@Tinplate Art posted:I remember them having to dismantle the engine and even at age eight found that hard to believe they could actually do that! More fantasy than usual, even for Hollywood!
Everything was bolted gas or electric welding had not been invented. So if you had wrenches you could unbolt most of it. However that is not the part which I find hard to believe. It seemed to be rolling as the mules were towing it. If you actually tried to tow a locomotive in dirt or sand the weight on the small contact patch of the locomotive wheels would cause the loco to sink into the dirt up to the frame. If you look closly at the wheels as it is being towed the ground under them is perfectly flat. Looks to me they covered track with sand and raked it flat. I try not to dissect movies as I watch them it is hard not to find some imperfection in any movie. j
