On 15/07/2011 11:20, Nick Leverton wrote:
In ,
tony 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...7_Grosmont.pdf


There was a blowback incident at Didcot around 20 years ago involving
5597. Crew were badly scalded IIRC.

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