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36 relations: Aluminium, Amusement park, Boxcar, Caboose, Carolwood Pacific Railroad, Center of mass, Children's railway, Diesel engine, Disneyland, Disneyland Railroad, Flatcar, Garden railway, Gasoline, Grizzly Flats Railroad, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, Knott's Berry Farm, Lead–acid battery, Live steam, Locomotive, Logo, Los Angeles, Narrow-gauge railway, Railroad switch, Railroad tie, Ridable miniature railway, Steam locomotive, Steel, Tank car, Track (rail transport), Track ballast, Track gauge, Train ride, Walt Disney, Ward Kimball, Welding, Wendell "Bud" Hurlbut.
Aluminium
Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.
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Amusement park
An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes.
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Boxcar
A boxcar is a North American railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight.
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Caboose
A caboose is a manned North American railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train.
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Carolwood Pacific Railroad
The Carolwood Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was a 7 1⁄4-inch gauge ridable miniature railroad run by Walt Disney in the backyard of his home in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, in the United States.
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Center of mass
In physics, the center of mass of a distribution of mass in space is the unique point where the weighted relative position of the distributed mass sums to zero, or the point where if a force is applied it moves in the direction of the force without rotating.
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Children's railway
A children's railway or pioneer railway is an extracurricular educational institution, where teenagers learn railway professions.
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Diesel engine
The diesel engine (also known as a compression-ignition or CI engine), named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel which is injected into the combustion chamber is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression (adiabatic compression).
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Disneyland
Disneyland Park, originally Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17, 1955.
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Disneyland Railroad
The Disneyland Railroad (DRR), formerly known as the Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad, is a 3-foot narrow-gauge heritage railroad and attraction in the Disneyland theme park of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, in the United States.
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Flatcar
A flatcar (US) (also flat car (US) or flat wagon (UIC)) is a piece of railroad (US) or railway (non-US) rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on a pair of trucks (US) or bogies (UK), one at each end containing four or six wheels.
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Garden railway
A garden railroad or garden railway (railroad in the US, railway elsewhere) is a model railway system set up outdoors in a garden.
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Gasoline
Gasoline (American English), or petrol (British English), is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in spark-ignited internal combustion engines.
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Grizzly Flats Railroad
The Grizzly Flats Railroad (GFRR) was a 3-foot narrow-gauge heritage railroad owned by Disney animator Ward Kimball at his home in San Gabriel, California.
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Holmby Hills, Los Angeles
Holmby Hills is a neighborhood in the district of Westwood in western Los Angeles.
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Knott's Berry Farm
Knott’s Berry Farm is a amusement park in Buena Park, California, United States, owned by Cedar Fair.
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Lead–acid battery
The lead–acid battery was invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté and is the oldest type of rechargeable battery.
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Live steam
Live steam is steam under pressure, obtained by heating water in a boiler.
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Locomotive
A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.
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Logo
A logo (abbreviation of logotype, from λόγος logos "word" and τύπος typos "imprint") is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.
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Narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.
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Railroad switch
A railroad switch, turnout, or points is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding branches off.
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Railroad tie
A railroad tie/railway tie/crosstie (North America) or railway sleeper (Britain, Ireland, South Asia, Australasia, and Africa) is a rectangular support for the rails in railroad tracks.
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Ridable miniature railway
A ridable miniature railway (US: 'riding railroad' or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level model railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or petrol engines, live steam engines or electric motors).
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Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.
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Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements.
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Tank car
A tank car (International Union of Railways (UIC): tank wagon) is a type of railroad car (UIC: railway car) or rolling stock designed to transport liquid and gaseous commodities.
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Track (rail transport)
The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.
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Track ballast
Track ballast forms the trackbed upon which railroad ties (sleepers) are laid.
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Track gauge
In rail transport, track gauge is the spacing of the rails on a railway track and is measured between the inner faces of the load-bearing rails.
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Train ride
A train ride consists of miniature trains capable of carrying people.
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Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer.
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Ward Kimball
Ward Walrath Kimball (March 4, 1914 – July 8, 2002), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was an animator for the Walt Disney Studios.
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Welding
Welding is a fabrication or sculptural process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing fusion, which is distinct from lower temperature metal-joining techniques such as brazing and soldering, which do not melt the base metal.
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Wendell "Bud" Hurlbut
Wendell "Bud" Hurlbut (1918–2011) was a designer, builder, entrepreneur, and one of the first creators of theme parks in the United States.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyard_railroad
