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Mark Petersen

March 31, 2001 03:17PM

I don't believe the cost is as high as you might expect. I have a friend who's building a full sized replica of the Jupiter, using the patterns owned by the US Park Service at Promentory. (yes, 12" to the foot scale.) The castings were pored this last winter and he's been fabricating other parts for almost a year now. He's going to have the boiler built by an outside firm. This guy is practical businessman and I know costs are being watched as he expects to be able to make a profit on this venture when he's done. One of the potential bidders for the boiler has expressed interest as they expect there will be a small market for replacement locomotive boilers for the museum & tourist RR crowd. Of course the boiler will be ASME certified & will meet all FRA regs for operation anywhere in the USA.

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The cost of new boilers?	Curtis F.	March 29, 2001 11:32AM
Re: The cost of new boilers?	Mik	March 29, 2001 04:02PM
Above is just for ASME cert	Mik	March 29, 2001 04:14PM
Re: Above is just for ASME cert	Bruce R. Pier	March 29, 2001 09:42PM
Re: Above is just for ASME cert	Earl Pitts	March 29, 2001 10:20PM
Re: Above is just for ASME cert	Mik	March 30, 2001 02:03AM
Re: Above is just for ASME cert	Curtis F.	March 30, 2001 09:51AM
Re: Above is just for ASME cert	Mik	March 30, 2001 11:26AM
Scale Steam and the Flight of the Phoenix	Dan Markoff	March 30, 2001 08:19PM
Re: Above is just for ASME cert	Earl Pitts	March 31, 2001 08:30AM
Re: The cost of new boilers?	Mark Petersen	March 31, 2001 03:17PM

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