Rough and Tumble´s Little Toot, shown at left at the 2000 Fall Harvest Day, has been renovated. At the right we have the boiler and the running gear after being torn down in November, 2000.

• Toot getting undresed
• A view from the back end
• Loosening the jacket
• Here's how to deal with stripped threads
• Off comes the outside
• Good, it's not asbestos
• Brushing off the big chunks
• Removing the oiler linkage
• Cutting the first steam line
• Cutting the second steam line
• Removing the boiler from the Frame
• Another view of boiler removal
• Boiler clear of frame
• Toot boiler in 'Boiler room' of Steam Building
• Running gear still on the tracks
• Running gear in the 'Boiler room'

• Left & Right steam cylinders
• Port view of steam cylinder
• Piston and New Stainless steel piston rods
• Upside down Running gear
• Boiler, Tender & miscellaneous parts,
  ready to head to Norman Gay's shop
• Tender with top cut open for rust removal and cleaning
• Repainted cow catcher
• Drivers & front mounting plate painted
• Lagging (insulation) positioned around boiler
• John Geib, Allen Gruver & Grant Huddle coating
  lagging with drywall compound
• Grant Huddle positioning sheet metal around insulated boiler
• Brass bands & stack flange on

• Grant Huddle and Norm Gay, back at Rough & Tumble,
  putting boiler back on running gear
• Smoke box with new steam delivery piping
• A portion of the cab and the running boards are back on
• Cab view with water supply lines installed
• Aug. 11, 2002 = " First Fire" in Toot since fall of 2000!
  Grant Huddle, Chuck Savitske and ? watching
• The night before the 2002 reunion, Chuck Savitske
  works on a late night repair of steam leak
• John Geib, Norm Gay, Grant Huddle, & Allen Gruver
  discuss valve timing problem
• John Geib and Grant Huddle work on timing
• Nate Bundy, John Geib, Chuck Savitske and
  Allen Gruver working on timing
• Top view of right cylinder valve
• Barry Sheinin, Chuck Savitske, Allen Gruver, John Geib
  and Grant Huddle still working on timing
• Nate Bundy, Cyd Stayrook , Spencer Duncan , Chuck Savitske,
  Allen Gruver and Grant Huddle. Pilot wheels need adjustment
• With a partial cab and no cow catcher and Grant Huddle
  at the throttle, Toot pulls a load of passengers
• Chuck Saviske prepares to take Toot on a run,
  now complete and sporting new American flags

• After the reunion, Grant Huddle and Spencer Duncan
  "Jigging driver" for timing
• Spencer Duncan and Grant Huddle tapping axle
• Spencer Duncan and Grant Huddle polishing valve seat
  of whistle. Note the new "Diamond" smokestack
• Grant Huddle & Spencer Duncan working on whistle valve
• A completely restored and adjusted Little Toot
  at the Oct 2002 Fall Harvest Show

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