Locomotive Stats:
Builder |
Build Date |
Build Number |
Wheels |
Cylinders |
Driver Diameter |
Empty Weight |
Weight on Drivers |
Operating Pressure |
Traction Effort |
H.K. Porter |
03/1942 |
7348 |
2-4-0 |
12x18 |
33" |
22 tons |
21.62 tons |
100 psi |
9,013 lbs. |
History-
Another graduate of Arthur LaSalle's Cherokee Wonderland Railroad after Albert was #4, built by the H.K. Porter Locomotive Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the Carbon Limestone Company of Hillsville, PA, just southeast of Youngstown, Ohio. The carbon limestone equipment was unusual in having been built to 38" gauge instead of the more common 36", making it necessary to narrow the engine by two inches during the restoration. Nine carbon limestone engines still exist, two of which run on a tourist railroad in Hawaii.
In 1962, it was sold to Arthur E. LaSalle of the American Railroad Equipment Association. It was then leased to the Cherokee Wonderland tourist railroad in 1963, where it was named the Victoria R.I. LaSalle then sold Victoria R.I. to George Roose in 1964. In the late 1970s, she had pilot wheels added, a wooden cab to replace its previous steel one, and her name was shorted to Victoria.
In 1981, Victoria was renamed the George R. in honor of CP&LE founder George Roose. The locomotive weighs about 25 tons, making it the heaviest locomotive on the entire roster. When it was running often in the 1960s and 1970s, it would sometimes realign the track out of shape because of its weight. As a result of this, the locomotive is only run when one of the Vulcan's boilers is being washed or is down for repairs. It also sometimes runs on special occasions, and typically the last few weekends of the season in October.
Another graduate of Arthur LaSalle's Cherokee Wonderland Railroad after Albert was #4, built by the H.K. Porter Locomotive Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the Carbon Limestone Company of Hillsville, PA, just southeast of Youngstown, Ohio. The carbon limestone equipment was unusual in having been built to 38" gauge instead of the more common 36", making it necessary to narrow the engine by two inches during the restoration. Nine carbon limestone engines still exist, two of which run on a tourist railroad in Hawaii.
In 1962, it was sold to Arthur E. LaSalle of the American Railroad Equipment Association. It was then leased to the Cherokee Wonderland tourist railroad in 1963, where it was named the Victoria R.I. LaSalle then sold Victoria R.I. to George Roose in 1964. In the late 1970s, she had pilot wheels added, a wooden cab to replace its previous steel one, and her name was shorted to Victoria.
In 1981, Victoria was renamed the George R. in honor of CP&LE founder George Roose. The locomotive weighs about 25 tons, making it the heaviest locomotive on the entire roster. When it was running often in the 1960s and 1970s, it would sometimes realign the track out of shape because of its weight. As a result of this, the locomotive is only run when one of the Vulcan's boilers is being washed or is down for repairs. It also sometimes runs on special occasions, and typically the last few weekends of the season in October.
A night photo of the George R. taken in 1982 by Cedar Point photographer Dan Feicht.
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