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Pretty nifty video I came across from 1990 showing a very steady view of the engineer's perspective from the cab of the Lilly Belle, traveling from the roundhouse, and a couple laps around the park. Quality is mediocre, but again, it's from 1990. Some neat off-ride views of the old Frontierland stat...

That is an impressive stroke! I guess it's better than the WDW set they keep relabeling for west coast, with the same 2-6-0 for what seems like decades? But I guess the excursion cars are better in that set.

The workmanship is fantastic. Engine 2 has them on both sides, while 1,2, and 4 have them on just the fireman's side. Engine 5 is still "old school" until it goes out for rebuild eventually.

They're Eccentric Engineer Injectors

https://www.eccentricengineer.com/ee-simplex-injectors

I'm going to overlook the air compressor on both sides of the boiler, but one of the best product renditions of one of the locomotives in a long time!

At one point, while I was still on social media, Sam Towler was designing a scratch built Viewliner. This was when he started working at WDI. Lost track of this project. Hard to tell from the photo if this was his design. Remember is On30 Natures Wonderland model? What an extraordinary model. Justi...

Some more photos here along with faux merch boxes that say "Doodlebug Model Trains"

https://wdwnt.com/2023/03/engineear-sou ... ontown-dl/

I mean, it certainly doesn't sound like the original bell the engine had for 65+ years. I want to say this bell looks larger in diameter, just slightly, and the bottom of it flares out further.

Hopefully someone in the know could CHIME in...

Video of it testing....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7NiIuveJpI

Not sure how I feel about it's "new" bell....

A couple of social pages have seen the Ripley back at the park, visibly sitting in the roundhouse! Another has reported after hours testing.