On Jul 15, 11:20*am, Nick Leverton wrote:
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
[harry opined:]



A steam explosion inside a locomtive fire box would be virtually
guaranteed to kill the fireman/driver as all the burning coal could
well be blown out of the firing hole into the locomotive cab.

So in recent years have you any examples of preserved steam operated
railway operations that have had *boiler explosions that have injured or
killed people in the railway world, perhaps excluding India which hasn't
got the good a track record ;!....

Don't know about rest of the world's record, but the last actual railway
boiler explosion in the UK seems to have been 1962 (Wonkypedia quoting
from a published source).

There was a blowback incident on the NYMR a few years ago, caused by an
exhaust steam weld that failed in the smokebox. *Only minor injuries but
could have been much worse if the fireman had been firing at the time:http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources...042007_Grosmon...

Melting of fusible plugs (thus releasing boiler pressure steam into the
firebox) has occurred a couple of times in preservation, but the RAIB
don't seem to have reports on them for some reason.

Nick
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Well if a fusible plug goes,that is a design situation, no-one is
likely to be killed.
I imagine they would get a fright. Serve them right for carelessness.