. The railroad and engineering journal . between the strengthening belts, but could never ex-plode. May 9, 1864, a boiler exploded on the locomotive of apassenger train on the Metropolitan line of the GreatNorthern road, just as the train was stopping at BishopsRoad station. The engineman, fireman, a brakeman, anda passenger were badly hurt. The roof of the station overthe engine was blown oft. The engine in this case hadi6X22-in. cylinders and six 60-in. wheels, all boiler barrel was of 2-in. iron, and was 45 in. diam-eter and left. long. The working pressure 120 lbs.,and the
. The railroad and engineering journal . between the strengthening belts, but could never ex-plode. May 9, 1864, a boiler exploded on the locomotive of apassenger train on the Metropolitan line of the GreatNorthern road, just as the train was stopping at BishopsRoad station. The engineman, fireman, a brakeman, anda passenger were badly hurt. The roof of the station overthe engine was blown oft. The engine in this case hadi6X22-in. cylinders and six 60-in. wheels, all boiler barrel was of 2-in. iron, and was 45 in. diam-eter and left. long. The working pressure 120 lbs.,and there was no reason to believe that it had been ex-ceeded. The boiler in this case was 14 years old, and hadhad three sets ot tubes, the last having been in use 14 repairs had been made, and two patches put on atthe same time the last set of tubes were put in. Theaccompanying diagram shows the boiler, .-/ being a gen-eral view of it, the dotted lines showing the lines offracture. Bis a sketch of the plates torn off the top of. 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
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