Eevee Hanawalt

## History

Eevee Hanawalt was built by the ALCO Locomotive Works in New York in February 1924 as a original GTW 5629 for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad hauling Commuter and Freight trains in the Midwest and the Great Lakes, Eevee looked so big as a Grand Trunk Western K4-a Pacific-type Locomotive like Lynn Jr. aka 5629.

In 1939-40, Eevee Hanawalt hauled a revenue freight trains as well. During the 1940 NRHS Convention, Eevee Hanawalt double-headed with Blair the New York Central 4-6-4 J1E Hudson #5344 from Durand to New York City, NY as Other New York Central locomotives awaits to meet them.

In 1945, Eevee Hanawalt as a 5629 traveled into the CB&Q mainline in Iowa, When Eevee Hanawalt saw Larry the Cucumber the CB&Q O5 Northern and he doubleheaded with Larry the Cucumber on the fast freight to Galesburg.

In 1948, Eevee Hanawalt tries him to slow him down then Eevee Hanawalt involved a major accident in slow motion by the Sandy's Ghandi's freight cars including the Mercury Cruiser in Sandusky, Ohio like the Flying Kipper knocking down the Railroad Signals. However in 1949, Sandusky Police with two Mercury Police Cruisers checked the damage that had done for Eevee Hanawalt. In 1953, Eevee Hanawalt was sold back to the Grand Trunk Western Railroad in Durand, Michigan and was fully repaired in 1954.

However, Eevee Hanawalt's wish came true after purchased by Richard Jensen from the Grand Trunk Western in 1959. Eevee Hanawalt pulled on the 1959 excursion season from Detroit to Bay City, Michigan. In 1960, Eevee Hanawalt was sold to a storage in Durand, Michigan before being moved to Hammond, Indiana while He and other volunteers restored him to operating condition, and He started pulling excursions in 1961 on the Baltimore and Ohio.

In 1965-66, Eevee Hanawalt would pull excursions through Chicago, Illinois, Detroit, Michigan, South Bend, Indiana, and other cities in the Midwest. In 1967-68, it also pulled the Schlitz Circus Train of Baraboo's Circus World Museum.

In 1971, Eevee Hanawalt wished to pull on the excursion train on the Penn Central from Chicago, Illinois to Logansport, Indiana. Eventually, the plans fell through due Eevee Hanawalt's poor condition and Eevee Hanawalt made his last run in Spring of 1973.

In 1976, Just before the 80s, Richard Jensen had broken his back due to a refrigerator accident, and was unable to afford to run anymore excursions with Eevee Hanawalt as Eevee Hanawalt cried "Richard Jensen! You... You can't!". He eventually moved him to Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad's Blue Island Yard in Blue Island for storage. The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific requested for the bankruptcy including the abandonment in 1980s, and Eevee was fearfully sold the yard to Metra laster that same year. Eevee Hanawalt thinks the scrapping would be his worst nightmare that ever made him as Metra wanted to re-design the property, including adding a new building, which would require moving Eevee Hanawalt off the property.

Metra asked Jensen to move him out of the yard and to the IAIS (Iowa Interstate Railroad) where Riolu Edison, Oshawott Wattermann, Psyduck Jackson and Chimchar Baldwin lives, however, they wouldn't assist him in getting it there, Eevee Hanawalt was disgraceful after the events in the 1981 season. Later in 1983/84, Metra, Richard Jensen and Eevee Hanawalt got into a huge argument as Eevee bristled besides of the sole-survivor Southern Pacific GS-4. This eventually led to a battle between the two parties in the court, and they ruled out that if Eevee wasn't moved out of Blue Island, that he would be scrapped. The Oregon Rail Heritage Center Will Have a Chance to Rebuild it as FerroEquss or Rio Grande Eevee Hanawalt in 1988 as Southern Pacific 4449 aka Stasha Daylight picked the FerroEquss livery for Eevee until 1990. When The Engine Returns to Steam without Union Pacific FEF-3 Northern #844 aka Oliver Goldworth. When the news spread to the public, several preservationist groups due in 1986 season, including the Illinois Railway Museum, attempted to save Eevee Hanawalt, but it was too late. Metra sent out a salvage crew and cut the locomotive up right where it stood later as of 1987. Southern Pacific 4449 Sent him a fourth restoration special. All railfans could do was watch with disbelief that the once preserved engine, was scrapped. Eevee Hanawalt was Now Undergoing a total fourth restoration by Southern Pacific 4449 in 1988 for display sadly until 1990. When Eevee Hanawalt was full of annoyance and the engine returned To service as Union Pacific FEF-3 Northern #844 aka Oliver Goldworth Double-heads it to St. Louis for the 1990 NRHS Convention but Eevee Hanawalt says to Union Pacific "No." then Eevee Hanawalt leaves America for England by the boat at Washington DC Harbor as Star aka Frisco 1522, Jonathan aka Cotton Belt 819 and Karen aka Norfolk and Western 1218 looked disappointed after Eevee leaving into England.

In late 1990, Eevee pulled on the London's King Cross Limited from Leeds into London on the old London Brighton And Southern Coast brachline until 1992 Eevee Hanawalt was shipped into Russia from England.

Later, Eevee arrived in Russia from England and pulls on the Russian excursion until 1998.

In Sunday, February 21st, 1993, A major blizzard storm blew with some snow pouring down across the portions of Russia causing Eevee getting stuck on the snow drift felt shocked greatly then Russian locomotives helped to pull Eevee out of the snow drift while continues hauled a Russian excursions and got retired from another excursion career in 2003. Later, Eevee sat quietly on the Russian Railways Moscow Yard in Moscow before Eevee will be returning to America in 2018.

Sir Topham Hatt brought his former Pokémon Locomotive from Grand Trunk Western Railroad on the Russian Railways Yard to the Current CSX Railroad trackage on the newly formed Virginia Tennessee and Western Scenic Railroad to return Eevee Hanawalt back to the Great Lakes region and placed Eevee Hanawalt alongside Pikachu Ketchum to the Charleston Shops for restoration where Sir Topham Hatt and a group of volunteers worked to get Pokemon Steam Locomotive as Eevee Hanawalt aka 5629 running once again. In January 2019, Eevee Hanawalt's fifth restoration begins as Sir Topham Hatt has to reconverted Eevee Hanawalt back to burning coal from burning oil with a better livery as Sir Topham Hatt ordered Eevee Hanawalt to renumbered from the original 5629 into a current 133 after the original number 5629 was retired to meet Thomas and Percy again until Eevee Hanawalt's fifth restoration is completed by the end of September 2020. In October of 2020 due to the VT&W's 2020 Opening Night, Eevee Hanawalt begins crying emotionally and hugged Thomas the VT&W 2-8-2 Mikado #1 and Percy Avonside the VT&W 2-8-0 Consolidation #6 as Thomas and Percy missed him so much on the CSX rails after Eevee Hanawalt returns home in West Virginia and moved under steam since 1969, 1970s and the 80s. As of 2023, Eevee Hanawalt was continued operating on the Virginia Tennessee and Western Railroad hauling Excursions and Freight on the CSX mainline. In March 2023, After season changed from Winter to Spring, Eevee Hanawalt replaced Larry Nawrocki for his third excursion service during his events on the Spring Foilage excursions from Charleston to South Bend, Indiana and back. In May to June 2023 before the temperatures becomes hot, Eevee Hanawalt was repainted as a Southern Railway engine then using his Norfolk and Western 12-inch Hooter whistle from Norfolk And Western #1240 and on a ferry move from the trackage of CSX into Norfolk Southern across the former Southern Railway mainline from Charleston to Chattanooga, Tennessee like Cubone Latham's old home to pull on a revenue service across the Smoky Mountains and the Murphy Branch in North Carolina and doubleheaded with Lincoln aka Southern 4501 from Chattanooga to Smoky Mountains, North Carolina and back including Southeastern excursion from Chattanooga to Jacksonville, Florida feeling very hot and back and even to pull on the Virginia RailFest 2023 to Richmond to meet Norfolk and Western Engines and doubleheaded with Teresa aka Norfolk and Western 611 from Richmond to Lynchburg, VA via Roanoke, Virginia and back. After the Virginia RailFest 2023 while the season transition from Spring into Summer, Eevee Hanawalt returns home from Richmond to Chattanooga and into Charleston and repaint back to current VT&W livery.

As of August 26th, 2023, Sir Topham Hatt announced to acquired the former Union Pacific Business Car, New Haven Passenger Cars, Southern Pacific Pullman Post Car, New AUX Tender from the lost and scrapped I-5 Hudsons, New Haven I-5 #1405's bell and a Union Pacific Hancock 3 Chime to fitted the old Union Pacific Hancock 3 chime whistle on him for West Virginia in 5973-Verse to use for Eevee Hanawalt Upcoming Excursions.

In October 4th, 2023, Eevee Hanawalt will have a Fall and Winter Vacation for Ohio and Ontario and will be traveled on a ferry move from Charleston to Batavia, OH and moved the former Southern Pacific's Sunset Limited passenger cars from California to Ohio at the newly-formed Ohio Scenic Railway on the former Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central and Baltimore and Ohio mainline from Batavia, OH across the Ohio flatlands into Columbus.

However in November 7, 2023, an announcement for Eevee Hanawalt to pull on the Ohio Scenic Holiday Train will occur this year.

In December 3, 2023, OSR announced to move the former Northern Pacific Passenger Cars and Southern Pacific Passenger Car From Washington and Oregon for Ohio bound while Eevee Hanawalt continued performing on his 2023 Ohio Scenic Holiday Trains before moving into Canada across the Rocky Mountains and marked the first time that Eevee Hanawalt traveled from America to Canada. In December 10, 2023, Eevee left Ohio for Canada and starts to pull on the Holiday Excursions across the Canada's Rocky Mountains.

After pulling on a Canadian Holiday Trains, Eevee Hanawalt returns back to the current railroad trackage of CSX from Canada to West Virginia and pulls scenic excursions in the WMSR before traveled to Ohio again and traveled to New England in Connecticut in Spring 2024 and from Connecticut to Florida in Summer 2024 before return home back to West Virginia. Eventually, Sir Topham Hatt will paint him in American Freedom Train (AFT) colors similar to that on Pikachu Ketchum for North America's 250th Celebration in 2026.

Eevee Hanawalt's Sister engines #5632 & #5030 still survived as of today.

## Eevee's Builds/Rebuilds

1. Built: 1924
2. 1st Rebuild: 1953-54
3. 2nd Rebuilt: 1960-61
4. 3rd Built: 1964-65
5. 4th Rebuild: 1988-90
6. 5th Rebuild 2019-20

## Eevee's Numberplate

1. Original 5629: 1924-2019
2. Current 133: 2020-present
3. Lerro Productions 5629: 2024

## Eevee's Passenger Services Events

* West Virginia: West Virginian Thunder (Charleston, WV - Chicago IL), The Northern Cardinal Limited (Charleston, WV - Washington DC)
* Ohio: The Ohio Crusader (Charleston, WV - Cincinnati, OH), The Spirit of Ohio (St. Louis - Dayton - Cleveland), Ohio State Line (Kirkwood, MO - Columbus, OH), The Ohio Rose (Denver, CO - Columbus, OH), Great Lakes Limited (Topeka, KS - Columbus, OH), Columbus Flyer (Columbus, OH - Zanesville, OH), The Columbus Zeyphr (St. Louis, Missouri - Columbus, Ohio)
* Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvanian Screamer (Charleston, WV - Pittsburgh, PA), Pennsylvania State Limited (St. Louis, MO - Harrisburg, PA), The Keystone State Line (Chicago, IL - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

## NRHS Conventions for Eevee Hanawalt

* 1940 - Durand to New York City

* 1990 - Portland to St. Louis (Cancelled)

## Eevee's Events

1. Grand Canyon Railway: (Williams, Arizona: September 23 - October 1)
2. Ohio Scenic Railway (Batavia, Ohio-Columbus, Ohio: October 4 - December 10)
3. Canadian Pacific Railway (now CPKC) (Calgary, Canada: December 11 - December 31)
4. Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (Cumberland, Maryland: January 1 - February 16)
5. Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio: February 17 - March 19)
6. Essex Steam Train and Riverboat (Essex, Connecticut: March 20 - June 21)
7. U.S. Sugar Company (Clewiston, Florida: June 22 - August 5)

## Voice Actor

George Latham (Season 1-3)

Chip Hanawalt (Season 4-present)

## Basis

Eevee is based of the real-life model of Grand Trunk Western K4-a Pacific numbered 5629 was built in 1924 by ALCO for passenger and freight service on the GTW. Later, all of the K4-as including 5629 were scrapped in the late 50s and 80s, without surviving into preservation.