MKT Boiler Explosion

r_i_straw Jun 15, 2007

  1. r_i_straw

    r_i_straw Mostly N Scale Staff Member

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    BoxcabE50 HOn30 & N Scales Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Amazing what results one part can have. A small error, and so much effect.

    When I was young, and saw the results pictured of such a disaster, the sight of flues twisted about, always bothered me. And still does. Perhaps it's the awful appearance, indicating some people have lost their lives in an ugly way.

    :eek:mg: :sad:

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  3. HemiAdda2d

    HemiAdda2d Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    There's quite a write-up in a [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Denver-Rio-Grande-Western-Superpower/dp/1883089484/ref=sr_1_2/102-9212051-7896951?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181962894&sr=8-2]D&RGW book[/ame] I have on a boiler eplosion that happened to engine #3703. Interesting, intriguing, sad, and somber...
     

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