A museum in Terre Haute, Indiana, has received a switcher that was donated by Harbor Rail Services of Pasadena, California, but most recently used in Indiana.
The Wabash Valley Railroad Museum received a 1947 General Electric 45-ton, side-rod driven locomotive that was once owned by Public Service Indiana (now Duke Energy).
When it worked in Indiana, it moved hopper cars around a power generating plant.
The unit was built in Erie, Pennsylvania, and may have been used at a military installation for a while before being sold to the utility company.
It was most recently used at a rail car repair facility owned by Harbor Rail Services in Clinton, Indiana.
The locomotive, known as a little critter, is 29 feet in length and was trucked to the museum.
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