Locomotive boiler explosion - Railroad Discussion Forum
Locomotive boiler explosion - Railroad Discussion Forum
Locomotive-type boiler explosions | Railroads & Steam
Aug 19, 2020 · Boiler explosions are of particular danger in (locomotive-type) fire tube boilers because the top of the firebox (crown sheet) must be covered with some amount of water at all times; or the heat of the fire can weaken the crown sheet or crown stays to the point of failure, even at normal working pressure.
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Boiler Explosions - Practical Machinist
Jul 19, 2020 · Being unable to blowdown a boiler means scale and mud accumulate in the 'belly" of the boiler barrel with a resulting localized heating and bagging or blistering. Get a boiler barrel to the point it has a red hot zone while holding steam pressure, and the result is an explosion. Another common cause of boiler explosions was simply low water level.
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Western Railroad Discussion > D&RGWboiler explosion
Western Railroad Discussion > D&RGWboiler explosion. Date: 01/15/02 14:06 D&RGWboiler explosion I know the general reasons why locomotive boilers explode). Clint, who had permission to be on the locomotive, is known to traction fans as photographing the Denver trolley system. After the explosion the 3700s were conside unlucky
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What is the future of the Disneyland Railroad? - MiceChat
Jan 13, 2022 · What is the long-term plan of the Disneyland Railroad, if any? My main concerns are the following: Certified steam locomotive engineers are difficult to find nowadays and those who used to operate steam locomotives during the 1950's, or earlier, have retired or passed away. To operate a steam locomotive requires years of certified experience because the boiler can …
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Locomotive Boiler Explosion - Practical Machinist
Aug 23, 2019 · A hooked boiler inspector's micrometer was offered by Starrett for miking sheets thru drilled/tapped holes. Even this method might have averted the explosion. I've run boiler calculations and evaluated about 24 steam locomotive boilers in the USA and Canada. I "walk myself through" each boiler, and learn something each time.
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C&O boiler explosion details? - Railroad Discussion Forum
Dec 04, 2014 · A C&O H8 Allegheny had a catastrophic crown sheet boiler explosion at Hinton WV in June 1953. The force of the explosion tore the boiler from the frame killing the three man crew and tossing the boiler end of end ahead of the remains of the locomotive. I haven't been able to find anything about a Kanahwa - but I'll keep searching.
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NavWeaps Forums-O/T: Steam Engines--Could We Build 'Em
Aug 08, 2021 · And of course a catastrophic failure in a Diesel-electric locomotive is nowhere near as dangerous to those around it as a boiler explosion. I love steam locomotives. If I were obscenely wealthy, I'd own one (I'm guestimating $2 to $3 million just to purchase what I want in good operating condition, plus maintenance and operational costs).
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1104 Boiler explosion @ Valley Park | Frisco.org - St
Jan 11, 2012 · 1104 Boiler explosion @ Valley Park. Discussion in 'Kefid Ten Wheeler' started by frisco1522, Jan 9, 2012. 1104 Boiler explosion @ Valley Park Don, You do that today and they would probably put you into railroad jail and throw away the key! Brad Brad Slone, Jan 9,
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Boiler Explosions and Steamboats - Trains Magazine
Jan 02, 2015 · Trains magazine offers railroad news, railroad industry insight, commentary on today's freight railroads, passenger service (Amtrak), locomotive technology, railroad preservation and history, railfan opportunities (tourist railroads, fan trips), and great railroad photography.
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The Train That Brought Down A German Fighter | WWII Forums
Feb 22, 2016 · The pressure blew the locomotive boiler apart, it tore away the chimney, dome and safety valves. The dome landed in a field 100 metres away. The explosion was so powerful it propelled a portion of the top rim of the chimney almost a quarter of a mile. At the precise moment the boiler exploded Heinz Bierman's aircraft was passing overhead.
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Railway Preservation News • View topic - Boiler explosions
Mar 26, 2007 · A few years ago, while researching a boiler explosion that occurred on the Reading Railroad in 1930, I obtained a copy by mail of the 20-page Bureau of Locomotive Inspection accident report from the government documents collections at the Duke University library.
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The Great Locomotive Explosion | SAN ANTONIO POLICE
Railroad passengers were rarely harmed by boiler explosions. It was the train crew that was almost always killed. The impending disaster at the Southern Pacific Roundhouse, was to be the greatest locomotive boiler explosion in the history of railway engineering. Work at the railroad yard had not been all that pleasant recently.
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Schuylkill Haven, PA Locomotive Boiler Explosion, Nov 1892
THE BOILER LET GO. Frightful and Fatal Explosion of a Locomotive Boiler on the Reading Railroad Near Schuylkillhaven, Pa. --- Five Men Killed and Others Injured, One Fatally. READING, PA., Nov. 15. --- A frightful boiler explosion occurred on the Reading road a short distance about Schuylkillhaven about midnight.
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Boiler explosions - a DAILY event! | Smokstak® Antique
Apr 26, 2014 · Found this interesting report from 1909-1910, looks like there was a boiler explosion or close call almost every day (many times several in a day!!! ) in this country back around 1910. Threshing outfits, traction engines, railroad locomotives, sawmills (lots!), boats, factories, mills, heating plants, cotton gins - you name it.
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Boiler explosions? - Page 2 - RAILROAD.NET
Jan 25, 2014 · Sat Nov 09, 2013 10:00 pm. One thing no one has mentioned in the C&O explosion that these were the last yeas of steam operation. C&O was converting to diesels and was downsizing steam maintenance & repair crews as fast as possible. The steam locomotives that were left were not being serviced or maintained very well.
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Steam Locomotive Firebox Explosion - NASA
Sep 01, 2005 · crested the grade the crownsheet of boiler was not covered by water and failed due to thermal overstress. • Failure of crownsheet opened boiler to the firebox (atmosphere) and the water in boiler flashed into high pressure steam. • Steam exploded through firebox door into the locomotive cab, seriously burning the engineer (third degree
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Common Boiler Explosions | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
I thought I would share this with the forum. The article this picture was attached to said boiler explosions were common during the days of steam. I am not sure it was that common. Especially near the end of steam. The designs were better understood near the end of steam.
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Hazardous Business - Explosion in San Antonio, 1912
Explosions of railroad steam boilers took place on a regular basis. On the morning of March 18, 1912, dozens of men at the Southern Pacific yard in San Antonio were working around an engine of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad. The men were firing up the engine to test it and ready the train for service.
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Kingman BLEVE - Trains Magazine - Trains News Wire
Jul 05, 2008 · Forums » General Discussion A locomotive boiler explosion is a BLEVE with a container of water . . . - Paul North. That's what happened in the Gettysburg Railroad steam locomotive boiler incident in the mid-1990's - although even that release was akin to …
Read MoreCommon Boiler Explosions | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum
I thought I would share this with the forum. The article this picture was attached to said boiler explosions were common during the days of steam. I am not sure it was that common. Especially near the end of steam. The designs were better understood near the end of steam.
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Transportation Revolution | Railroads & Steam Locomotives
Jan 23, 2018 · Railroad locomotives were equally susceptible (AFIK) to failure and explosion. In a locomotive boiler explosion, you lose the locomotive and likely nothing else. Click to expand Actually, you lose the men operating the locomotive. They were important, too. View Today's Discussions Search the Forum.
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Boiler explosions? - RAILROAD.NET
Feb 02, 2022 · On June 9, 1953, about 5:25 p.m., at Hinton, W. Va., the boiler of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway locomotive 1642 exploded while the locomotive was hauling a freight train at an estimated speed of 20 miles per hour. The engineer, fireman, and head brakeman were killed. DESCRIPTION OF ACCIDENT
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Industrial History: Boiler Explosion of C&O T-1 #3020 on
Nov 14, 2015 · Ben Motantes shared and Steve Gorham shared a Steampunk Tendencies post of 23 photos with the comment: "Bizarre Vintage Photos Of Steam Engines After A Boiler Explosion From The Late 19th And Early 20th Centuries." "A Picture is Worth 1000 Words" posted a collection of 23 photos. I did not analyze if it is the same set of photos but in a different order.
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Locomotive-type boiler explosions | Railroads & Steam
Aug 19, 2020 · Locomotive-type boiler explosions(Wikipedia) Boiler explosions are of particular danger in (locomotive-type) fire tube boilersbecause the top of the firebox (crown sheet) must be covered with some amount of water at all times; or the heat of the fire can weaken the crown sheet or crown staysto the point of failure, even at normal working pressure.
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Sultana disaster of 1865 and impact on locomotive boiler
Jun 08, 2020 · According to "Train Wrecks" by Robert C. Reed (1968), in 1875 there were 1,201 railroad accidents reported in the country. Only 29 of that total were boiler explosions. 50 years later, in 1925, the total number of boiler explosions was the same--29, out of a total list of accidents numbering 20,785.
Read MoreCab Forward boiler explosion in 1941.
Photo #4 – I checked I.C.C. records online and could not find a file on this accident. It appeared the boiler rocketed up in the air (probably flipping over at least once) and landed parallel to the tracks, while the momentum of the rest of the locomotive and train behind it traveled a little ways up the tracks and derailed.
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