Steam school will be held August 21-23, 2026 at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum. These are the documents we're using to prepare steam school. Check back frequently, as these will be updated as they change.
Documents
| Powerpoint | directory of all pptx files |
| Powerpoint V0 | older pptx files |
| Friday Afternoon | |
| 15:00 Registration and camp setup | |
| 18:00 Supper | |
| Friday Night | |
| 18:30 Introductions (ppt) | |
| boiler construction.pdf | 19.00 GD (ppt) Boiler construction Part 1 - cutaway walkaround |
| safety features.pdf | 19:30 CF (ppt) Boiler Safety Features |
| isolation valves.pdf | 19:45 CF (ppt) Isolation Valves |
| lubrication points.pdf | 20:00 CF (ppt) Lubrication points |
| checklist.pdf | 20:15 RB (ppt) Notes for Startup, Firing, Shutdown procedures |
| Saturday Morning | |
| 07:30 Coffee and snack | |
| 07:45 DF Hand-hole demonstration (steam shed) | |
| 08:00 RB Hands on: startup (steam shed) | |
| 09:00 Breakfast | |
| water steam.pdf | 09:30 GD (ppt) Properties of Water and Steam |
| injector.pdf | 10:00 GD (ppt) Injector Fundamentals |
| Items attached part 2.pdf | 10:30 RB (ppt) Water and draft systems |
| water treatment.pdf | 11:00 CF (ppt) Water treatment |
| Items attached part 3.pdf | 11:30 RB (ppt) Dome to exhaust |
| Items attached part 4.pdf | 11:50 ?? (ppt) Crank pin to hitch |
| Items attached part 5.pdf | 12:10 ?? (ppt) Steering wheel to front axle |
| 12:30 Lunch | |
| Saturday afternoon | |
| control motion.pdf | 13:00 RB (ppt) Pre-session checklist |
| 13.30 Hands On stopping, starting, steering, injecting, firing | |
| 16:30 shutdown | |
| 17:00 ?? riveting demonstration | |
| 18:30 Supper | |
| Saturday evening | |
| piping.pdf | 19:00 CF (ppt) Piping |
| fittings.pdf | 19:20 CF (ppt) Fittings |
| valves.pdf | 19:40 CF (ppt) Valves |
| mtr.pdf | 20:00 CF (ppt) MTRs |
| crn.pdf | 20:10 CF (ppt) CRNs |
| Items attached part 6.pdf | 20:15 RB (ppt) ash pan, grates, damper |
| Sunday morning | |
| 7:30 Coffee and snack | |
| 7:45 Startup: water, ports, ashes, flues, fire, lube | |
| 9:00 Breakfast | |
| boiler shell strength.pdf | 09:40 GD (ppt) Boiler Shell Strength |
| riveted joints.pdf | 09:50 GD (ppt) Riveted Joints |
| stayed surfaces.pdf | 09:55 GD (ppt) Stayed Surfaces |
| power.pdf | 10:00 GD (ppt) Measuring power output |
| 10:15 KM (ppt) Boiler Law, Regulations, Inspection, QAP, Repair, Documentation | |
| engine types.pdf | 10:30 GD (ppt) Types of Steam Engines: single, double, compound |
| packing.pdf | 10:45 JD (ppt) Packing - valves, connecting rod, valve rod; demonstration; disks |
| emergency.pdf | 11:15 RB (ppt) Emergency procedures; pre-session checklist |
| 11:30 Certificates | |
| 11:45 Lunch | |
| Sunday afternoon | |
| 12:00 Engine preparation | |
| 12:20 Belting demonstration; dyno | |
| 13:00 Hands on: tee, slalom, hill, belting | |
| 16:00 Shutdown | |
| 16:30 Goodbye snack | |
| 17:00 Cleanup | |
| Other documents | |
| SAM Steam School Schedule 2026 .xlsx | 2026 A work in progress. Make sure you're on the right tab. |
| SAM Steam School Curriculum 2026.pdf | The curriculum (short form, 17 pages) |
| SAM Steam School Manual 2026.pdf | The curriculum (long form, 51 pages) |
| steambook 2026.pdf | Full set of course notes, all 26 chapters |
| Schedule.xlsx |