QUOTE: Originally posted by railroad65 Didn't a excursion locomotive explode a few years back, mid 90's??? Railroad65
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QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton I am not sure, but I thought the FRA revamped and tightened up the Reg's on steam locomotives, maybe because of that accident. Jay
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QUOTE: Originally posted by selector I am not being sarcastic, nor critical, but I have some dificulty believing that a Cab Forward would have its crown sheet compromised on a 2% grade mainly because of the grade itself! If we suppose that its total boiler length was approx. 35', then 2% over that length is merely 8 1/2", hardly a catastrophic change in level. Am I missing something...what do I not understand? Again, I am interested in this subject, and just want to understand.
QUOTE: Originally posted by jason1 There was an incident with a locomotive boiler explosion about 10 years ago in Pennsylvania. Here is the NTSB report on the incident if anyone is interested. http://www.ntsb.gov/Publictn/1996/sir9605.pdf#search='NTSB%20report%20on%20steam%20locomotive%20boiler%20explosion'
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QUOTE: Originally posted by jockellis G'day, Y'all, I always heard that firemen started to get indigestion when the water level got down to half full. They knew the consequences of an empty tank. What I don't understand is why it took management until nearly the end of steam operations to realize how much simpler life was when they coupled a tank car behind the tender and pumped water forward to the tender. It meant that the train did not have to stop at every water tower to give firemen indigestion relief. Some of the later steamers went through 10,000 gallons in about an hour. Jock Ellis Cumming, GA US of A
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