Volunteers repair weather-beaten locomotive

Volunteers repair weather-beaten locomotive

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Tetsuro Murano works to repair a steam locomotive as a volunteer at a park in Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 16, 2014. Local children used to call the engine a "ghost loco" due to its serious damage from long exposure to weather.

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