Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Carolwood Pacific Railroad

Carolwood Pacific Railroad

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: '''scheduled for Today's featured article/December 27, 2018. Originally scheduled for December 24, 2018 but moved at coordinator discretion due to superior claim by Apollo 8. 

The Carolwood Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was a $7 1/4$-inch gauge ridable miniature railroad run by Walt Disney in the backyard of his home in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It featured the Lilly Belle, a 1:8-scale live steam locomotive named after Disney's wife, Lillian Disney, and built by the Walt Disney Studios' machine shop. The locomotive made its first test run on December 24, 1949. It pulled a set of freight cars, as well as a caboose that was almost entirely built by Disney himself. The railroad, which became operational in 1950, was 2615 ft long and encircled his house. The backyard railroad attracted visitors to Disney's home; he invited them to ride and occasionally drive his miniature train. In 1953, after an accident occurred in which a guest was injured, the CPRR was closed to the public. The Carolwood Pacific Railroad inspired Disney to include railroad attractions in the design for the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California. Railroad attractions in Disney theme parks around the world are now commonplace.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Walt Disney World Railroad (25 March 2018)
 * Main editors: Jackdude101
 * Promoted: 3 April 2018
 * Reasons for nomination: 24 December is the anniversary of the first test run of the CPRR's locomotive during a Christmas party at Walt Disney Studios
 * Support as nominator. Jackdude 101  talk cont 03:08, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Support --Janke]]''' by Wehwalt (talk) 23:03, 19 November 2018 (UTC)