When I was in school, I worked summers at an amusement park, just north of here in Lake George, NY. For four years I drove the train that went through the jungle, LOL. It was purple and I loved that train (actually there were two and we ran them both on busy days), kept it polished and shiny, waxed the curves of the track first thing in the morning so it wouldn't squeal on the curves, and took great pride in being able to get it back to the station, no matter what happened with the engine. I was told that it was bought used in 1952, and the train and I made the local papers when it turned over 100,000 miles (though it had probably done so more than once). 
Here's the only online pix I could find of it, obviously taken well before my time. It was purple and white. 
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