List of boiler explosions - Wikipedia
Etching of damage from a boiler explosion in Newark, New Jersey in 1867 This is a list of steam boiler explosions such as railway locomotive , marine transport (military and civilian), and stationary power:
Boiler Explosion of C&O T-1 #3020 on May 1948 - Blogger
2015年11月14日 · Locomotive No.4, whose boiler exploded, had just pulled a freight train into the station and was standing upon the track, when a terrific detonation occurred that shook the earth and air with such force that all the windows of the neighboring village were broken.
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2022年1月5日 · C&O 3020 was an H8 Allegheny Mallett-type locomotive that suffered a cataclysmic boiler explosion in 1953.
Boiler explosion - Wikipedia
There are two types of boiler explosions. One type is a failure of the pressure parts of the steam and water sides. There can be many different causes, such as failure of the safety valve, corrosion of critical parts of the boiler, or low water level. Corrosion along the edges of lap joints was a common cause of early boiler explosions.
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2024年12月21日 · 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.
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2017年4月3日 · The force of the explosion sent the flues sailing over the top of the first engine and smashed the cab in which were riding Cook and Wilson, then broke steam pipes and fittings on the engine as it just missed smashing into the boiler of the first locomotive. Cook and Wilson were also thrown from their cab to the ground by the force of the crash.
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This article contains a list of steam boiler explosions.
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2011年10月14日 · 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.
70 years ago: Train engine explodes in Bolingbroke
2017年5月31日 · The first day of June this year marks the 70th anniversary of the Central of Georgia train engine explosion in Bolingbroke that killed the engineer and fireman and created a deep hole. In the early morning hours of June 1, 1947, the freight train with its steam engine pulling sixty-five cars came into Bolingbroke.
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2007年3月1日 · In 1815, an early experimental locomotive, "Brunton's Mechanical Traveller", on four wheels but pushed by mechanical feet, blew up at Philadelphia, Co Durham, UK and killed 16 people, mainly sightseers. Both the earliest recorded …