Sandy Ridge and Clear Lake Railway
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Sandy Ridge & Clear Lake Railway is a private minimum gauge railway
located on 29 acres (117,358.9 m²) of mostly wooded hills near Battle Creek
in the state of Michigan
. The railroad is owned by John Ozanich, who is a retired locomotive engineer
of the Grand Trunk Railroad.
The railroad runs through rolling landscape, and by the end of 2006 it had approximately 4000 feet (1,219.2 m) of track. When completed, the railroad should have approximately 6100 feet (1,859.3 m) of track. The railroad does not form a loop, since the ends of the line are separated vertically by nearly 90 feet (27.4 m).
The rolling stock used on the railroad have been modelled in inches per foot (5:16) scale to resemble two-foot gauge locomotives and rail cars used by the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
in the state of Maine
.
Minimum gauge railway
Minimum gauge railways have a gauge of less than or , most commonly , , or . The notion of minimum gauge railways was originally developed by estate railways and by the French company of Decauville for industrial railways....
located on 29 acres (117,358.9 m²) of mostly wooded hills near Battle Creek
Battle Creek, Michigan
Battle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area , which encompasses all of Calhoun county...
in the state of Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. The railroad is owned by John Ozanich, who is a retired locomotive engineer
Locomotive engineer
A locomotive engineer may refer to:*Railroad engineer, a person who operates a locomotive, usually called an engine or train driver outside North America*Locomotive builder, a person who designs and builds locomotives...
of the Grand Trunk Railroad.
The railroad runs through rolling landscape, and by the end of 2006 it had approximately 4000 feet (1,219.2 m) of track. When completed, the railroad should have approximately 6100 feet (1,859.3 m) of track. The railroad does not form a loop, since the ends of the line are separated vertically by nearly 90 feet (27.4 m).
The rolling stock used on the railroad have been modelled in inches per foot (5:16) scale to resemble two-foot gauge locomotives and rail cars used by the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
The Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad was a narrow gauge common carrier railroad that operated approximately of gauge railroad in Franklin County, Maine.-History:Josiah L...
in the state of Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
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