Steamy Fun
their limited capacity. In 1965, super- intendent
Jack Foster arrived and
helped remedy many of the railroad’s mechanical woes.
A second station was added with the opening of the Frontiertown attraction in July 1967. At the same time, the main line was straightened out be- tween the old shop and the Hermitage. With the added popularity of Frontier- town, the CP&LE carried more than a million passengers in the 1968 season. Additional coaches were ordered to keep up with demand. The railroad car- ried its largest number ever in 1970 with 4,500,000 passengers.
Pedigreed Locomotives
The CP&LE currently has five loco- motives on the roster, with two in use on the park’s busier days (generally Fri-
day through Sunday in the summer). The original Maud L. served faithfully until 1992. It was acquired by Disney- land in 1999, and emerged from a re- building in 2004 as the new Ward Kim- ball, named in honor of the legendary Disney animator and railroad fan. At present, the two primary engines are a pair of Vulcans built in Wilkes- Barre, Penn. No. 22, which wears the name Myron H., was built in 1922 as an 0-4-0T for the Wayne Coal Co. of Clay Bank, Ohio. In 1926 it went to Stone & Webster, and the following year it was sold to Birmingham Rail and Locomo- tive Products in Alabama. Before the end of the 1920s it had moved on to Shook & Fletcher Supply Co. in Cham- pion, Ala. There it remained until 1941 when it moved to Georgia for Standard Coated Products in Hepzibah, then on
to Augusta for Merry Brothers Brick & Tile Co. in 1945. No. 22’s wandering ways were wind- ing down when it was sold to Charles Weber of Archbold, Ohio, in 1960. Three years later it arrived at Cedar Point, and it was rebuilt into its cur- rent 2-4-0 configuration in 1968. In 1981 it was named Myron H. in honor of Mike Hetrick, a former superintend- ent of the CP&LE. It was rebuilt by Shop Services, Inc., of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, in 1990.
The other Vulcan that has lived long and prospered on the railroad is No. 44, Judy K., which was built in 1923 as an 0-4-0T for John Marsh, Inc., of Lansing Mich. At some point in the 1920s it went to Lehigh Stone Co. of Lehigh, Ill., where it spent most of its working ca- reer. In 1962 it was sold to Peter Bruno
Multiple roller coasters and two water rides form a backdrop for shooting the Cedar Point & Lake Erie from the observation platform at Shoot the Rapids. While trains don’t operate this close together and the chances of getting all the coasters trains visible all at once are slim, this multi- frame panorama shows the possibilities from this location. As an added bonus, water cannons located here allow you to blast unsuspecting riders on Shoot the Rapids while waiting for a train. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY MOSER
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