:16:20.700 align:middle line:90% Oh my gosh! 00:16:20.700 --> 00:16:24.062 align:middle line:90% Wow, this is great. 00:16:24.062 --> 00:16:27.540 align:middle line:90% And look at this thing. 00:16:27.540 --> 00:16:28.950 align:middle line:90% What is this made out of? 00:16:28.950 --> 00:16:30.637 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 13: This is fiberglass. 00:16:30.637 --> 00:16:32.970 align:middle line:84% This is the Southern Pacific Black Widow from the 1950s. 00:16:32.970 --> 00:16:35.045 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And some of them are made out of metal? 00:16:35.045 --> 00:16:36.090 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 13: Most of them are metal. 00:16:36.090 --> 00:16:36.700 align:middle line:90% Right, right. 00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:37.230 align:middle line:90% [KNOCKS] 00:16:37.230 --> 00:16:37.890 align:middle line:90% It's solid. 00:16:37.890 --> 00:16:39.540 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And did you pay for this one yourself? 00:16:39.540 --> 00:16:40.635 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 13: I paid for it myself. 00:16:40.635 --> 00:16:41.770 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: You must be rich. 00:16:41.770 --> 00:16:42.810 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 13: Well, I was. 00:16:42.810 --> 00:16:45.330 align:middle line:90% 00:16:45.330 --> 00:16:47.110 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Look at this little engine. 00:16:47.110 --> 00:16:48.110 align:middle line:90% LEONARD EVANS: Oh, yeah. 00:16:48.110 --> 00:16:51.580 align:middle line:84% Now that was actually owned by a member who'd passed away. 00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:53.660 align:middle line:90% Wife wrote a letter to us. 00:16:53.660 --> 00:16:56.157 align:middle line:84% And it turns out I went with his dad to take a look at it. 00:16:56.157 --> 00:16:57.865 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: That looks like an antique. 00:16:57.865 --> 00:16:59.050 align:middle line:90% LEONARD EVANS: Oh, it is. 00:16:59.050 --> 00:17:01.390 align:middle line:84% That engine probably originated back in the '50s. 00:17:01.390 --> 00:17:04.540 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So these things are passed on. 00:17:04.540 --> 00:17:08.619 align:middle line:84% These have real historical value, as well as 00:17:08.619 --> 00:17:09.310 align:middle line:90% monetary value. 00:17:09.310 --> 00:17:11.380 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: There's one here built by Buzz Sutch that's 00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:12.280 align:middle line:90% on display over there. 00:17:12.280 --> 00:17:13.654 align:middle line:84% And I ran into a guy last weekend 00:17:13.654 --> 00:17:15.470 align:middle line:90% whose grandfather started one. 00:17:15.470 --> 00:17:17.560 align:middle line:84% And he recently had someone complete it for him. 00:17:17.560 --> 00:17:18.579 align:middle line:90% And it is a jewel today. 00:17:18.579 --> 00:17:21.670 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Boy, there's so much going on around here. 00:17:21.670 --> 00:17:24.730 align:middle line:84% This is definitely action central. 00:17:24.730 --> 00:17:26.962 align:middle line:84% Right here, you got a back up going here. 00:17:26.962 --> 00:17:27.920 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 15: Yes, we do. 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:29.560 align:middle line:84% I think somebody callled Huell Howser's holding us 00:17:29.560 --> 00:17:30.490 align:middle line:90% up here a little bit. 00:17:30.490 --> 00:17:31.615 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Look at this! 00:17:31.615 --> 00:17:32.660 align:middle line:90% Look at this! 00:17:32.660 --> 00:17:33.160 align:middle line:90% Hey! 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:36.680 align:middle line:90% 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:37.867 align:middle line:90% Don't blame this on me. 00:17:37.867 --> 00:17:38.950 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 15: Oh, I'm sorry. 00:17:38.950 --> 00:17:40.690 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: I think it's a breakdown in the system here. 00:17:40.690 --> 00:17:42.400 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 15: Well, somebody was holding us up. 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:42.941 align:middle line:90% I'm not sure. 00:17:42.941 --> 00:17:43.900 align:middle line:90% Maybe it wasn't Huell. 00:17:43.900 --> 00:17:45.000 align:middle line:90% I'm not sure who it was. 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:46.180 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Look at this. 00:17:46.180 --> 00:17:46.889 align:middle line:90% He's ready to go! 00:17:46.889 --> 00:17:48.138 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 16: Absolutely, Huell. 00:17:48.138 --> 00:17:50.470 align:middle line:84% We're going to load up with another group of passengers 00:17:50.470 --> 00:17:51.190 align:middle line:90% and haul around. 00:17:51.190 --> 00:17:52.356 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: This is your-- 00:17:52.356 --> 00:17:54.620 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 16: It's Baldwin S-12. 00:17:54.620 --> 00:17:56.120 align:middle line:84% Colorado and California for my boys. 00:17:56.120 --> 00:17:58.328 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: I have a feeling you're looking forward 00:17:58.328 --> 00:17:59.577 align:middle line:90% to this every single week. 00:17:59.577 --> 00:18:00.910 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 16: You bet I do, Huell. 00:18:00.910 --> 00:18:01.536 align:middle line:90% It's great fun. 00:18:01.536 --> 00:18:03.785 align:middle line:84% We get out, we have a great chance to pull the public. 00:18:03.785 --> 00:18:04.670 align:middle line:90% And we really enjoy. 00:18:04.670 --> 00:18:05.970 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah, the public's gotta be-- 00:18:05.970 --> 00:18:06.730 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 16: Boys love it. 00:18:06.730 --> 00:18:07.930 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: You having a good time? 00:18:07.930 --> 00:18:08.906 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 17: Yeah. 00:18:08.906 --> 00:18:10.910 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Good, good. 00:18:10.910 --> 00:18:12.860 align:middle line:84% And look at this family right here. 00:18:12.860 --> 00:18:13.770 align:middle line:90% Y'all having fun? 00:18:13.770 --> 00:18:14.800 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 18: Oh, we're having a great time. 00:18:14.800 --> 00:18:14.980 align:middle line:90% He loves the trains. 00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:16.938 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now is this your first time here? 00:18:16.938 --> 00:18:17.710 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 18: It is. 00:18:17.710 --> 00:18:17.940 align:middle line:90% It is. 00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:19.710 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So really this must just-- 00:18:19.710 --> 00:18:20.980 align:middle line:90% this is blowing me away. 00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:23.370 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 18: This is blowing us away, too. 00:18:23.370 --> 00:18:24.749 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Look at this guy! 00:18:24.749 --> 00:18:26.290 align:middle line:84% You're too big for this little train! 00:18:26.290 --> 00:18:26.890 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 19: No, I love it. 00:18:26.890 --> 00:18:28.336 align:middle line:90% That's mine right there. 00:18:28.336 --> 00:18:31.036 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: And here we go! 00:18:31.036 --> 00:18:32.037 align:middle line:90% How you doing? 00:18:32.037 --> 00:18:33.370 align:middle line:90% JIM LISOWSKI: Jim Lisowski here. 00:18:33.370 --> 00:18:34.840 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Nice to see you, sir! 00:18:34.840 --> 00:18:35.760 align:middle line:90% Is this your engine? 00:18:35.760 --> 00:18:37.000 align:middle line:90% JIM LISOWSKI: One of mine. 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:38.480 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Give us a honk on that horn. 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.250 align:middle line:90% JIM LISOWSKI: Which one? 00:18:39.250 --> 00:18:40.333 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Right there. 00:18:40.333 --> 00:18:42.779 align:middle line:90% [TRAIN HORN BLOWS] 00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:45.070 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: He's a pretty good trainmaster, isn't he? 00:18:45.070 --> 00:18:45.710 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 20: Yes, it is. 00:18:45.710 --> 00:18:46.860 align:middle line:90% It's not the first and last. 00:18:46.860 --> 00:18:47.330 align:middle line:90% That's good. 00:18:47.330 --> 00:18:48.455 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Look at this. 00:18:48.455 --> 00:18:51.685 align:middle line:90% [CHEERS] 00:18:51.685 --> 00:18:53.018 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 21: Will you talk to me? 00:18:53.018 --> 00:18:54.880 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah, I'll talk to you. 00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:55.550 align:middle line:90% You having fun? 00:18:55.550 --> 00:18:58.050 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 21: Yes, I'm having fun today here at Griffith Park. 00:18:58.050 --> 00:18:59.240 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Having a good time on the-- 00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:01.156 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 22: We're going to get on three times. 00:19:01.156 --> 00:19:02.742 align:middle line:84% Because this is our second time on it. 00:19:02.742 --> 00:19:04.700 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: The second time around the train? 00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:05.330 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 22: Yep. 00:19:05.330 --> 00:19:06.120 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Great. 00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:08.060 align:middle line:84% A lot of people come and just stay, don't they? 00:19:08.060 --> 00:19:08.976 align:middle line:90% LEONARD EVANS: Oh yes. 00:19:08.976 --> 00:19:10.890 align:middle line:84% In fact, it's only after 3:00 o'clock 00:19:10.890 --> 00:19:13.100 align:middle line:84% we say you can't get back in line again. 00:19:13.100 --> 00:19:15.050 align:middle line:84% Now Jim Lisowski you just met was 00:19:15.050 --> 00:19:18.030 align:middle line:84% one of the originating members that formed 00:19:18.030 --> 00:19:19.655 align:middle line:90% the club before it was a club. 00:19:19.655 --> 00:19:22.780 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Now why have I never heard about this? 00:19:22.780 --> 00:19:24.984 align:middle line:90% Have I been in a cave somewhere? 00:19:24.984 --> 00:19:26.650 align:middle line:84% Because look at all these people we got. 00:19:26.650 --> 00:19:28.790 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Well, you'll find people every Sunday who 00:19:28.790 --> 00:19:30.120 align:middle line:90% say I never knew this was here. 00:19:30.120 --> 00:19:31.579 align:middle line:90% I've lived in town for 40 years. 00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:33.620 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: But don't you have a trouble almost 00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:35.000 align:middle line:90% with too many people coming? 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:36.965 align:middle line:84% Cause you're only open on Sundays. 00:19:36.965 --> 00:19:38.510 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Only open on Sundays. 00:19:38.510 --> 00:19:40.830 align:middle line:84% And we're an all-volunteer organization. 00:19:40.830 --> 00:19:43.702 align:middle line:84% So sometimes there's 10 or 11 trains like today. 00:19:43.702 --> 00:19:45.410 align:middle line:84% Sometimes there may be only two or three. 00:19:45.410 --> 00:19:45.980 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Uh-oh. 00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:47.560 align:middle line:84% If you've only got two or three, and you've 00:19:47.560 --> 00:19:49.370 align:middle line:84% got all these people, you're going to have-- 00:19:49.370 --> 00:19:50.450 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Well, then we start 00:19:50.450 --> 00:19:52.741 align:middle line:84% shaking the seats around here and saying, come on guys, 00:19:52.741 --> 00:19:53.470 align:middle line:90% let's go. 00:19:53.470 --> 00:19:56.220 align:middle line:84% But it's all volunteer, and it's worked out very well. 00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:57.760 align:middle line:84% We provide a good service to the-- 00:19:57.760 --> 00:20:00.110 align:middle line:84% we've ridden literally hundreds of thousands 00:20:00.110 --> 00:20:01.995 align:middle line:84% of people over the year out here. 00:20:01.995 --> 00:20:03.280 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Sure! 00:20:03.280 --> 00:20:04.170 align:middle line:90% Look at this guy. 00:20:04.170 --> 00:20:06.382 align:middle line:90% Come on through here, fellas. 00:20:06.382 --> 00:20:08.066 align:middle line:90% Look at this. 00:20:08.066 --> 00:20:09.410 align:middle line:90% Look at this guy here. 00:20:09.410 --> 00:20:12.340 align:middle line:90% 00:20:12.340 --> 00:20:13.380 align:middle line:90% Oh my gosh! 00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:14.650 align:middle line:90% How you doing, fellas? 00:20:14.650 --> 00:20:15.910 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 23: Yeah, not bad for an old guy. 00:20:15.910 --> 00:20:16.380 align:middle line:90% What's happening? 00:20:16.380 --> 00:20:17.330 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: You having fun? 00:20:17.330 --> 00:20:18.454 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: You darn right. 00:20:18.454 --> 00:20:20.202 align:middle line:84% Every Sunday for the last 33 years. 00:20:20.202 --> 00:20:21.410 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: You're kidding? 00:20:21.410 --> 00:20:22.000 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: No, I'm Italian. 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.930 align:middle line:90% How did you know? 00:20:22.930 --> 00:20:24.464 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:20:24.464 --> 00:20:26.380 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And you've been coming down here 00:20:26.380 --> 00:20:27.460 align:middle line:90% every Sunday for-- 00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:29.280 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 23: Well, not quite every Sunday. 00:20:29.280 --> 00:20:31.420 align:middle line:84% When the boss at home says it's OK, I come down. 00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:33.629 align:middle line:90% Which after the years, it's OK. 00:20:33.629 --> 00:20:35.170 align:middle line:84% I come down pretty much every Sunday. 00:20:35.170 --> 00:20:36.695 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: So she lets you play with your trains? 00:20:36.695 --> 00:20:37.690 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: Right. 00:20:37.690 --> 00:20:38.866 align:middle line:90% Best woman in the world. 00:20:38.866 --> 00:20:40.690 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Now, he built that. 00:20:40.690 --> 00:20:41.800 align:middle line:90% From scratch. 00:20:41.800 --> 00:20:43.360 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: What is this? 00:20:43.360 --> 00:20:47.250 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 23: It's a Class C Illinois Central locomotive. 00:20:47.250 --> 00:20:49.730 align:middle line:84% They used to pull trains with this at one time. 00:20:49.730 --> 00:20:51.340 align:middle line:84% Actually pulled trains in Illinois. 00:20:51.340 --> 00:20:52.840 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: They're honking at us, 00:20:52.840 --> 00:20:54.560 align:middle line:90% cause we're holding them up. 00:20:54.560 --> 00:20:55.520 align:middle line:90% You better move on. 00:20:55.520 --> 00:20:56.665 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: They're on the other line. 00:20:56.665 --> 00:20:58.250 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Nice to meet you, sir. 00:20:58.250 --> 00:21:00.390 align:middle line:84% You better say something to your wife like thanks. 00:21:00.390 --> 00:21:00.930 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 23: Hi, sweetheart! 00:21:00.930 --> 00:21:01.513 align:middle line:90% And thank you! 00:21:01.513 --> 00:21:03.430 align:middle line:90% [LAUGHTER] 00:21:03.430 --> 00:21:05.680 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: I said hundreds of thousands in a year. 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:07.138 align:middle line:84% It's actually over the years, we've 00:21:07.138 --> 00:21:08.830 align:middle line:84% had that many people come through here. 00:21:08.830 --> 00:21:11.770 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, but you've got thousands every Sunday 00:21:11.770 --> 00:21:12.740 align:middle line:90% coming through here. 00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:15.040 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Close to a thousand people on a Sunday. 00:21:15.040 --> 00:21:16.540 align:middle line:90% About 35,000 a year. 00:21:16.540 --> 00:21:18.790 align:middle line:84% We also have charity events that we hold here. 00:21:18.790 --> 00:21:20.477 align:middle line:90% For City of Hope. 00:21:20.477 --> 00:21:21.310 align:middle line:90% Children's Hospital. 00:21:21.310 --> 00:21:22.893 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Let's get out of the way 00:21:22.893 --> 00:21:25.402 align:middle line:90% and let-- come on through. 00:21:25.402 --> 00:21:26.110 align:middle line:90% Look at this guy. 00:21:26.110 --> 00:21:28.960 align:middle line:90% 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:30.782 align:middle line:90% Sorry to hold you up! 00:21:30.782 --> 00:21:31.490 align:middle line:90% Nice to meet you. 00:21:31.490 --> 00:21:32.656 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 24 Nice to meet you. 00:21:32.656 --> 00:21:34.375 align:middle line:84% I met you out at Palm Springs in January. 00:21:34.375 --> 00:21:36.208 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Oh, well nice to see you here. 00:21:36.208 --> 00:21:38.043 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 24 This is his train in the back. 00:21:38.043 --> 00:21:39.250 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah, OK. 00:21:39.250 --> 00:21:41.914 align:middle line:90% This is his train back here. 00:21:41.914 --> 00:21:42.900 align:middle line:90% Howdy! 00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:45.280 align:middle line:90% Everybody having fun? 00:21:45.280 --> 00:21:48.100 align:middle line:84% Boy, what's not to enjoy about this? 00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:49.300 align:middle line:90% This is your train. 00:21:49.300 --> 00:21:50.250 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 25: Yes. 00:21:50.250 --> 00:21:52.860 align:middle line:90% How are you, Huell? 00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.880 align:middle line:90% This is my train. 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:55.455 align:middle line:90% I've had it for 25 years here. 00:21:55.455 --> 00:21:56.330 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Really? 00:21:56.330 --> 00:21:58.895 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 25: I've been in the club for 29. 00:21:58.895 --> 00:22:01.610 align:middle line:84% And we've been operating ever since. 00:22:01.610 --> 00:22:07.020 align:middle line:84% They used it for the Dick Tracy movie. 00:22:07.020 --> 00:22:08.290 align:middle line:90% And they put ropes on it. 00:22:08.290 --> 00:22:10.870 align:middle line:84% And so I have ropes on it occasionally. 00:22:10.870 --> 00:22:12.620 align:middle line:90% But I've had a lot of fun here. 00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:13.560 align:middle line:90% This is a great club. 00:22:13.560 --> 00:22:16.640 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Everywhere you look you see something else. 00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:19.810 align:middle line:90% This is an old one over here. 00:22:19.810 --> 00:22:23.739 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 25: Yeah, we've got old ones and modern ones. 00:22:23.739 --> 00:22:25.030 align:middle line:90% You've got three of them there. 00:22:25.030 --> 00:22:26.710 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Look at this! 00:22:26.710 --> 00:22:29.350 align:middle line:90% What in the world is this? 00:22:29.350 --> 00:22:31.390 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 25: This is a 2662 Malley. 00:22:31.390 --> 00:22:33.542 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Boy, this looks like the real thing. 00:22:33.542 --> 00:22:35.500 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 25: It is the real thing, only smaller. 00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:40.140 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Yeah, listen to this. 00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:42.114 align:middle line:90% Boy, it smells, too. 00:22:42.114 --> 00:22:43.530 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 25: Using real Welsh coal. 00:22:43.530 --> 00:22:44.950 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh look at this! 00:22:44.950 --> 00:22:47.100 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 25: It's firing with real coal. 00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:49.360 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: He's firing it with real coal! 00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:52.986 align:middle line:84% He's got a real little boiler down there. 00:22:52.986 --> 00:22:54.160 align:middle line:90% Goodness, gracious! 00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:55.771 align:middle line:90% This is great stuff! 00:22:55.771 --> 00:22:56.520 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 26: Hello. 00:22:56.520 --> 00:22:58.790 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And you all are hooked up together here? 00:22:58.790 --> 00:23:00.623 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 26: Yeah we're triple-heading today. 00:23:00.623 --> 00:23:01.421 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Oh! 00:23:01.421 --> 00:23:04.830 align:middle line:90% [LOUD SOUND] 00:23:04.830 --> 00:23:06.747 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: What's happening to your engine? 00:23:06.747 --> 00:23:08.788 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 27: That's the safety valves popping off. 00:23:08.788 --> 00:23:10.360 align:middle line:84% They pop off at a certain temperature 00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:12.026 align:middle line:84% to keep the boilers from exploding, just 00:23:12.026 --> 00:23:14.116 align:middle line:90% like the real ones. 00:23:14.116 --> 00:23:15.540 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: That is amazing! 00:23:15.540 --> 00:23:18.510 align:middle line:90% 00:23:18.510 --> 00:23:21.100 align:middle line:90% He's steaming up his engine. 00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:23.200 align:middle line:90% Just like a big one. 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:25.992 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 27: Just like the big one only smaller. 00:23:25.992 --> 00:23:28.590 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Some of these look a little more authentic 00:23:28.590 --> 00:23:29.260 align:middle line:90% than others. 00:23:29.260 --> 00:23:31.789 align:middle line:84% And this one, yours really looks like the real thing. 00:23:31.789 --> 00:23:33.330 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 27: This is pretty authentic. 00:23:33.330 --> 00:23:34.704 align:middle line:84% It's modeled after a real engine. 00:23:34.704 --> 00:23:38.370 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: This is the littlest engine 00:23:38.370 --> 00:23:42.420 align:middle line:84% I have ever seen pulling a full-grown-- what's 00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.660 align:middle line:90% the story on this? 00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:46.940 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 28: Well, one smaller than this pulled me around. 00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:49.060 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: What's the deal on this? 00:23:49.060 --> 00:23:52.100 align:middle line:90% SPEAKER 28: 3/4 inch scale. 00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:54.760 align:middle line:84% It's a little ol' 4-0 Switcher tank engine. 00:23:54.760 --> 00:23:56.745 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: How old is this thing? 00:23:56.745 --> 00:23:59.280 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 28: Oh, it's 40 years old, something like that. 00:23:59.280 --> 00:24:02.270 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: Wow! 00:24:02.270 --> 00:24:03.549 align:middle line:90% You're going too fast. 00:24:03.549 --> 00:24:04.590 align:middle line:90% I can't keep up with you. 00:24:04.590 --> 00:24:07.570 align:middle line:90% There he goes! 00:24:07.570 --> 00:24:16.740 align:middle line:90% He's moving 00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:19.360 align:middle line:84% Well, I don't know what I had expected. 00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:23.010 align:middle line:84% But this is about as beautiful as it gets here. 00:24:23.010 --> 00:24:24.150 align:middle line:90% With these trees. 00:24:24.150 --> 00:24:25.990 align:middle line:90% With the trains. 00:24:25.990 --> 00:24:30.240 align:middle line:84% And with all the things that are going on here. 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:34.650 align:middle line:84% It's a wonderful, magical, magical place 00:24:34.650 --> 00:24:36.300 align:middle line:90% here in Griffith Park. 00:24:36.300 --> 00:24:38.940 align:middle line:84% We're going to put the dates and the times 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:40.470 align:middle line:90% that it's here for people. 00:24:40.470 --> 00:24:45.240 align:middle line:84% I hope too many people don't jam in on you right away. 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:47.550 align:middle line:90% But I tell you what, this is-- 00:24:47.550 --> 00:24:49.590 align:middle line:90% it's nice to meet you. 00:24:49.590 --> 00:24:52.414 align:middle line:84% This is about as much fun as I think you can have in LA. 00:24:52.414 --> 00:24:54.330 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Well, we would agree with that. 00:24:54.330 --> 00:24:57.330 align:middle line:84% Because we certainly enjoyed sharing it with everybody 00:24:57.330 --> 00:24:58.230 align:middle line:90% every Sunday. 00:24:58.230 --> 00:25:00.850 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And you've been doing it for almost 50 years 00:25:00.850 --> 00:25:01.350 align:middle line:90% now. 00:25:01.350 --> 00:25:01.830 align:middle line:90% LEONARD EVANS: That's right. 00:25:01.830 --> 00:25:03.930 align:middle line:84% 2006 will be our 50th anniversary. 00:25:03.930 --> 00:25:05.460 align:middle line:90% So we're 46 years here now. 00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.960 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Well, congratulations. 00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:09.450 align:middle line:84% This has been one of the most exciting Sundays 00:25:09.450 --> 00:25:11.235 align:middle line:90% I have ever spent in my life. 00:25:11.235 --> 00:25:12.260 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: It's a pleasure to have you. 00:25:12.260 --> 00:25:14.520 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: Like I say, I don't know where in the world 00:25:14.520 --> 00:25:15.630 align:middle line:90% I've been all these years. 00:25:15.630 --> 00:25:18.050 align:middle line:90% I've lived in LA over 20 years. 00:25:18.050 --> 00:25:19.152 align:middle line:90% I never knew this existed. 00:25:19.152 --> 00:25:21.360 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Have you seen the rest of the railroad 00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:22.230 align:middle line:90% beyond the tunnels? 00:25:22.230 --> 00:25:23.354 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: There's more? 00:25:23.354 --> 00:25:25.005 align:middle line:84% LEONARD EVANS: Oh, quite a bit more. 00:25:25.005 --> 00:25:27.130 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: That'll have to wait for another day. 00:25:27.130 --> 00:25:27.360 align:middle line:90% LEONARD EVANS: OK. 00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:28.350 align:middle line:90% HUELL HOWSER: I'll be back. 00:25:28.350 --> 00:25:29.100 align:middle line:90% LEONARD EVANS: OK. 00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:32.370 align:middle line:84% HUELL HOWSER: And I hope that you'll come down here, too, 00:25:32.370 --> 00:25:37.500 align:middle line:84% to Griffith Park and enjoy a wonderful Sunday with the Live 00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.430 align:middle line:90% Steamers. 00:25:38.430 --> 00:25:41.190 align:middle line:84% It's free, and it's a lot of fun. 00:25:41.190 --> 00:27:31.968 align:middle line:90% 00:27:31.968 --> 00:27:34.820 align:middle line:84% SPEAKER 1: "Visiting with Huell Howser" 00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:36.830 align:middle line:84% is made possible through a generous grant 00:27:36.830 --> 00:27:40.660 align:middle line:84% from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. 00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:43.167 align:middle line:90%