Originally Posted by NewHaven358:
Great photos everybody! I had no idea that a zoo could have that much variety in motive power! At our zoo here in Cleveland we have a C. P. Huntington done up in black with yellow pin striping in our Australian Adventure section.
I'm the manager and engineer on a 3/4 mile long excursion RR using a CP Huntington. I stress we see it and use it as a scenic excursion NOT an amusement ride. For a few extra bucks (I think about $500 per color used extra), Chance will paint it in a scheme different than their standard Red, Dark Blue, Light Blue. Our locomotive is in the standard scheme and is fully "standard" from Chance with the exception of chrome in place of brass. In our area (Washington DC), there are three other large (500+ acre) parks using CP Huntingtons in addition to us. Some gear them as amusement rides, some, like us, as a scenic excursion. The same group that manages my RR also runs another in another nearby park. Their 2008 built engine is solid red. Another group relatively close to us has a black and silver model as well as their original 1960s engine still in the original red/blue paint...I've never been there however, just seen photos.
Below are a few photos of my RR.
The next park closest to my RR has a CPH as well and was built and delivered new in 2008. It is painted solid red. Photo is below. The engine is backing off a special trailer used to move the locomotives. That winter, both locomotives owned by our group (Mine and the other one, Wheaton Regional Park, seen below), were trucked from both respective RRs for major work. That is my slowly guiding it off the trailer. I remember it didn't even get above 20* that day! VERY cold and windy. I remember wearing a ski mask while running the locomotive with some passenger cars on a loaded test run shortly after the engine was brought off the trailer! The cowcatcher was removed for loading purposes and was put back on later in the winter after final work to the track sanders was completed.
. Great detail in the model scenes Jim.
Funny. I decided to keep the demo unit...I ran for an extended period and like it all over again.
