Uploaded January 2010 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Albert, #3, a 3 gauge 2-6-0, was built by Davenport in 1910 to haul sugar cane on the J.B. Levert-St.John Plantation in St. Martinsville, Louisiana. Sold for scrap in 1959, the classic little mogul was instead restored and put to work in 1960 on the Cherokee Wonderland tourist railroad in Cherokee, NC. Three years later Albert came to Cedar Point where he continued in service until 1991. Today he sits on a display track along the CP&LE. I had the good fortune to run Albert and the other engines at Cedar Point during the summer of 1967, and that gave me the opportunity to shoot some footage and record sound that is probably unique from those early days.
Albert, #3, a 3 gauge 2-6-0, was built by Davenport in 1910 to haul sugar cane on the J.B. Levert-St.John Plantation in St. Martinsville, Louisiana. Sold for scrap in 1959, the classic little mogul was instead restored and put to work in 1960 on the Cherokee Wonderland tourist railroad in Cherokee, NC. Three years later Albert came to Cedar Point where he continued in service until 1991. Today he sits on a display track along the CP&LE. I had the good fortune to run Albert and the other engines at Cedar Point during the summer of 1967, and that gave me the opportunity to shoot some footage and record sound that is probably unique from those early days.
