Sure enough, on the back head of the boiler was stamped SNY 1819. (I have never forgotten this number!) The forms were filled out and sent in. Shortly, a letter was received to the effect that the Cagney boiler could not be operated at a pressure over 15 psig!! Oh boy! So, at the first opportunity, I went over to Albany to visit the Chief Boiler Inspector-a Mr. Furman if I recall correctly. Mr. Furman related how the Cagney had been brought in from out of state and run at the amusement park for a couple of years. Someone tipped off the operators that the boiler had to be inspected by the state. This was done, and the state inspector denied operation. However, the operators continued operation for the balance of the season and then put the Cagney in storage till we bought it.

In recent years there has been a number of articles in "Live Steam" magazine covering the Cagney locomotives. Apparently the Cagney boilers were built in the Buffalo, N.Y area. With a number of Cagney locomotives running in parks in New York State it seems odd that the State was unaware of their source of manufacture. However, Mr. Furman stated that the boiler could be operated as an unfired pressure vessel. Thus we conceived the idea of running a steam pipe from No. 870 to the Cagney boiler and so running the locomotives double headed, which would not be odd!