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November 25, 2015

Historic locomotive gets permanent home in Longview

  • Volunteers restored the 1924 Shay locomotive and raised money for a new pavilion to cover it.
  • By LAUREN KRONEBUSCH
    The Daily News

    Photo by Bill Wagner/The Daily News via AP [enlarge]
    Jeff Wilson of Longview, right, is one of the main backers of the Shay restoration project.

    LONGVIEW, Cowlitz County — Instead of the rusting, broken down Shay locomotive he knew as a boy, Ivan Christensen could see his own tall figure in the polished metal of a fully restored piece of Longview history.


     
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