Eddie, thanks for sharing that. It brings back a lot of memories. The engine and tender was done in Louisville at the old L&N Engine Shops near the U of L campus.
The big man guiding the stack in place, was Bud Hollenseed, who was a Master Machinest/Blacksmith. Bud spent his whole career with the L&N working in the steam locomotive erecting shops in Louisville, Ky. He was also a customer of mine on my paper route.
The shot of the engine sitting on the single wooden trussel, was on upper river road and just up river from the old NYC(Big 4) Water Street Yard.
The second tressel shot was crossing the Muldraugh Hill, south of Louisville.
The shot of the engine on the "Slip Track" was west side of the south round house, and I witnessed this being done.
Answering your question of it being given a good overhaul, with the exception of the doing the inch by inch testing of the boiler for cracks, with the new testing of today, I don't think that there could have been a better overhaul done on this engine.
They may have used die penetrant, or magniflux at that time, checking for cracks in the boiler steel,as I don't know exactly what was used back in those day's.
If Hot Water see's this post he may add something, as he was in the industry in those days I believe.
Mr. Hollenseed took me up to where this work was being done, and I got to look it over several times before they finished it, and got it up to steam and running again.
As a matter of fact, my mom and my aunt, got an invitation to ride it to Buechel on the Southern, and back to Louisville. They turned it at the Bueschel "Y" , near the General Electric complex.
Thanks again for making this post, as I remember all of this very well, and didn't know it was filmed. The Louisville Courier Journal did a short Story, but I don't ever remember seeing anything on television. We only had 2 tv station's in Louisville in those days, and then there was the radio, that I grew up with!.........Brandy!