For those who aren't on Facebook or members of the UP Steam group on that site, UP announced yesterday afternoon that the steam crew is filling the boiler of the 4014 in preparation for the hydrostatic test over the next few days. I presume a successful hydro test will be followed fairly quickly by a live steam test, but I'm just speculating on that.
They're hoping for break in runs by St Patrick's. That's from a friend of mine in the steam shop. They had a small problem with lubrication lines under the back engine half. That's was caused them to miss end of 2018 having her already hot.
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