Before 50 spectators, a crew completed most steps Tuesday afternoon to extract a historic steam engine from a 50-year resting place in a Roanoke scrap yard and prepare it for shipment to Ohio.

The transport is scheduled to leave Wednesday morning for Bellville, Ohio, where Ohio resident Terry Byrne plans to restore the 105-year-old machine. Byrne plans to use it in a railroad-themed restaurant.

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