'' Chloe '' and the train car were previously owned by Ward Kimball , another one of the '' Nine Old Men '' , and run on the Grizzly Flats Railroad located in his backyard . They were sold to John Lasseter in 2007 , along with a depot building and water tower . The depot building was originally built as a set piece for the 1949 Disney film '' So Dear to My Heart '' . Both the depot and water tower were destroyed by the October 2017 Northern California wildfires
October 2017 Northern California wildfires
October 2017 Northern California wildfires
Lasseter Family Winery