Re: 3/16 Day?

>
> Hi Everett,
>
> Thanks for the detailed response! That's a scary
> story. It sounds like a major engineering faux
> pas. I seem to read about a fair number of
> incidents of this type at various places (new
> boiler built....didn't fit, running gear
> overhaul....now bearings run hot, etc. etc.).
> One would think that the contractors that did some
> of this apparently faulty work would bear some
> responsibility to at least make it right, but for
> whatever reason, they are never held to account
> for it.
>
> Anyway, sorry to hear about 316. I would still
> like to see a photo freight down there. That's
> been on my to-do list for a while and was hoping
> that perhaps this would be my year.
>
> /Kevin Madore

What is most unfortunate is the management at the TSR at the time (Texas Parks & Wildlife) knew exactly what they were purchasing, and had the proposed specifications in hand before they built it. The boiler was built to those specs. What is even worse is the Superintendent of the TSR at the time had experience and knowledge in the steam RR industry before he came to work there, but did not seek any outside advice on how to create the new boilers.

The boiler made for the Santa Fe 4-6-2 #1316 (former #500) is an even worse engineering debacle.