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Switch engine Number 2 was built by General Electric in 1919. Only three like it were ever built.Originally purchased from the Illinois Electric Railway in 1928 by the Carey Salt Co.It was placed in service by the H & N Railway.Old Number 2 was taken out of service in 1963 and sold for scrap to the Midwest Iron and Metal Co. here in Hutchinson. In 1989 the metal company donated the locomotive to the City of Hutchinson for renovation and display. Out of the original three engines built, the whereabouts of only Number 2 and Number 1 are known. The restored Number 1 is currently on display in Perris,California
"GE Engine No. 2, one of only three such engines ever built, is now on display outside the Kansas Underground Salt Museum. Built in 1919, the antique train ran along a short railway line from 1928 – 1963 that provided switching services for the Carey Evaporation Plant and Salt Mine.The rail line was less than 6 miles, but was vital to the success of the Carey Salt Mine. Inaddition to providing switching services between the salt mine and the evaporation plant, it was also used by Champlin Oil Refinery, Detroiter Mobile Homes and the Kelly Mills companies.
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