The Portland Zooliner

There are probably a handful of you Disneyland geeks who wish you could have experienced one of its shortest lived attractions, The Viewliner. Good news: you can! Or, at least a reasonable facsimile of it. This 1960’s/70’s image shows the Washington and Park Zoo Railway in Portland, Oregon, aka “The Zooliner.”



This 5/8 scale narrow gauge train opened on June 7, 1958 and it appears to still be in operation (take that, Disney Corporation!). Like the Disneyland Viewliner, The Zooliner was inspired by the Aerotrain, shown in this 1957 image:



This post wouldn’t be complete without a shot of the Disneyland version:



…and the required closeup:



Anybody booking a trip to Portland now?

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Burly Women Go to Disneyland, September 1957, pt. 4

The last part of this series features a few random shots of the Disneyland Hotel and property, starting off with this empty shot of the pool.

Two landscaping shots:





Here is an early aerial view of the Hotel property:

Two landscaping shots:



And a shot of Walt & Jack Wrather from the Hotel’s opening:



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