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News Wire: Illinois Railway Museum test fires its Shay

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 1:44 PM

UNION — For the second time in less than two weeks, Illinois Railway Museum volunteers have pulled off a major restoration coup. On Tuesday, they fired up J. Neills Lumber Co. three-truck Shay No. 5 for the first time in 19 years. The locomoti...

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Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine

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