[modeleng] Re: Boiler Certificates

Correction- in '01 Ohio had no inspection laws for "Antique Traction  
and Historical Steam Boilers".  A telling rejection of a bill to  
require inspections in Michigan in '03 can be found here:

http://www.michigan.gov/cis/0,1607,7-154-10573_45007_45009_45157_45164 
-71773--,00.html

Bede, Brooklyn


On Aug 27, 2007, at 4:01 AM, Bede McCormack wrote:

> Despite Americans' penchant for safety and lawsuits,  I've heard of
> clubs over here that haul the public but are not required by law to
> have boiler certs, the logic apparently being that the loco driver,
> being closest to the engine, will of course want to ensure the boiler
> is safe.  Tell that to that (full-size) traction engine drive that blew
> himself and a few other folks up in Medina Ohio in 2001.  Apparently at
> that time Ohio had no laws on the books requiring boiler certs, even
> for full-sized equipment, and the State's boiler inspector didn't seem
> up to handling the case as they had to rely on "foreign" help from
> neighboring Pennsylvania to help with the investigation.  You can read
> his report (w/pix) here:
>
> http://www.doli.state.mn.us/boilerohio.html
>
> Anyone on this side of the pond know anything about boiler certs, model
> or full-sized, here in the Land of the Litigious?
>
> Bede M.
> Brooklyn, NY
>
>
> On Aug 25, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Mike Leahy wrote:
>
>> Tony and all
>>
>> Might I suggest that you get hold of a copy of The Examination &
>> Testing of Model Steam Boilers (New Edition 2006). This is the Test
>> Code that all of the national organisations and their affiliated
>> clubs adhere to. It is available from the Southern Federation of
>> Model Engineers for 40p + p&p. See www.southernfed.co.uk for more
>> details
>>
>> Mike Leahy
>> South Ockendon. Essex
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