SargNickFury wrote:As for #630, Yes By federal law all locos must go through a complete dessassembly and rebuild every so many hundredthousand miles of service, not sure...exactly how many.
What you are referring to is Title 49 CFR 230.17. It is not based on mileage, but service days.
Here it is in full:
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. This 1472 service day inspection shall include all annual, and 5th annual, inspection requirements, as well as any items required by the steam locomotive owner and/or operator or the FRA inspector. At this time, the locomotive owner and/or operator shall complete, update and verify the locomotive specification card (FRA Form No. 4), to reflect the condition of the boiler at the time of this inspection. See appendices A and B of this part.
(b) Filing inspection reports. Within 30 days of completing the 1472 service day inspection, the steam locomotive owner and/or operator shall, for each steam locomotive inspected, file in the place where the steam locomotive is maintained and with the FRA Regional Administrator for that region a report of inspection (FRA Form No. 3), and a completed FRA Form No.4. See appendix C of this part.
from Down Under...
(Mike - is the plan only to do 844 or is there chance on others, black, grey, no deflectors etc. Were the 800's a unique UP build or was that Alco model used by other roads?)
... coming very soon to Train Simulator 2013!
