Unseen Home Movie Footage of Walt Disney from Cartoon Brew
In spring 1948, Ward Kimball had become aware of Walt Disney’s budding interest in scale-model trains, and he invited Walt to come along to Dick Jackson, a wealthy businessman who operated a scale-railroad in the backyard of his Beverly Hills, home This is possibly the first time that Walt had ever personally operated scale-trains. Disney was hooked after the visit, and soon after he began constructing his own luxe backyard railroad, the Carolwood Pacific.