Coopersville and Marne Railway
The Coopersville and Marne Railway is a tourist railroad and common carrier in West Michigan. It connects with the Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad. The for-profit company owns the track, which runs from Walker, Michigan to Coopersville, Michigan in Kent and Ottawa counties. It runs excursion trains from Coopersville to Marne and back and services one customer, near the end of the line, with freight cars of lumber.
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| Overview | |
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| Headquarters | Coopersville, Michigan |
| Reporting mark | CPMY |
| Locale | West Michigan |
| Dates of operation | 1989–Present |
| Predecessor | Central Michigan Railway |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 14.28 miles (22.98 km) |
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| Website | www |
As of 2008, one car on the train will be handicapped accessible in the near future.[1]
As of 2022, the handicap-accessible car is still under restoration. No completion date has been announced.
Locomotives
| Number | Original Owner | Type | Builder | Build Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | United States Army | 20-ton Switcher | Whitcomb Locomotive Works | Unknown | Non-Operational, stored. |
| 1395 | Canadian National Railway | 4-6-0 | Montreal Locomotive Works | 1913 | Non-Operational, privately owned. |
| 2394 | Vermont Railway | RS-1 | ALCO | 1942 | Non-Operational, poor candidate for restoration. Former Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway. |
| 3049 | DuPont Chemical | 50-ton Switcher | General Electric | 1957 | Operational, secondary locomotive used on the railroad. |
| 5208 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | NW2 | EMD | 1949 | Non-Operational, used as a parts engine for #7014. |
| 7014 | Grand Trunk Western Railroad | SW9 | EMD | 1952 | Privately owned. Operational, main locomotive used on the railroad. |
| 7209 | Consumers Energy | 125-ton Center Cab Switcher | General Electric | 1949 | Gifted to CPMY in February, 2023, as part of the J.H. Campbell generation facility's planned 2025 closure. Was used as a switcher for coal gondolas at the facility. Source[2] |
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