Locomotive Stats:
Builder |
Build Date |
Build Number |
Wheels |
Cylinders |
Driver Diameter |
Empty Weight |
Weight on Drivers |
Operating Pressure |
Traction Effort |
Vulcan Iron Works |
1923 |
3333 |
2-4-0 |
10x16 |
30" |
15 tons |
13.5 tons |
100 psi |
7,405 lbs. |
History-
This engine which is today the Judy K. was built by the Vulcan Iron Works in 1923 as an 0-4-0T, virtually identical to the engine which became the Myron H. Unfortunately, #5's original owner is a mystery. The original owner sold it at an unknown date to the Lehigh Stone Company of Lehigh, Illinois, where it was numbered #802. In 1962, it was sold to private collector Peter Burno of Spring Green, Wisconsin. Sold to Cedar Point in August 1968 and converted to 2-4-0 with tender, a footnote states it had boiler #3370, indicating that perhaps the boiler had been traded with another engine which needed more chassis work.
It was simply known as "CP&LE #5" until 1974, when it was named the "Jack Foster" after the rather outspoken first superintendent of the CP&LE. Jack is believed to have come to the park after a career as an engineer on the Smoky Mountain Railroad which ran between Knoxville and Sevierville, Tennessee. When the Smoky Mountain Railroad converted to diesel, Jack wouldn't have anything to do with it. About that time, a new steam tourist line called the Rebel Railroad was being built in nearby Pigeon Forge. In 1970, the Rebel Railroad was purchased by Art Modell (George Roose partially owned it) and was renamed as Goldrush Junction. It is assumed that George and Jack met there (today it is Dollywood Amusement Park). Jack Foster is reputed to have been the only employee allowed to wear a beard during Cedar Point's operating season. He suffered a stroke about 1973 and was confined to a nursing home in Tennessee until he died.
This engine which is today the Judy K. was built by the Vulcan Iron Works in 1923 as an 0-4-0T, virtually identical to the engine which became the Myron H. Unfortunately, #5's original owner is a mystery. The original owner sold it at an unknown date to the Lehigh Stone Company of Lehigh, Illinois, where it was numbered #802. In 1962, it was sold to private collector Peter Burno of Spring Green, Wisconsin. Sold to Cedar Point in August 1968 and converted to 2-4-0 with tender, a footnote states it had boiler #3370, indicating that perhaps the boiler had been traded with another engine which needed more chassis work.
It was simply known as "CP&LE #5" until 1974, when it was named the "Jack Foster" after the rather outspoken first superintendent of the CP&LE. Jack is believed to have come to the park after a career as an engineer on the Smoky Mountain Railroad which ran between Knoxville and Sevierville, Tennessee. When the Smoky Mountain Railroad converted to diesel, Jack wouldn't have anything to do with it. About that time, a new steam tourist line called the Rebel Railroad was being built in nearby Pigeon Forge. In 1970, the Rebel Railroad was purchased by Art Modell (George Roose partially owned it) and was renamed as Goldrush Junction. It is assumed that George and Jack met there (today it is Dollywood Amusement Park). Jack Foster is reputed to have been the only employee allowed to wear a beard during Cedar Point's operating season. He suffered a stroke about 1973 and was confined to a nursing home in Tennessee until he died.
Mike Hetrick in front of #5 named after Jack Foster in June 1978. Paul Woodring photo
Judy K. at the Funway station in the summer of 1994. Paul Woodring photo
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By 1987, the #5 Jack Foster had been retired to the back of the engine house with #22. Out of service for several years, it was shipped to Shop Services where it was rebuilt in 1991-1992 and emerged in July renamed the Judy K. after the wife of Cedar Fair, L.P. CEO, and President Richard Kinzel.
In 2007, Judy received some much-needed maintenance. Some of the things done was moving its whistle steam line from the side of the steam dome to the top and replacing its bell with the one that came on the Davenport (CP&LE #1 G.A. Boeckling). By 2012, Judy's tender water tank on her tender had been leaking significantly. Crews decided to rebuild her existing tender by taking the tank and tender that was removed from the Boeckling and putting it onto Judy's. The oil bunker was removed, and the space was filled in to make a full water tank. |