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LAFAYETTE, Ind. – When the news reached Deb Provo in Nashville, Tenn., that the train at Columbian Park would be refurbished, she proudly reminisced about how her uncle had a hand in the train s existence.
For 52 years, the Columbian Park Zoo Express in Lafayette treated children, parents and other enthusiastic riders to a trip around the park. Plans to refurbish the train engine and its three cars, the Journal & Courier reported in February 2021, are thanks to a partnership between DeFouw Automotive, the Lafayette Parks Foundation, J&T Recovery and the city of Lafayette.
The train is an Allan Herschell Iron Horse with a locomotive and three attached passenger cars. The replica pays homage to the post-Civil War era of train travel, featuring a wood-burning steam locomotive back in the day.
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Frank A. Field Jr.
Frank A. Field Jr., a lifelong rail fan whose Peconic County Miniature Rail Road in Greenport delighted generations of riders for nearly three decades, died Feb. 14, 2021, at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital after a brief illness. He was 88.
Frank, a resident of Greenport, was born in the Bronx on June 15, 1932, the son of Frank A. and Alice (Weberg) Field, and grew up in New Rochelle and Floral Park, N.Y.
A graduate of Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, Frank led student government his junior year and subsequently attended Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. He graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.