54light15As a boiler inspector, I wonder who signs off on the report.
The National Board can tell you everything you need to know - in fact the NBIC was (and is) the organization supporting the Engineering Standards Committee that developed the 49CFR230 standards that, in part, define the current legal procedures for locomotive hydro testing. 49CFR230.36 is the applicable section.
As a boiler inspector, I wonder who signs off on the report. DOT or an insurance company? Both? I've never inspected a locomotive boiler, damn it!
The SP&S 700 was recently in operating condition, now in shops. She's a Baldwin. Shouldn't be more than another year if things go well. Milwaukee Road 261 is an ALCO, also running.
D'oh! How could I forget 3751, the granddaddy of them all!
kgbw49And to complete the fleet with a Baldwin - 2926
3751 was built by Baldwin. The restoration of 2926 doubles it up, and what a doubleheader it will be!
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
Yes indeed! Here is their web site:
http://www.nmslrhs.org/
Is the steamer being restored to full operating condition like the #3751?
Awesome indeed! Can't wait to see her with with a fire inside.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Adding a big barreled Baldwin boomer (as in "exhaust) to the active 4-8-4 fleet will be a great achievement indeed!
We have ALCOs - 844 and 261
We have a Lima - 4449
We have a Roanoke Shops - 611
We will soon have not one, but two, count 'em two Reading Shops - 2100 and 2102 (although one could make a case for these being at least partial Baldwins)
And to complete the fleet with a Baldwin - 2926
All in all, a pretty impressive collection for the second decade of the 21st Century!
As the old saying goes, "Won't be long now..."
Awesome
ALBUQUERQUE - The 17-year effort to restore a Santa Fe Railway 4-8-4 to operation cleared a major hurdle Tuesday with the completion of a hydrostatic test and internal inspection. The two-day test on No. 2926 began Monday as the boiler filled with he...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/07/11-santa-fe-4-8-4-no-2926-passes-hydrostatic-test
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
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