I took this photograph during a recent, late September 2014
visit, to the Hesston Steam Museum in northwest Indiana.
One of the many lesser known, working tools of railroading's-
past, were these early "Cost Effective" gasoline powered early-
internal combustion locomotives, used often as in plant switchers
in private industries, steel mills, manufacturing plants, or even as
railroad shop switchers.
These locomotives were very practical, and were ideal for spotting
one or two cars at a time, and were much cheaper to operate than
a convential steam locomotive for light duty operations.
This particular (1920's?) era standard gauge example, is now
cosmetically restored and on display for all to see and enjoy, at
the Hesston Steam Museum, in the town of Hesston Indiana.
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