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Saturday Day 1 While the students are in class the instructors ready the engines	Director Jim Ziegelbein gets the Avery ready	Instructor Brian Mann checks water levels on the Advance Rumely	The engines are ready for the students
Butch continues explaining boiler functions and construction	Students are taught safety, operation and most important, water, water, water	Try cocks are opened to verify boiler water levels	Students then break into groups and receive orientation on each engine
Instructor Brian Mann and student Gary Houghton on the Advance Rumely	Saturday Day 2 Students start with cold engines and do the oiling, cleaning the tubes and firing	Instructor Jim Conte talks with a group of students	Steam School Administrator John Johnson checks in on progress
Students and instructors are discussing while the engines are heating up	Students enjoy running R&T’s Baker steam traction engine	Instructor AJ Hamilton drives by with a group of students his Frick	Director Jim Ziegelbein enjoys a ride with his students on the Avery

Photos by John Johnson and Reinhold Steigerwald.
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