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 #1517586  by JeffK
 
ExCon90 wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:16 pm That might depend on what they found during the inspections. They certainly wouldn't want to risk a failure in service on the day.
Very true. A couple of years ago I had a chance to talk to both some admin people and maintenance staff at Steamtown. For a number of reasons (safety, lack of readily-available parts, etc.) the regs for steam - especially on revenue trackage - can be pretty strict.