The privately owned unit and several historic cars were scrapped in late February after the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation decided it could not afford to move them.
With a successful hydraulic test in the can, the American Steam Railroad Preservation Association turns its attention to designing and constructing an oil-burning system.
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