Hutchinson & Northern Heritage
At the end of our (stationary) dinner train experience, we detrained and I looked down to the east and the light was just GLOWING on the end of their old ALCo switcher. I HAD to temporarily abandon my party to go capture this.
This is the Abilene & Smoky Valley's 1945-built S1 switcher, which eventually ended up on Kansas' Hutchinson & Northern where it acquired its solid orange paint. Recently, the A&SV repainted it into a red & black scheme, but in this lighting, the engine was doing its best to play the role of an orange H&N unit again.
Regarding this unit's location, it had moved down to the east siding switch in Abilene to assist with the crews that were working to rerail the 3415 after the rails (ties, really) gave out beneath the locomotive. As the crew members got closer to me, I asked them "How's it going up there," to which I heard "I've had better days." Understandable.
Hutchinson & Northern Heritage
At the end of our (stationary) dinner train experience, we detrained and I looked down to the east and the light was just GLOWING on the end of their old ALCo switcher. I HAD to temporarily abandon my party to go capture this.
This is the Abilene & Smoky Valley's 1945-built S1 switcher, which eventually ended up on Kansas' Hutchinson & Northern where it acquired its solid orange paint. Recently, the A&SV repainted it into a red & black scheme, but in this lighting, the engine was doing its best to play the role of an orange H&N unit again.
Regarding this unit's location, it had moved down to the east siding switch in Abilene to assist with the crews that were working to rerail the 3415 after the rails (ties, really) gave out beneath the locomotive. As the crew members got closer to me, I asked them "How's it going up there," to which I heard "I've had better days." Understandable.