Source Record 503
| Description: | Source Type} Newspaper | Family History} Olson | ||
| Newspapers.com. Newspaper articles about Ward Kimball and Trains. Strange As It Seems. World's Shortest Railroad Line — Only 500 Feet Long! (In the backyard of Ward Kimball, San Gabriel, Calif.) Complete with Engine, Tender, Coach, Track and Station. Newspapers.com. The Daily Breeze (Torrance, California) Mon. May 27, 1940, p. 4. col. 3. Locomotive of Old West Still Runs (Photo). Engine, 63 Years Old Provides Hobby Lure. Newspapers.com. The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Sun. Apr 2, 1944, p. 13, col.4. Art and Artists by Kenneth Ross. (Photo) A railroading weekend in Owens Valley inspired Ward Kimball of San Gabriel to paint this picture "Owens Valley-Narrow Gauge" in the exhibit by "14 Californians" at the American Contempoary Gallery in Hollywood. Newspapers.com. Pasadena Star-News (Pasadena, California) Sun. Oct 12, 1947, p. 32, col. 3. Depot dedication full of nostalgia. (7 photos by Milton Bell) ARCADIA — It was a long five years, but the moving and restoration of the Santa Anita Railroad Depot is now complete. [Ward Kimball portrays a train conductor.] Newspapers.com. Daily News-Post (Monrovia, California) Wed. Sep 30, 1970, p. 13. Basic Training by John Pasdag. Tracking the ties that bind. Article on model railroading, with 2 photos of Ward Kimball's miniature layout. Newspapers.com. The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Tue. Apr 21, 1981, p. 89; p. 95, col. 1. Life on the Right Side of the Tracks (Photos) Hobbies: As a child Ward Kimball drew pictures of trains. As an adult, he created the locomotive in "Dumbo." As a retiree, he has real trains in his backyard. Newspapers.com. The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Thu. May 10, 1990, p. 552, col. 1. End of the Line: Locomotive From Back-Yard Railroad Heads for Museum. Los Angeles Times, November 16, 1992, Sec. B. p. 1, 3. [ Ward Kimball] | ||||
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