Hot Water posted:Yes, nice. However, the FRA boiler clock has long begun running, ever since the last tube/flue was installed. So,,,,,,,,,how many years and $$$$ before all the running gear is completed?
ยง 230.17 One thousand four hundred seventy-two (1472) service day inspection.
top(a) General. Before any steam locomotive is initially put in service or brought out of retirement, and after every 1472 service days or 15 years, whichever is earlier, an individual competent to conduct the inspection shall inspect the entire boiler. In the case of a new locomotive or a locomotive being brought out of retirement, the initial 15 year period shall begin on the day that the locomotive is placed in service or 365 calendar days after the first flue tube is installed in the locomotive, whichever comes first.
You have a year to finish the engine before flue time starts, beginning from the time you install the first flue. Hydro test has nothing to do with it.
