Locomotive Stats:
Builder |
Build Date |
Build Number |
Wheels |
Cylinders |
Driver Diameter |
Empty Weight |
Weight on Drivers |
Operating Pressure |
Traction Effort |
H.K. Porter |
03/1940 |
7084 |
2-4-0 |
11x16 |
28" |
16 tons |
12 tons |
135 psi |
7,934 lbs |
History-
Named after Jack Foster's wife Jennie and granddaughter Kathy, the Jennie K. was built by the H. K. Porter Locomotive Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in March 1940 as 0-4-0T engine #5 of the Acme Brick Company in Perla, Arkansas. Jennie K's original Porter catalog specifications were as follows: 60" wheelbase, 31" drivewheels, 11" x 16" cylinders, overall length (original 0-4-0T) 18'-3", height 10'-0", weight in working order (as a saddletank engine) 42,000 lbs., original boiler pressure 170 PSI, tractive force 9020 lbs. (with saddletank), adhesion factor 4.66 (with saddletank), minimum rail weight recommended 40 lbs./yd. #5 was sold in April 1957 to carousel band organ collector Paul Eakins of Sikeston, Missouri, who then sold the engine to the Stone Machinery Company in Daisy, Tennessee, in 1959, where it remained until 1963. It was then acquired by Cedar Point later in 1963. Jennie K. ran originally on the CP&LE as an 0-4-0 with tender and fake balloon stack. |
Jennie K. seen pulling into the Main Midway in 1970. Russell Barber photo.
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Jennie K. in the 1980's. Dan Feitch photo.
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Sometime between the time Jennie K. appeared in the 1966 Cedar Point brochure and 1971, Jennie's cowcatcher was moved forward and a pilot truck was added, making her a 2-4-0. She also had the fake balloon stack replaced with what appears to be the original shotgun stack, making her perhaps the CP&LE's best-proportioned engine.
By the 1980s, her tender was placed on Albert's trucks, and she would use George's tender when running. In 1989, Jennie K. was reportedly out of service due to a need for firebox work. During the 2002 season, she was stored under a tarp behind the engine house. |
In February 2010, Jennie was shipped to Knott's Berry Farm for its eventual refurbishment. After Cedar Fair chief operating officer Jack Falfas was fired in June, the restoration was put on hold. No work was ever performed, and in late March 2017, Jennie K. was instead auctioned off by Knott's. It was purchased for $34,000 by Garner L. Holt, a former Disneyland Imagineer. His plan is to fully restore the locomotive and build a private estate railroad like John Lassater.
Left to right- Mike Hetrick, Paul Woodring, Randy Carti, and Ike Henry in front of Jennie K. in August 1982. Paul Woodring photo.
Jennie K. seen being loaded onto a flatbed truck, before she was shipped to CA. Cory Branham photo.
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Jennie K. at Holt's studio. The only current work that was performed is the addition of a new headlight. Photo from MiceChat.
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