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    C&O boiler explosion details?

    I think Pat nailed it on the T-1. Here is an article on superheaters. If you read down to the bottom they talk about the superheater being prone to explosion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheater I will try and find some more info from my COHS CD that has a bunch of articles about...
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    C&O boiler explosion details?

    Another angle http://cohs.org/repository/Archives/cohs/web/cohs-6199.jpg And an old C&O 4-4-0 http://cohs.org/repository/Archives/cohs/web/cohs-6225.jpg
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    C&O boiler explosion details?

    Found it. Here is a link to the photo: http://cohs.org/repository/Archives/cohs/web/cohs-6198.jpg it is a C&O T-1 (2-10-4) #3020 NEAR CHILLICOTHE, OH MAY 1943
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    C&O boiler explosion details?

    I have seen the photo mentioned with the tubes out the front. it wasnt the H-8. I have seen photos of the H-8 explosion. Now I am wondering...
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