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Roger E. Broggie

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On March 30, 2007, he was honored with a window on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland. The text reads: "Can Do Machine Works / Mechanical Wonders / Live Steam Engines / Magical Illusions / Cameras / Roger Broggie, Shopmaster / Advisor to the Magic Makers".
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The Walt Disney World Railroad's (WDWRR) No. 3 locomotive was named after Broggie. During its rebuild, Broggie did not like the sound of the locomotive's original
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Promoted to head of the Disney Studios Machine Shop in 1950, Broggie became the transportation specialist. He created the special effects for the film
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at Disneyland. He was instrumental in developing the mechanical aspects of all Disney attractions at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, including the
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He and his machine shop coworkers developed the first fully functioning Audio-Animatronic human figure in the form of a seated
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In 1939, he joined the Disney Studios as a precision machinist. Broggie's initial assignments included installing the
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on special effects. In 1949, Broggie worked with Walt Disney to create model trains for Disney's 1/2 mile-long
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After retiring to Carmel, California, he continued to consult for Walt Disney Imagineering. He was named a
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located in the backyard of Disney's home. Broggie is credited with supervising the building of the
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Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom
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and Roger Broggie, Jr rededicated the No. 3 locomotive in honor of their father.
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were developed in the early 1950s, he oversaw development of the
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in 1990 and died on November 4, 1991, at his home in Carmel.
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in 1927. With vocational machine shop training, he moved to
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ride transit system (with co-developer, Bert Brundage).
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in 1963. Between 1973 and 1975, Broggie worked on the
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Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Carmel, California
Mechanical engineer
mechanical engineer
Walt Disney
the Walt Disney Company
Disney Imagineer
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Mooseheart Child City
Chicago, Illinois
Los Angeles, California
Technicolor
Bell and Howell
General Service Studios
David O. Selznick
Charlie Chaplin
multiplane camera
Ub Iwerks
Carolwood Pacific Railroad
live steam
Lillian
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Disneyland
Santa Fe & Disneyland Railroad
Disneyland Monorail
Matterhorn Bobsleds
Omnimover
Abraham Lincoln
EPCOT Center

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