Wild Cat Railroad - Revision history

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Venice Miniature Railroad

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	[[File:OriginalVeniceMiniatureRailway.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px\|Advertisement for The Original Venice Miniature Railway in "The Miniature Locomotive", November-December 1952]]		[[File:OriginalVeniceMiniatureRailway.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px\|Advertisement for The Original Venice Miniature Railway in "The Miniature Locomotive", November-December 1952]]


			[[Harry Dixon]] wrote <i>[[The Miniature Locomotive]]</i>, November-December 1954:

			: Any of you live steamers visiting in the San Francisco Bay Area should see Billy Jones' Wildcat Railroad at Los Gatos, California. He has some old time rolling stock and locomotives that were used in the 1915 World's Fair. This line is in 18 inch gauge and he is usually operating on Sundays. The picture shows Billy at the throttle waiting to get the out-of-town high ball.

			[[File:BillyJonesWildcatRailroad 1954.jpg\|thumb\|center\|500px\|Retired Southern Pacific engineer, Billy Jones. This loco was originally built for the Venice Railway at Venice, California.]]

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

Dnevil at 00:58, 24 March 2014

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	File:MechanixIllustrated July1962 002e.jpg\|Kids play in caboose on the siding. For birthday occasions it's hitched to train.		File:MechanixIllustrated July1962 002e.jpg\|Kids play in caboose on the siding. For birthday occasions it's hitched to train.
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			== Venice Miniature Railroad ==

			[[File:OriginalVeniceMiniatureRailway.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px\|Advertisement for The Original Venice Miniature Railway in "The Miniature Locomotive", November-December 1952]]

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

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External Links

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	* [http://www.yelp.com/biz/billy-jones-wildcat-railroad-and-bill-mason-carousel-los-gatos Nice photos of today's Wildcat Railroad]		* [http://www.yelp.com/biz/billy-jones-wildcat-railroad-and-bill-mason-carousel-los-gatos Nice photos of today's Wildcat Railroad]
	* [https://www.facebook.com/BillyJonesWildcatRailroad Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad - Facebook Page]		* [https://www.facebook.com/BillyJonesWildcatRailroad Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad - Facebook Page]
			* [http://bjwrr.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/BJWRR-Venice-Miniature-Railway.pdf "Venice Miniature Railway"]
			* [http://www.westland.net/venicehistory/articles/rail.htm "Venice Miniature Railway"]

Dnevil at 05:35, 2 January 2014

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	by Rudy Arnold, <i>Mechanix Illustrated</i>, July 1962		by Rudy Arnold, <i>Mechanix Illustrated</i>, July 1962

	Casey Jones is more than a legend to kids living in and around Los Gatos, California. He's a real live railroad man named William "Casey" Jones, a retired locomotive engineer. Jones' hobby since the early Forties has been the building and operating of his Wildcat Railroad. Its circular 1,940-foot track runs through a picturesque orchard. Every Sunday "Casey" climbs aboard his 4-1/2 ton home-built prairie engine, opens the throttle and chugs around the orchard hauling three passenger cars full of happy kids. And--except when "Casey's" rolling stock is turned over to some charitable organization for money-raising purposes--there's never any fare to pay.		Casey Jones is more than a legend to kids living in and around Los Gatos, California. He's a real live railroad man named [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_%22Billy%22_Jones William "Casey" Jones], a retired locomotive engineer. Jones' hobby since the early Forties has been the building and operating of his Wildcat Railroad. Its circular 1,940-foot track runs through a picturesque orchard. Every Sunday "Casey" climbs aboard his 4-1/2 ton home-built prairie engine, opens the throttle and chugs around the orchard hauling three passenger cars full of happy kids. And--except when "Casey's" rolling stock is turned over to some charitable organization for money-raising purposes--there's never any fare to pay.

	See also [[Steam up on the Backyard Railroad]].		See also [[Steam up on the Backyard Railroad]].
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	File:MechanixIllustrated July1962 002e.jpg\|Kids play in caboose on the siding. For birthday occasions it's hitched to train.		File:MechanixIllustrated July1962 002e.jpg\|Kids play in caboose on the siding. For birthday occasions it's hitched to train.
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			== External Links ==

			* [http://www.yelp.com/biz/billy-jones-wildcat-railroad-and-bill-mason-carousel-los-gatos Nice photos of today's Wildcat Railroad]
			* [https://www.facebook.com/BillyJonesWildcatRailroad Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad - Facebook Page]

Dnevil: Created page with "Category:Tracks '''Riding the Wild Cat''' by Rudy Arnold, Mechanix Illustrated, July 1962 Casey Jones is more than a legend to kids living in and around Los Gato..."

2014-01-02T05:30:17Z

Created page with "Category:Tracks '''Riding the Wild Cat''' by Rudy Arnold, <i>Mechanix Illustrated</i>, July 1962 Casey Jones is more than a legend to kids living in and around Los Gato..."

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'''Riding the Wild Cat'''

by Rudy Arnold, <i>Mechanix Illustrated</i>, July 1962

Casey Jones is more than a legend to kids living in and around Los Gatos, California. He's a real live railroad man named William "Casey" Jones, a retired locomotive engineer. Jones' hobby since the early Forties has been the building and operating of his Wildcat Railroad. Its circular 1,940-foot track runs through a picturesque orchard. Every Sunday "Casey" climbs aboard his 4-1/2 ton home-built prairie engine, opens the throttle and chugs around the orchard hauling three passenger cars full of happy kids. And--except when "Casey's" rolling stock is turned over to some charitable organization for money-raising purposes--there's never any fare to pay.

See also [[Steam up on the Backyard Railroad]].

<gallery widths="300px" heights="300px">
File:MechanixIllustrated July1962 001a.jpg|Highballer Billy "Casey" Jones brings his 47-hp Prairie Engine 'round Orchard Bend.
File:MechanixIllustrated July1962 002a.jpg|Free Rides are given about 300 kids each Sunday. Here's a typical Sunday trainload.
File:MechanixIllustrated July1962 002b.jpg|Engineer Jack Dair oils all wheel bearings before starting on the day's runs.
File:MechanixIllustrated July1962 002c.jpg|Real steam locomotive runs five hours on 85 gallons of fuel oil.
File:MechanixIllustrated July1962 002d.jpg|Water stop is made under the Wild Cat's own water tower; and then--back to work.
File:MechanixIllustrated July1962 002e.jpg|Kids play in caboose on the siding. For birthday occasions it's hitched to train.
</gallery>