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Episode 1. The early days
- Albuquerque news paper story
- Kistler photos
- 2 cars and caboose
- 2913 Model in Ho scale

Episode 2. Apr. '99 - Jul. '00
- In the park
- Separate radial buffer
- Pull out piston rods
- Trace letters
- Cut nuts off track
- Pull draw bar pins
- Pull cylinder heads
- Last day in park, Fathers day open house

Episode 3. June 23,24 and 25 '00
- Move from park (1st move)
- Mayor Baca in front of 2926
- Jack Messer's crew
- Panel track
- Sandlot turntable
- End of move at 1st and Menaul

Episode 4. June 28, 2000
- Removing jewelry
- Doing cleanup at new home Apr. '00

Episode 5. 2 May '00
- 2nd move of 2926

Episode 6. May '02 - Feb. '03
- Building our new home
- Forklift donation
- Clearing parking lot
- Inspections
- World Headquarters
- Lurch
- Spargo short line build
- Separate tender/locomotive
- Fuel/oil lockers
- Transportainer
- Welder
- Flag, carport

Episode 7. 14 Feb. '03
- Bob Kittel's 1st inspection

Episode 8. Feb. '03
- Tender cleanout (3 tons of Calcium
Carbonate, Caliche, removed from water tank
- Meetings on site
- Pressure washing
- Taking off steam heating line
- Visitors welcome
- Independent/train/signal lines
- Lurch moving tender
- Failed oil pump-out attempt
- Air suit use in oil bunker
- Pig pen gets his name in the firebox
- Cutting the hold down bolts on oil tan

Episode 9.
- Heather Wilson visits
- Open House 9/28/03
- Rigging the whistle
- Book signing, 10 Turtles to Tucumcari, UNM Press 11/22/03
- Wheels Museum Board votes $30K in support 5/5/04
- EMHS High School visits 2/3/05

Episode 10. Nov '03
- Cutting bolts on oil can
- Moving the locomotive
- Separating the oil can from tender, Crane Services
- Lunch for the crew

Episode 11. Jan. '04 - Jul. '04
- Clean/paint oil can (asphalt!)
- Clean tender shell (asphalt!)
- Rust Bullet™ oil can
- New wood for the tender shell

Episode 12.
- Jack Messer checks us out 3/27/04
- Tender Swing by Messer 4/3/04 - t

Episode 13. Apr. '04
Working on tender trucks
- Re-copy letters
- Sand blast & prime tender
- Build Big Bird, paint and erec

Episode 14. Sept. 4, '05
- FRA Inspectors first visit

Episode 15. 12 Feb. '05
- Bob Kittel's 2nd visit and inspection
- Santa Fe Railway Eats at Mike Hartshornes house


 

 

 

 


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