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Ingold said he hopes they can build more track for a longer run.
The group has already constructed a shelter over the locomotive
to protect it and the volunteers working on it from the elements.
If locomotive No. 7 runs again, it will be the only operating
steam locomotive in Montana. However, it isn't the only loco-
motive rebuild project currently underway. In Libby, a small
group of volunteers is working on rebuilding another logging
locomotive that once worked for the J. Neils Logging Company.
Ingold said he's looking forward to showing people what a real
live steam locomotive looks like.
"People just love that we're doing this," he said.
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