boiler test

Polar Bear has now passed all boiler tests, and is currently undergoing running-in with a view to entering service towards the end of June 2013.

He would ask co-workers to spell words for him, took an oral exam to pass his boiler test and, when confronted with menus, usually ordered hamburgers.

This was used to load and unload components from outside, conduct the boiler tests, and eventually conduct the first steam trials of Tornado.

It was originally hoped that the locomotive could be used for excursion trips on the weekend of October 5, 1996, but boiler tests showed the engine to not be ready in time.