Brian Fanslau and Jason Lamontagne arrived this morning to do a preliminary inspection of 470's boiler. These are probably the best people to do this work and have it correct from day one. This inspection was more to introduce them to 470 with it open, rather than to derive specific answers. Leverett consulted on specific machine and mechanical aspects. One of our local volunteers, Jim Armstrong, accompanied Dick Glueck during the inspection.

With the locomotive open to view, the men looked for obvious issues to consider. There are several questionable welds from back in the 1950s which wouldn't pass today as well as obvious railroad practice repairs which won't fly with new regulations. That being said, there were no "show stoppers” found off the top. Both men noticed similar repair practices on Maine Central 501 (at North Conway) as they found on 470.