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Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

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/* Fun Facts and Trivia */
* In the Big Thunder Mountain queue, guests can find a plaque that reads "Joshua Hendry Machine Works, S.F. Cal." Not only did the Joshua Hendry Machine Works make real mining equipment in the 19th Century, but Arrow Development founders Andy Anderson, Karl Bacon, William Hardiman and Ed Morgan also worked at the company. Arrow Development would be instrumental in the creation of many of Disneyland's early attractions <ref> http://thinkingofdesign.blogspot.com/2017/02/hendy-homage-at-big-thunder-mountain.html </ref>
 
* According to Imagineer Frank Mezzatesta, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was the first attraction to have a "lamp test" button on the dispatch controls. This was due to the fact that the lamps did not use LED lights and burnt out from time to time <ref> https://twitter.com/FrankMezzatesta/status/1547824230833672192 </ref>.
===Jason Surrell Backstory===
According Jason Surrell in his book “The Disney Mountains: Imagineering At It's Peak” Tony Baxter came up with this back story: