by 2nd trick op
Neglected to mention yesterday that Trains published an article devoted entirely to boiler explosions some time in the mid-1990's.
Also, that Freeman Hubbard's Railroad had an article on the D&H Cobleskill explosion sometime in the early 1960's. That one occurred in 1940 or 1941, and the power was a new 4-6-6-4 turned out by Alco only about a year before. (Our thanks to Mr. Deezlfan for pointing out the inconsistency of the grade argument on this one)
H. Reid's The Virginian Railway has a subchapter devoted to the loss of 2-10-10-2 No. 800 at Stewartsville, VA in 1941, also covered in the Trains article. This one was in level-ground, low-speed territory.
Also, sometime in the late 1990's, a Pennsylvania tourist railroad near Gettysburg suffered a boiler failure. The cause was later identified as poor firing practice/neglect. Due in large part to the design of the boiler (see pg 22 of the PDF file), no one was killed, and the incident was the subject of a Trains editorial at the time.
Here's a link to the NTSB report on that one:
http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1996/SIR9605.htm
Also, that Freeman Hubbard's Railroad had an article on the D&H Cobleskill explosion sometime in the early 1960's. That one occurred in 1940 or 1941, and the power was a new 4-6-6-4 turned out by Alco only about a year before. (Our thanks to Mr. Deezlfan for pointing out the inconsistency of the grade argument on this one)
H. Reid's The Virginian Railway has a subchapter devoted to the loss of 2-10-10-2 No. 800 at Stewartsville, VA in 1941, also covered in the Trains article. This one was in level-ground, low-speed territory.
Also, sometime in the late 1990's, a Pennsylvania tourist railroad near Gettysburg suffered a boiler failure. The cause was later identified as poor firing practice/neglect. Due in large part to the design of the boiler (see pg 22 of the PDF file), no one was killed, and the incident was the subject of a Trains editorial at the time.
Here's a link to the NTSB report on that one:
http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1996/SIR9605.htm
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