Choices for 483 &492 Asbestos Removal

Removing the asbestos from 483 and 492 is mostly a question of money. In a Friends of the C&TSRR work session last summer a crew comprised of Ed Koehn, Clyde Putnam, Craig Story, Mike Thode, and myself, with CMO Bob Wright providing guidance and a strong back, removed everything from the locos that we could without releasing asbestos fibers into the air. Which means that we're down to the jacketing.
The most likely next step is to bring in an asbestor removal contractor. The Friends are seeking grant money to cover at least half of the removal cost. As reported last year the costs could be held down to $10,000 per locomotive because both locos have been placed side-by-side in the old roundhouse at Chama to facilitiate enveloping them in a poly, negative-air-pressure, tent as is customarily done.
In the several years I've been involved in the Friends efforts to save these locomotives we've tried to come up with various ways to do it ourselves, but so far have concluded that the federal regulations are too stringent to avoid doing the work any differently than the approach used by certified contractors. The NM Air Quality Bureau follows the same regs. as the other states. So far, Johnson Controls of Northern NM (which does this work for the Los Alamos Labs) has provided free consulting and lab testing for this project -- and, yes, their tests show that the lagging on 483 and 492 contain amosite and chrysotile asbestos.
However, if some volunteers are willing to obtain certification and endure a week or two in steam-bath conditions dressed in full tyvek suits and breathing through respirators, then we do know of a contractor that was willing to help out by proving the high-pressure water/steam pumps, air monitoring equipment, air pumps, etc. at little cost. The required 5-day certified contractor course is offered periodically by Acme Environmental in Albuquerque at $450 a head. Any takers?