Freight Train & Town Square, 1958

Here's a couple of random photos from 1958, starting with this interesting view of the C.K. Holliday pulling the old cattle cars (for some reason I labeled this slide "1958 EP Ripley", but what can ya do). While it is a lovely view of the train, it is that vast expanse of dirt that is interesting to me. Was this the former site of Professor Keller's Jungle Killers? I'm not sure what would have been built here later. The Fantasyland Autopia?


It's around Christmas time, with Town Square decked out in wreaths and bells, and those painted plywood scenes, just visible on the Emporium. Crowds were light this sunny, beautiful day!


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