The First edition of the Annual Report of Chief Inspector of Locomotive Boiler in 1912 was special as it included a finding on almost all the railroads regardless of the number of locomotives owned. From the Second edition on, it did not identify any railroad with 10 engines or less. I am interested in my suspicion that the Uintah had a first No.6, a Shay from 1912 to about 1917, which disagrees with all the know roster and "denial Rodger". For some reason the Uintah was included in each following editions as it recorded 11 engines to be inspected, and similarly in the following annual reports..
I have included the East Broad Top as an interesting comparison as it also had 11 engines, but no fire-box sheets bulged. That 7% grades much have been the cause of the different in defects.
The list of Defects in 66 items but I will only list the items that are recorded on these two lines.
------------------------------ EBT ------------------ UINTAH
Stay bolts broken -------------------------------------- 3
Telltale stopped up-------------------------------------- 2
Stay-bolts not drilled----------1
Crown sheel leaking -------------------------------------2
Fire-box sheet bulged ------------------------------------9
Flues plugged -----------------1--------------------------2
Barrel leaking-------------------------------------------- 1
Dome leaking -----------------1
Washout [lug leaking ----------1
Siphon leaking-----------------1--------------------------2
Gage cock inoperative ------------------------------------2
Gage cokk blowing ----------- 1 --------------------------2
Drip pipe missing -----------------------------------------3
Nipple defective or missing--------------------------------10
Water glass cocks defective--------------------------------4
Water-glass shield defective ---6
w-glass blow off cock defec.-------------------------------4
Water glass improperly located ----------------------------1
Injector inoperative ----------------------------------------1
Injector throttle defective-----------------------------------3
injector steam pipe defective -------------------------------2
Lubricator shield missing --------1
Badge plate missing -------------2 -------------------------2
Water glass drip missing------------------------------------ 6
Unclassified steam leaks ------------------------------------24
Number of defects -------------15 --------------------------85
Locomotives owned -----------11 ---------------------------11
Locomotive inspected ---------10----------------------------10
Locomotive defective -----------6 ----------------------------9
locomotive ordered from service 0 --------------------------- 0