Once again, no one really wants to hear the truth and believes one source to be "thee all important and only source". People say its a bad taste in former employees, but the people who are in this business to preserve steam knowledge dont do it for money. So why do they do it? Because they love working with steam locomotives and want every locomotive to breathe fire again. No one is out here to slander the Nevada Northern Railway as it is an imporant place of preservation, but people want to know the real truth behind items..especially when they are a member with paying dues. The saying, "You've got to kick a little to make some noise" seems to be the theme here. The truth sometimes hurts and I'm tired of the minipulation and misleading. It almost sings a familiar tune when compared to politicians. In February of 2008 cracks were found on both #40 and #93 (At the Throttle February 2008) Please read it.

Then in July of 2009 another group came in that Ultrasounded the axles and found that there were no cracks. A new At the Throttle hasn't been written yet on 40's glorious return to service. Okay, so theres written documentation from 2008 and then theres documentation from 2009. Once a locomotive is condemned, its comdemned. Its not to be used in "limited service". The FRA comes there to watch and observe the hyrdo testing of the boiler fellas. They are notified 30 days in advance when a Form 3 is needing checked off. A form 3 from the FRA is the Annual. The sad thing is that there are becoming fewer and fewer steam locomotive inspectors that have many years of experience in the steam field. They are all retiring.