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Uintah had 11 engines 1912 & 1913, 10 in 1914

PRSL
February 26, 2007 06:49PM
The first three inspection reports of the Reports of the Chief Inspector of Locomotive Boiler of the ICC are as follows:
Uintah had 11 locomotives in 1912 and 1913 but only 10 in November,1914.
-------------------11/01/1912: UINTAH------11/01/1913: URY------11/01/1914
Stay bolts broken ------------------- 3------------------3 ------------------2
Stay bolts defective----------------------------------------------------------2
Telltale stopped up------------------ 2------------------4 ------------------2
Stay-bolts not drilled----------
Blow off cock defective-----------------------------------------------------1
Crown sheel leaking ------------------2
Crown bolt defective--------------------------------------------------------2
Fire-box sheet bulged ----------------9-------------------------------------2
Flues plugged ------------------------2
Flues defective--------------------------------------------2
Barrel leaking------------------------ 1
Dome leaking ----------------
Washout [lug leaking -------------------------------------2
Siphon leaking------------------------2
Gage cock inoperative ----------------2------------------1----------------2
Gage cock blowing -------------------2-----------------------------------1
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 or connection defective---------------------------4--------------6
Injector inoperative ------------------1
Injector throttle defective-------------3
injector steam pipe defective ---------2
Steam valve in cab leaking-------------------------------------------------1
Lubricator shield missing --------
Packing nut leaks at;-------------------------------------------------------1
Badge plate missing ------------------2
Water glass drip missing------------- 6
Unclassified steam leaks -------------24
Number of defects -----------------85----------------16-----------------22
Locomotives owned ---------------11 ----------------11-----------------10
Locomotive inspected -------------10------------------4------------------ 9
Locomotive defective --------------6 ------------------4-------------------7
locomotive ordered from service 0 -------------------- 0-------------------0
Considerable improvement of number of defectes is evident. One engine seem to be missed as likely at the end of the line.
A Lima Visit Card said they had 6 Shays when they had 5 Baldwins. The only time they had 5 Baldwin in service was before 1917.
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Uintah had 11 engines 1912 & 1913, 10 in 1914

PRSL February 26, 2007 06:49PM



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