The mechanics currently working at the Taipei train yard have no experience at all repairing steam engines. Moreover, a serious flood at the yard resulted in damage to the blueprints of many early locomotives. Under the circumstances, the only way to get the old engines running again was to ask these retired master mechanics to come back and apply their great experience with steam engines to guiding the restoration work.
目前台北機廠負責維修的年輕師傅們並沒有修理蒸汽機車的經驗，加上台北機廠曾經淹過大水，許多早期火車的藍圖因而殘缺不全，在這種情況下，只有請出具有豐富蒸汽機車維修經驗的退休老師傅們出馬指揮。