CP and LE Railroad Engines

C.P. & L.E. Railroad Engines

UNNAMED – Cedar Point No. 1
Builder: Davenport Locomotive Co., Davenport, Iowa
Year Built: 1927
Type: Originally 0-4-0T, construction number 2081
Original Use: Switching coal cars, possibly at an electric plant
History:
  • 1927 – N & S Coal Company, Pittsburg, Kan.
  • ???? – Sold to Mackie Clemens Fuel Co. in Mulberry, Kansas, numbered #55
  • 1977 – Sold to Keystone Light Rail Co., Herminie, Pa., rebuilt to 2-4-4T, numbered #1
  • 1980 – Delivered to Marriott’s Great America, Gurnee, Ill.
  • 1991 – Rebuilt by Shop Services Inc., Mt. Pleasant, Iowa for a private collector
  • 1996 – Traded to Walt Disney World in 1997 as “Ward Kimball”
  • 1999 – Acquired in trade for Maud L (which is being rebuilt at Disneyland California)
MYRON H. – Cedar Point No. 22
Builder: Vulcan Iron Works, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Year Built: 1922
Type: Originally 0-4-0T
Original Owner: Wayne Coal Co., Clay Bank, Ohio
Original Use: Coal mining
History:
  • 1927 – Sold to Birmingham Rail and Locomotive Products, Birmingham, Ala.
  • 1927 – Sold to Standard Coated Products, Hepzibah, Ga.
  • ???? – Sold to Albion Caolin Co., Hepzibah, Ga.
  • ???? – Sold to Charles Weber, Archbold, Ohio
  • 1945 – Sold to Merry Brothers Brick and Tile Co., Augusta, Ga.
  • 1963 – Sold to Cedar Point. Rebuilt as 2-4-0 for C.P. & L.E. Railroad. It was named "Myron H." in 1981 in honor of Mike Hetrick, former superintendent of the C.P. & L.E. Railroad.
  • 1990 – Rebuilt by Shop Services, Inc., Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
ALBERT – Cedar Point No. 3
Builder: Davenport Locomotive Works, Davenport, Iowa
Year Built: 1910
Type: 2-6-0
Original Owner: J.B. Levert, St. John Plantation, St. Martinville, La. (Built as "Albert")
Original Use: Sugarcane
History:
  • 1959 – Sold to Sutton Junk and Salvage, New Iberia, La.
  • 1960 – Sold to Arthur LaSalle, American Railroad Equipment Association
  • 1960 – Leased to Cherokee Wonderland, Cherokee, N.C., as a passenger locomotive for a scenic railroad
  • 1963 – Sold to Cedar Point
GEORGE R. – Cedar Point No. 4
Builder: H.K. Porter Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Year Built: 1942
Type: Originally 0-4-0T
Original Owner: Carbon Limestone Company, Hillsville, Pa.
Original Use: Limestone quarry work
History:
  • 1962 – Sold to Arthur LaSalle, American Railroad Equipment Association
  • 1963 – Leased to Cherokee Wonderland, Cherokee, N.C.
  • 1963 – Sold to Cedar Point, rebuilt as 2-4-0
  • 1981 – Originally named "Victoria," the engine was renamed "George R.” after George Roose, former president of Cedar Point.
JENNIE K. – Cedar Point No. 2
Builder: H.K. Porter Company, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Year Built: 1940
Type: Originally 0-4-0T, construction number 7084
Original Owner: Acme Brick, Perla, Ark., originally numbered #5
Original Use: Switching brick making materials and finished bricks
History:
  • 1957 – Sold to Paul Eakins, Sikeston, Mo.
  • 1959 – Sold to Stone Machine Co., Daisy, Tenn.
  • 1964 – Sold to Cedar Point. Rebuilt as 2-4-0. It was then renamed after the wife, Jennie, and granddaughter, Kathy, of Jack Foster, the first C.P. & L.E. Railroad superintendent.
JUDY K. – Cedar Point No. 44
Builder: Vulcan Iron Works
Year Built: 1922
Type: Originally 0-4-0T
Original Use: Possibly Limestone Mining
History:
  • 1922 – (Original owner unknown)
  • ???? – Sold to Lehigh Stone Co., Lehigh, Ill.
  • 1960 – Sold to Peter Burno, Spring Green, Wis.
  • 1968 – Sold to Cedar Point. Rebuilt in the early 1970s at Cedar Point as a 2-4-0. In 1974, it was renamed "Jack Foster" in honor of the first superintendent of the C.P. & L.E. Railroad.
  • 1991-92 – Rebuilt by Shop Services, Inc., Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
  • 1992 – Renamed "Judy K.," in honor of Richard Kinzel's (president of Cedar Fair, L. P.) wife, Judy.