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Walt Disney (1901-1966) and his family moved into the 355 North Carolwood Drive House in 02/1950. They previously lived at 4053 Woking Way in the hills above the Los Feliz Neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA.

Disney operated his "Carolwood Pacific Railroad," a model railroad that circumnavigated the perimeter of the Holmby Hills estate. According to one estimate, Disney spent $50,000 to relocate power lines, lay track and buy rolling stock. Construction on the line occurred in 1950-1951. (See Michael Barrier, The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney, [Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007], p. 216.) Due to problems with locomotives boiling over (and burning unwary guests), Disney dismantled the system before 1954.

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