Visiting and EWR member engines

NTET/Northern/Southern Federation and 71/4 Gauge Society certificates

Owners visiting EWR with their engines or road vehicles shall provide valid documentary evidence of boiler tests in accordance with ‘The Examination & Testing of Miniature Steam Boilers’ (Orange Book) and any subsequent revisions. This evidence shall include the following and relate to the boiler identification/serial number.

  1. Written scheme of Examination
  2. Certificate of Hydraulic test
  3. Certificate of Steam test
  4. Or NTET Disk

Items 2 and 3 must display an expiration date of the test that conforms to the validity period detailed in paragraph 12.5 of ‘The Examination & Testing of Miniature Steam Boilers’ for that particular type of boiler.

Commercial certificates

Owners who present commercial certification at the EWR shall present the written scheme of
examination together with current thorough examination and supplementary test certificates duly
completed to the provisions laid out in the PSSR 2000 legislation and conducted to a written scheme
drawn up by an inspection authority affiliated to the Safety Assessment Federation (SAFed) or by the
National Traction Engine Trust.


In addition to the above, the owner of any engine or road vehicle that has not been issued test
certificates by an EWR inspector must also provide evidence of holding current public liability
insurance

For the avoidance of doubt,

  1. An EWR member’s or resident engine or road vehicle is an engine that has valid
    boiler certificates issued by an EWR boiler inspector carried out to a written scheme
    drawn up by an Inspection authority affiliated to the Safety Assessment Federation
    (SAFed). These engines or Road Vehicles will be covered by EWR Public liability
    insurance.

  2. A visiting engine or road vehicle is any engine or road vehicle that is not covered in
    (a) above. These engines or road vehicles will not be covered by EWR public liability
    insurance.

Inspection of certification :- Shall be carried out by a boiler inspector, senior member of
the committee or an appointed person who is familiar with the certification and has a
model engineering background, any doubt in approving a certificate or documentation
should be discussed with a boiler inspector

Issue 3  5/12/2024