Kalamazoo, Lake Shore & Chicago Railway Co.
KLS&C operated former CXS rails from Hartford to Paw Paw, with freight and passenger excursion service,
including the Star Clipper dinner train.
The Star Clipper move to COE Rail in July 91, and was replaced by ex METRA E8A 513, and 4 cars from Trancisco Tours.
First trip was 9/20/91 as Michigan Wine Country dinner train.
Pioneer Rail Corp later operated the line as West Michigan
S1 66 ex Delray connecting 66
KLS&C 85 GP7 ex Santa Fe 2110
KLS&C 2066 GP7 ex Santa Fe 2066
KLS&C 2067 GP7 ex Santa Fe 2067 fbk2023
WICT 96A
ex Michigan Northern 1601
Huron & Eastern 104
KLSC 95 E8A
Star Clipper Dinner Train
151
512 ex EJ&E
541 ex EJ&E
542 ex EJ&E
KLSC 1020
KLSC 1111 rrp1992
Coopersville & Marne 7010 (6) ex KLS&C, exx Wabash 1803
Coopersville & Marne 3 (703) ex KLSC
1414 "The Solomon" HW Pullman sleeper - lounge observation
Pullman WP/D&RG ~ AC 404 ~ Boyne City 404 ~ MIGN 404 ~ KLS&C 917
Equipment Roster
|
Unit |
Make/Model |
Original Owner |
Notes |
|
85 |
GP-7 |
Santa Fe 2110 |
painted in KLS&C scheme |
|
2066 |
GP-7 |
Santa Fe 2066 |
assigned to dinner train to Panhandle Northern 2066 photo link |
|
2067 |
GP-7 |
Santa Fe 2067 |
|
|
95 |
E-8A |
C&NW |
ex RTA 513, C&NW 513, C&NW 5028A to Metra 518 to Northern Rail Car 518 then repainted and renumbered to KLSC 95, re-renumbered MRAX (Mineral Range Inc) 518; used until electrical fire, now for parts. Scrapped in 2005? |
|
96A |
FP-7A |
WICT |
|
|
104 |
GP-7 |
AT&SF 2719; Huron & Eastern 104 |
last dinner train engine, went to South Central Tennessee: SCTR 104; SCXY 104 (Scrapped in Greenville, MI 2008) |
|
7012 |
Coach |
UP |
|
|
8004 |
Coach |
UP |
|
|
9009 |
Lounge |
UP |
|
| 917 | to restaurant in Alamo photo link | ||
|
950 |
Pullman 1910 |
Western Pacific #302 |
Denver & Rio Grande 899, to D&RGW 930, to Algoma Central & Hudson Bay 407, to Michigan Northern 407 |
|
Solomon |
Business car |
? |
HW Pullman sleeper-lounge observation to Michigan Southern, to Little River Railroad Double A |
|
? |
Pullman |
? |
|
|
? |
Overton Coach |
? |
from Conway, MI |
| 703 | NYC? | ex NYC 2600? | |
|
151 |
Caboose |
? |
|
| 512 | Caboose | EJ&E 512 | photo link |
|
541 |
Caboose |
EJ&E 541 |
to PREX 541 |
|
542 |
Caboose |
EJ&E 542 |
to PREX 542 |
KLS&C construction coupon front
KLS&C construction coupon back
KLS&C 1991 schedule
KLS&C 1991 timetable
KLS&C tickets
Kalamazoo Public Library: KLS&C History
Railroad Fan: Kalamazoo, Lake Shore & Chucago Railway
Wikipedia: Kalamazoo, Lake Shore & Chicago Railway Co
5/14/23