PARKING Mean Streak Frontiertown
Cedar Creek Mine Ride
Maverick
Camp Snoopy
Top Thrill Dragster
Shoot the Rapids
Cedar Point Lake
Go-Karts
Millenium Force
Funway
Cedar Point & Lake Erie
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Illustration by Otto M. Vondrak. Not all stations shown. Not an official map. ©2013 Carstens Publications, Inc.
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TOP: Locomotive No. 1, G.A. Boeckling, rests in the Cedar Point shop. A 1927 product from Davenport, No. 1 is generally used when either of the two Vulcans are down for a monthly boiler wash. FAR LEFT: The day begins at the Cedar Point shop at about 7:30 in the morn- ing. The locomotive fires were banked the night before, and the first order of business is to drop the old fire and clean the grates. About 90 minutes prior to the first train Dan Cszesny lights a new fire. LEFT: While Dan tends to the fire, Thomas McGowan is busy polishing the bell, bands and boiler of the lo- comotive before the day’s runs commence.
Point in 2010 where it was converted to its present 2-4-0 wheel arrangement. In the autumn months the largest lo- comotive on the roster, No. 4, George R., will see service. The No. 4 was built by Porter in 1942 (once again as an 0-4-0T) for Carbon Limestone Co. of Hillsville. Penn. The locomotive was built to the odd 38” gauge, which re- quired the shops to convert it to 36” gauge upon its rebuilding. This engine ran at the short lived Cherokee Won- derland amusement park in North Car- olina before coming to Cedar Point. The fifth locomotive on the roster is
No. 3, Albert, a 1911 product of Daven- port. Mogul No. 3 was built as a 2-6-0 for the St. John Sugar Plantation in St. Martinville, La., and named after owner Albert Levert. It was retired from the plantation in 1959, ran briefly at Chero- kee Wonderland, and came to Cedar Point in 1963 where it ran until 1991. It
is currently on display at the Cedar Junction station (which was located on the removed cut-back loop) but could be put back into service without too much work, according to Randy Catri.
Railfanning the CP&LE For a park railroad, the Cedar Point
& Lake Erie has a surprising number of good photo locations accessible from public areas. Even though the park will be crowded, plan your visit for a sum- mer weekend when two trains are in service, as you’ll get a train passing any given location every ten to 15 minutes. The two stations are located at oppo- site ends of the railroad loop, the Fun- way Station located in the middle of the park and Frontierland on the north side. The train travels almost due north between the former and latter station, hugging the west perimeter fence as it passes under Millennium
Force and Maverick, and photo oppor- tunities are almost non-existent on this stretch. But once the train turns east and then back south on the second half of its journey, the photo opportunities are more plentiful. As soon as the park opens, head for Camp Snoopy as there is a great morn- ing broadside shot of the train crossing the longest bridge on the line from be- hind the camp’s photo center. The sec- ond, smaller, bridge on the line is also shootable in the morning but the best angle is from the beginning of the line for Shoot the Rapids. Unfortunately, this ride does not allow carry-on bags (due to the fact that they’ll get wet) so your camera bag cannot reach this loca- tion. You might be able to take a cam- era in, however. Checking with the ride’s attendant at the beginning of the line is a good idea.
As the train approaches the Funway 37
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