Best kids area of the big 4 (the others being The San Jose, The Spartan, and The Tropicaire). The El Rancho had real rides and the Southern Pacific Railroad mainline ran right alongside the property. Pre1959 SP ran steam locomotives and I would watch their white plumes blow skywards as they raced passed. That was better than the movie. As a teen – a cardboard snackbar pizza and a trunkload of friends or steaming up the windows with Cindy.. all like is was yesterday.
Best kids area of the big 4 (the others being The San Jose, The Spartan, and The Tropicaire). The El Rancho had real rides and the Southern Pacific Railroad mainline ran right alongside the property. Pre1959 SP ran steam locomotives and I would watch their white plumes blow skywards as they raced passed. That was better than the movie. As a teen – a cardboard snackbar pizza and a trunkload of friends or steaming up the windows with Cindy.. all like is was yesterday.