Monday, April 25, 2022

Where Is This?

Does anyone know where this train is/was located? The photo is from the 1970's.

Thanks to Robert, the train has been partially identified. The train is a 1/3 scale C.P. Huntington locomotive made by Chance Rides Manufacturing. The company has made this particular train since 1961 and rhey are used by zoos, theme parks and tourist attractions across the country. Boblo Island did indeed have a C.P. Huntington train made by Chance Rides Manufacturing but research seems to indicate that the locomotive was number 162 not number 75. It is possible that the number 162 locomotive at some point replaced the number 75 locomotive. Further research will be necessary to find where this particular locomotive was used. A photo of the Boblo Island train can be seen here.

2 Comments:

Blogger robert said...

I am guessing it could be Boblo Island as I found this video and the train looks very similar
at 1:27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhjzjlMGPDU&t=88s

7:55 AM, August 23, 2022  
Blogger Ookpik said...

Thanks for the tip regarding the Boblo Island train. Boblo Island did indeed use such a train but it is not known if this is a picture of it.

5:02 PM, September 11, 2022  

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