POV ride-through: Model train replica of Disneyland's Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland

STNautilus created a detailed model-train replica of the long-gone, dearly missed Disneyland Mine Train through Nature's Wonderland. Dan sez, "I nearly plotzed from this scene being so charming." (Warning: contains animated varmints).

Nature's Wonderland Model: Very First POV

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Michael Quick

come on, Cory…tell me that this scene wouldn’t be improved with gas stations and billboards in every open space
barnaby

Sooo….I’ve been meaning to ask this for a while now but haven’t. Could Cory or one of the mutant editors here explain to me your fascination with Disney World/Land/corporate franchise of w0rker exploitation and copyright law manipulation?
- http://www.nathanhornby.com/ Nathan Hornby
  
  I’ve always secretly wondered what the boing boing/Disney thing was all about, I’ve always thought of Walt as pretty evil and his land saccharine.
  
  Was Walt Disney a fascist? http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1623/was-walt-disney-a-fascist
Michael Quick

as a fan of the disney parks and the cultural and technological innovation they represented, and a trenchant critic of the disney-driven flavor of IP maximalism, it’s quite possible to separate the two.

it’s rather like agreeing with the founding principles of a government while disagreeing with its current incarnation.
niktemadur

This was around the area of Bear Country, wasn’t it? Also, I seem to be remembering a dentist’s office in front of the depot, one could hear the screams of some poor cowboy getting a molar pulled out.
As a boy, I found this ride very quiet and very charming, not everyone wants or needs adrenaline all the time.

As an example, in Tomorrowland I always preferred Journey To Innerspace and the People Mover than the vertigo-inducing rocket merry-go-round.
daneyul

I can’t believe how short the queue was to the Judge Judy ride there at the end. I know where we would have run to next!
RJ

Very cool train set. The marmots prop is well done.
It took my brain a second to reconcile “mine train” with “Disneyland.” I’m used to the mine train being the name of a relatively tame rollercoaster at Six Flags. I forgot that Disney did it first (and better).