Good luck, Jerry! I was involved in an effort by the City of Cripple Creek, CO, a couple of years ago to return the locomotive to Cripple Creek for a rail project that would have restored the locomotive to operating condition. The locomotive would have been rolled out for demonstrations/rides on important holidays, festivals, etc. We laid out all of the logical evidence for the Colorado ,significance vs. the Nevada significance, as outlined elsewhere in this thread. We ran into an impenetrable stone wall. Ask Dan Markoff.
Mike