Disney is marking 100 years of Disneyland Railroad engine Ernest S. Marsh with a pair of flags on its front.
Ernest S. Marsh Engine
Two green flags are mounted on the front of the engine. On the flags is the engine’s number 4 icon, which reads “Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, U.S.A.”
The flags also feature the engine’s name and “100 Years” in yellow letters.
The engine was constructed by Baldwin Locomotive Works in April 1925. It entered service at Disneyland in 1959 and is named after the then-president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, the sponsor of the Disneyland Railroad at the time.
Though a stately 100 years old, the Ernest S. Marsh is actually the middle child of the Disneyland Railroad engines. The oldest of the engines is the Fred Gurley, constructed in August 1894. It’s followed by the Ward Kimball, dating back to September 1902. Both were also constructed by Baldwin Locomotive Works.
The railroad’s two other engines, the C.K. Holliday and E.P. Ripley, were both constructed by WED Enterprises (now Walt Disney Imagineering) in 1955 for the opening of Disneyland Park.
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