At 09:18 AM 8/23/01 EDT, you wrote:
>But the loco/boiler doesn't rocket off anywhere - just the escaping steam
and
>metal parts head off in all directions.
The article cited has been written by someone who knows little or
nothing about steam locomotives or boilers and is inaccurate on seve
In a message dated 8/23/2001 3:00:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I was under the assumption that boiler explosions were not so much an
> EXPLOSION as the boiler turning itself into a rocket.
>From photos I've seen of the real thing, the boiler explod
I was under the assumption that boiler explosions were not so much an
EXPLOSION as the boiler turning itself into a rocket. As I understand
it, the water level would fall under the level of the crown sheet of the
firebox, letting the heat soften it enough that the steam pressure could
break
