on the video listen for the whistle the engine to rebuild starts out as 767 but ends up 765 as the restored engine. why the changed number
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The city wanted the 767 on display in the park, but it had already been scrapped. The 765 was still on the property, so the NKP quietly renumbered her to 767. When the FWRHS got into researching the rebuild, the builders plate didn't match the 767 and the subterfuge was discovered.
I turned out for the best anyway. #767 had previously wrecked and was in much poorer operational condition at the time of retirement than #765, which was in quite good condition and was the local favorite engine by the crews. I was told by a FWRHS founding member that if #767 had indeed been the preserved locomotive, they most likely would have not attempted to return it to operational status.
