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| Ollie Johnston , the last of Walt Disney's original crew of nine animators passed away... So long, Rufus... 
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| Too bad. Those guys made history....
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I didn't realize that Ollie was the inspiration for the steam locomotives that so enraptured Walt Disney himself, which resulted in the marvelous railroad in Disneyland.
"Ollie's lifelong hobby was live steam trains. Starting in 1949, he built a 1" scale backyard railroad, with three 1/12th scale locomotives, now owned by his sons. This railroad was one of the inspirations for Walt Disney to build his own backyard railroad, the Carolwood Pacific Railroad, which again inspired the building of the railroad in Disneyland."
I barely knew ya, Rufus the cat, but I remember your inspiration's art and his passion, and from that it is obvious that your inspiration must have been a fine man....
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