New For 2009!
Name: Coney Island and Lake Como Railroad
Opened: 1964
Closed: September 6th, 1971
Cost: $200,000
Length of Track: 4,678 feet of 24 guage track, held down by 11,763 spikes to 2,871 ties.
Trains: Two engines and five coaches per engine that could carry 70 passengers at a time. The engines were powered by 58 horse power diesel engines. Each engine weighed 5,445 pounds
Manufactured by: Chance Manufacturing
Engine Names: “Mad Anthony Wayne” and “George Rogers Clark”
Train Trestle: The trains crossed over a 462 foot long trestle over lake Como.
Miscellaneous: The train station building was designed by architect Darrel Daniels, a UC alumnae. The ride carried 478,000 passengers its first season. The ride featured a fort and mechanical Indians for theming. In fact, the park spent $10,000 on special effects for the ride. The special effects were designed by Winfield Hubbard, who was MGM`s chief special designer for thirty years
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