The following appeared first in the latest edition of the Revelstoke TIMES magazine, which can be found in local businesses and the Revelstoke Review office.
In September of 1948, the spectacular locomotive blasted a puff of steam as it rolled out into the crisp Autumn air in Quebec, ready to be guided onto whatever runs of wood and steel required its services.
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