I took this photo at the Hesston Steam Museum in northwest Indiana last year. Seen here inside one of the storage / shop buildings at the museum, is this late 1960's vintage replica 2 foot guage gasoline powered locomotive. This locomotive originally pulled trains around the perimeter of Chicago's Brookfield Zoo from May of 1967 to September of 1985. After 17 years in storage, the former Brookfield Zoo equipment was donated to the Hesston steam museum in the year of 2002. This locomotive is currently undergoing mechanical restoration.Wednesday, January 30, 2008
A narrow guage diesel switcher replica locomotive formerly from Chicago's Brookfield Zoo. The Hesston Steam Museum. Hesston Indiana USA. July 2007.
I took this photo at the Hesston Steam Museum in northwest Indiana last year. Seen here inside one of the storage / shop buildings at the museum, is this late 1960's vintage replica 2 foot guage gasoline powered locomotive. This locomotive originally pulled trains around the perimeter of Chicago's Brookfield Zoo from May of 1967 to September of 1985. After 17 years in storage, the former Brookfield Zoo equipment was donated to the Hesston steam museum in the year of 2002. This locomotive is currently undergoing mechanical restoration.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
I hear that they are considering bringing some sort of train back to Brookfield Zoo. Not sure of the details, but I doubt if it would be a steam engine.
Post a Comment