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Boilermakers Bringing a Steam Locomotive Back to its Past Glory

On Vancouver Island in the City of Port Alberni, British Columbia, there is a group of active & retired Lodge 359 Boilermakers using their trade skills to give back to their community. The Boilermakers are repairing a 1929 Baldwin 2-8-2T steam locomotive in a railyard that is sandwiched between the cloudy mountains of the Alberni Valley and the Pacific Ocean.