November 21, 2019 08:40AM
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KevinM Wrote:
> It's also important to note that the rotary
> operations that were conducted back in the 90s
> were done before the implementation of the 49 CFR
> Part 230 Steam Locomotive Regulations. After
> 1999, things got a lot more expensive for
> operators of steam locomotives, with a rigorous
> schedule of inspections, including the invasive
> 1,472 Service Day Inspections that cost hundreds
> of thousands of dollars, and take equipment out of
> service for extended periods of time, even if
> there is nothing wrong with the boiler.
> /Kevin Madore
Actually not. The 1472 SDI only puts into writing what steam operators were supposed to have been doing all along under the old Part 230 where the requirements were implicit and it was assumed that the operators actually knew what they were doing, something that can’t be left to chance today.
If there is nothing wrong with the boiler, the only additions to the old Part 230 four year inspection requirements (five years with out-of-service credits) is a UT survey of the boiler, and a review of that data to confirm that none of the minimum thicknesses called out in the previously calculated Form 4 are exceeded. Plus, you can have up to fifteen years between inspections instead of five years under the old system, so really, the new system is less expensive, not to mention safer since operators are now actually performing the inspections and repairs that their boilers require.
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