A close-up of LA&L 420's cab, including the builder's plate and the name Chester A. Haak. Chester A. Haak was a man who led a community campaign to purchase a soon-to-be-abandoned Erie-Lackawanna line for $13,000, which became the Livonia Avon & Lakeville. 420 was acquired in 1995, and started life on the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) in 1964.