Long time no see | Walt Disney World Railroad Ride behind locomotive #1 Walter E Disney.

Well here’s a video y’all have been waiting a very long time for. Riding behind WDWRR locomotive #1 Walter E Disney. He too has been away for an overhaul at Strasburg Railroad. He would be there from Halloween 2016 to late 2019. Despite his return to Disney probably in late 2019 he wouldn’t be in service till after the railroad reopened in late 2022 after such a long torching closer. I did ride behind him in February 2023, but never went back till December that year and Lilly Belle was the only one on the line. Even though she ran the days I was there I didn’t ride behind her because it felt so recent since the last time I rode behind her. As you can also hear, very ironically Walter is not equipped with his Buckeye 3 chime whistle. Apparently Lilly is equipped with it as her Buckeye whistle got damaged. Both Buckeye whistles are much higher pitched having been unclogged. Right now the whistle Walter is tooting or equipped with is a Baldwin 5 chime. It gives good vibes to the Roy O Disney locomotive as well as Little River Railroad #110 and some steam locomotives at the B&O railroad museum such as 0-4-0 #4 “St Elizabeth and the no longer running 4-4-0 #25 “William Mason”. I guess this was the whistle all those locomotives tooted. I mostly compared this whistle to a B&O 3 chime. As of today the Roy O Disney has now been taken to Strasburg Railroad for his long awaited overhaul. He might be back in 2028, 2029, or early 2030. Speaking of the Roy as you can see here, yes Walter is pulling Roy’s series 400 cars. Walter has done so before his overhaul. I like it as much as his series 100 cars. I hope Walter will get his Buckeye 3 chime whistle back soon. I promise all of you this is only temporary.