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Locomotive Boiler Explosions by Christian H. Hewison (Hardcover, 2003)

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•if a defect occurs under steam pressure. The results can vary from a jet of steam and boiling water escaping under pressure to a massive explosion, with effects like a bomb. Even in the last two decades of steam on British Railways after the second world war there were several frightening incidents.

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A history of locomotive boiler explosions, which spans the years 1850 to 1962. Unfortunately, in the early days of the railway they occurred all too frequently. The author was an accident investigator with the Ministry of Transport, specializing in boiler failures.