. The railroad and engineering journal . the barrel, and C is the bottom of the dome as torn outfrom the plate B. The Inspector believes this to havebeen another case of weakening from corrosion, and re-peats the recommendations made in the preceding case. May 15, 1864, the boiler of a locomotive on the Midlandroad exploded just after the train had stopped at Colnestation with a goods train. The engine had and six 60-in. wheels, all coupled. The boilerwas 51 in. diameter of barrel and 11 ft. Gin. long, madeof i.,-in. iron. It was 10 years old, and was using its thirdset of t
. The railroad and engineering journal . the barrel, and C is the bottom of the dome as torn outfrom the plate B. The Inspector believes this to havebeen another case of weakening from corrosion, and re-peats the recommendations made in the preceding case. May 15, 1864, the boiler of a locomotive on the Midlandroad exploded just after the train had stopped at Colnestation with a goods train. The engine had and six 60-in. wheels, all coupled. The boilerwas 51 in. diameter of barrel and 11 ft. Gin. long, madeof i.,-in. iron. It was 10 years old, and was using its thirdset of tubes. The usual working pressure was 140 barrel of the boiler and the upper part of the tire-box. were torn off and blown into about 20 pieces. The accom-panying diagram shows the fractured portion, the irregu-lar lines showing the lines of fracture. The smoke-boxand fire-box remained attached to the framing. This wasanother case where there had been extensive corrosion. the weakest point being along the longitudinal line ofrivets. It will be noticed that three serious explosions haveoccurred on different roads within a few days, all fromthe same cause. The Inspector makes the same recom-mendations in each case. September 16, 1864, the boiler of a locomotive explodedat Camden Road station on the North London road, justas the train was starting from the station. The enginemanwas badly hurt and the fireman killed. The engine was atank engine with i5X22-in. cylinders, four coupled wheels63 in. diameter, and leading wheels 42 in. diameter. Theboiler was 10 years old, outside shell of iron, and copperfire-box. The explosion occurred in the fire-box, andcommenced at the angle formed by
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