ORIGINAL WALT DISNEY WORLD CAST MEMBER RAILROAD CONDUCTOR HAT BADGE

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Original Walt Disney World Cast Member Railroad Conductor Hat BadgeAuthentic Original 1971 Cast Member's Railroad Conductor Hat Badge from Walt Disney World, FloridaWalt Disney was an avid railroad enthusiast and even built a miniature steam railroad, called the Carolwood Pacific Railroad in his back yard. He included a full size 3 foot narrow gauge railroad known as the Disneyland Railroad in the design of Disneyland which would be included later at the parks in Tokyo, Paris and Hong King.For Walt Disney World instead of building steam locomotives from scratch, as they had done for the first two locomotives in Disneyland, Disney Imagineers Roger Broggie and Earl Vilmer began searching for historical steam locomotives to use on the rail line. After viewing photos that railroad historian Jerry Best had from the United Railways of Yucatan, they traveled to the Yucatan Peninsula in 1969 and purchased five steam locomotives. They were shipped by rail to the Tampa Ship Repair & Dry Dock in Tampa Florida where four of them were restored by a crew headed by the Disney Imagineers, Bob Harpur and George Britton. The locomotives were cosmetically backdated to appear older, the tenders were completely rebuilt from the frame up and 20 open air excursion coaches were constructed from scratch at the shipyards. Each coach could seat up to 75 passengers. When Walt Disney World opened on October 1, 1971, there was only one train station at Main Street. In May 1972 a second one was opened as a stop in Frontierland. The railroad circles the entire park with stations at Main Street U.S.A., Frontierland and Fantasyland (formerly Mickey's Toontown Fair).This Walt Disney World R.R. Conductor hat badge is in very good condition with only very light wear. Any bright white spots are flash glare.It is a heavy metal with silver paint and the debossed design and lettering painted blue. It is 4" wide x 1 5/8" high x 1/8" thick.This was recently found in an old railroad collectors garage. His daughter stated that the badge was worn by a cast member on the first train.There is a total of 5 photos showing the condition including one taken with a dime for size reference.Extremely hard to find especially in this condition - don't let this one get away!!!!!!!Payment Information: PayPal payments must be received within 3 days of end of auction unless prior arrangements have been made. Please contact us prior to bidding for other payment options. We must collect 7% sales tax for Florida shipments. If you have a Florida Sales Tax number we do require a copy of your current certificate.Shipping:We pack everything very carefully from unbendable mailers to popcorn, bubble wrap, etc. depending on the item. The amount quoted for shipping to your zip code zone does include the cost of insurance and tracking.We will combine items whenever possible to save on the shipping fees - the discount will be on the invoice I send after the items have been packed and weighed. All items are packed the day after the auction ends so you must let us know if you are or will be bidding on items that don't end the same day . Once an item is packed and the package is sealed it can NOT be combined with anything else.INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING FOR THIS ITEM:Due to it's value, this item will only be sent via Priority Mail with full insurance and tracking!!!We will combine items whenever possible to save on the shipping fees - the discount will be on the invoice I send after the items have been packed and weighed. All items are packed the day after the auction ends so you must let us know if you are or will be bidding on items that don't end the same day . Once an item is packed and the package is sealed it can NOT be combined with anything else.Our auctions are "TRUE" auctions with no reserve. We DO NOT stop auctions so please don't ask.. 100% satisfaction guaranteed or return within 14 days for full refund minus postage.** We would really appreciate it if you would let us know that your item arrived safely by leaving positive feedback. **Thank you for looking and please check our other auctions.inkfrog terapeak read more

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