How many steam engines are being FRA inspected right now? I think 3751 is in a 5 year inspection, and 4449 is still being examined as well as 261.
Also is 3985 gonna get retired because they pulled 4014 out of Pomona? Heard it is a rumor but I want to ask any experts. Doing research about 3985 to see if it.
Thanks
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How many steam engines are being FRA inspected right now?
First, the FRA people do not do the "inspecting". The crew members of the steam locomotive in question must do all the work, and then submit the documents to the FRA.
I think 3751 is in a 5 year inspection,
Not yet.
and 4449 is still being examined
No, SP4449 is now "going back together" and will soon complete her full pressure hydro test. All he FRA "paperwork", i.e. recalculated Form 4, has been completed and she should be available for the annual "Holiday Express" train operations in Portland between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
as well as 261.
Milwaukee Road 261 was completed over a year ago and has already been returned to service.
Also is 3985 gonna get retired because they pulled 4014 out of Pomona?
UP3985 is now do the FRA mandated 15 year inspection.
Heard it is a rumor but I want to ask any experts.
So long as the current manager is in control at the UP Cheyenne steam shop, poor 3985 will never operate again. Also, no work has been performed on 4014 either. The current manager is still "taking 844 apart".
Doing research about 3985 to see if it.
Thanks
How many steam engines are being FRA inspected right now?
First, the FRA people do not do the "inspecting". The crew members of the steam locomotive in question must do all the work, and then submit the documents to the FRA.
I think 3751 is in a 5 year inspection,
Not yet.
and 4449 is still being examined
No, SP4449 is now "going back together" and will soon complete her full pressure hydro test. All he FRA "paperwork", i.e. recalculated Form 4, has been completed and she should be available for the annual "Holiday Express" train operations in Portland between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
as well as 261.
Milwaukee Road 261 was completed over a year ago and has already been returned to service.
Also is 3985 gonna get retired because they pulled 4014 out of Pomona?
UP3985 is now do the FRA mandated 15 year inspection.
Heard it is a rumor but I want to ask any experts.
So long as the current manager is in control at the UP Cheyenne steam shop, poor 3985 will never operate again. Also, no work has been performed on 4014 either. The current manager is still "taking 844 apart".
Doing research about 3985 to see if it.
Thanks
Oh God!
If I'm not mistaken, 261 was returned to service more than 2 years ago when it made a round trip from Minneapolis to Duluth in May of 2013. It has not taken a trip since then, though a fall color trip is scheduled for October.
If I'm not mistaken, 261 was returned to service more than 2 years ago when it made a round trip from Minneapolis to Duluth in May of 2013. It has not taken a trip since then, though a fall color trip is scheduled for October.
Pretty sure 261 was fired-up and operated numerous "Santa Specials" at Saint Paul Union Station, last december.
If I'm not mistaken, 261 was returned to service more than 2 years ago when it made a round trip from Minneapolis to Duluth in May of 2013. It has not taken a trip since then, though a fall color trip is scheduled for October.
Pretty sure 261 was fired-up and operated numerous "Santa Specials" at Saint Paul Union Station, last december.
Thanks Jack, I forgot about those. Santa just ain't my thing anymore.
I just checked in to see who the real train experts were................ good to know! 
Well don't look at me. I'm a one trick pony and not very good at that. I only pay attention to 261 because it's based here in the Twin Cities where I live.
Hot Water has his finger on the pulse of boilers everywhere.
I'm the expert on my very own steamer. She sits atop my kitchen range and runs like a dream ...usually associated with breakfast time !
I visited the 261 shop 2 weeks ago and she was sitting there under a tarp due to a repaint on the smoothside baggage car that is a part of the 261's consist. No evidence of disassembly or inspection. She's running just as good as when she came out of the ALCO shop in 1944! You'll see me trackside or on board for at least one of the fall colors trips!
Regards from the Frozen North,
Zach
I visited the 261 shop 2 weeks ago and she was sitting there under a tarp due to a repaint on the smoothside baggage car that is a part of the 261's consist. No evidence of disassembly or inspection.
That is because 261 has already completed her FRA mandated 15 year inspection, starting in 2008/2009 and finished in 2013/2014.
She's running just as good as when she came out of the ALCO shop in 1944! You'll see me trackside or on board for at least one of the fall colors trips!
Regards from the Frozen North,
Zach
Don't forget about WMSR #734, which will be going out for it's inspection after this year.
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