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 now operates line as West Michigan
GP7U
85 ex AT&SF Paw Paw, MI 10/31/87
photo ŠJohn C Benson
Paw Paw, MI 7/91
E8A
95 ex METRA E8A 513 Paw Paw, MI 6/30/92
Transisco 7012 Paw Paw, MI 6/30/92
800560 (ex-JES, exx-ATC 708, nee-UP) PS dome - coach,
shown converted to dome - dining car.
The Wine Country Dinner Train Postcard
GP7 2066 ex AT&SF, Paw Paw, MI 1/91 owned by dinner train
operator
Huron & Eastern GP9
104
County of Saginaw
Bad Axe, MI 6/92 purchased by KLS&C
151 Paw Paw, MI 7/92
542 Paw Paw, MI 7/30/92
541 Hartford, MI 10/25/03
542 Hartford, MI 10/25/03
Michigan Southern 1414 "The Solomon" White Pigeon, MI 5/7/05
Alamo, MI 2/26/26
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 |
|
|
96A |
FP-7A |
|
|
|
104 |
GP-7 |
AT&SF 2719; Huron & Eastern 104 |
last dinner train engine, went to South Central Tennessee |
|
7012 |
Coach |
UP |
|
|
8004 |
Coach |
UP |
|
|
9009 |
Lounge |
UP |
|
|
950 |
Pullman 1910 |
Western Pacific #302 |
Denver & Rio Grande #899, to D&RGW #930, to Algoma Central & Hudson Bay #407, to Michigan Northern #?? |
|
Solomon |
Business car |
? |
HW Pullman sleeper-lounge observation to Michigan Southern Double A |
|
? |
Coach |
? |
to restaurant in Alamo |
|
? |
Overton Coach |
? |
from Conway, MI |
|
151 |
Caboose |
? |
|
|
541 |
Caboose |
EJ&E 541 |
to PREX 541 |
|
541 |
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
Wikipedia: Kalamazoo, Lake Shore & Chicago Railway Co
10/31/09