Hutchinson & Northern Heritage - a photo on Flickriver

            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.

Taken on: September 23, 2023

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ALCO

3415

derail

derailed

derailment

Abilene

Kansas

Golden Hour

A&SV

Abilene & Smoky Valley

Hutchinson & Northern

ATSF

Santa Fe

Heritage Railway

tourist

Tourism

front end loader

Cat 426

Caterpillar

426

Backhoe

Train

Railroad

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Railway « less

Groups appears in: • Rinky Dink Industrial Switchers • Quality and Exceptional Railway Photographs more » • Short freight trains with up to 5 wagons, korte goederentreinen • The Golden Hour Glory « less

Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi, f/6.7, 1/350 sec, 300mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Aperture:	f/6.7
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/350)
Focal Length:	300mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PaintShop Pro 24.00
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