Greetings,
Here in Iowa over the Labor Day weekend, the popular Midwest Old Threshers reunion will be held in Mt. Pleasant.
For good reasons, we all know that the FRA regulates timely inspections of steam engine boilers. I was wondering if there is any type of inspection process (federal or otherwise) for steam tractors. There seems to be a fair amount of them left and it dawned on me that you never hear (at least I don't) about inspections on their boilers. If this is loosely regulated, is it because the volume of boiling water on a tractor is less of a concern than that of a steam engine?
Thanks in advance,
Mark
Hello Mark,
You've posted to the wrong forum - this one is for discussing the trains.com web site and a few unique subjects.
The Trains Magazine sub forum about Steam & Preservation would be a better choice and is at this link:
http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/740.aspx
You might copy the OP text over there and then refer to the new link from here. There is a lot of expertise represented on the Trains Mag forums.
I haven't seen much sign of a Kalmbach moderator being able to do this for you, so good luck.
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Each state has a boiler inspector for industries and steam power plants, and antique (or new) steam farm tractors are inspected by them. They tend to follow the National Boiler Code or ASME Boiler Code, with some additional regulations thrown in because of certain circumstances that the state's legislators have deemed necessary. Some states are a lot more restrictive than others.
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