The Chesapeake and Ohio T-1 was a class of forty 2-10-4 steam locomotives built by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1930 and operated until the early 1950s.
C&O T-1 locomotive No. 3021 in May 1941
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A boiler explosion is a catastrophic failure of a boiler.
Chesapeake and Ohio class T-1
…In 1942, the Pennsylvania Railroad based 125 of their J1 class 2-10-4s off of the T-1s with slight modifications. On May 12, 1948, no. 3020 suffered a boiler explosion due to a low water level near Chillicothe, Ohio. The low water level led to the overheating and weakening of the firebox. When cooler water was added…
The aftermath of a boiler explosion at Strømmen station near Oslo, Norway, 22 December 1888. One locomotive was thrown into the air and landed on the roof of another; the crews of both escaped without injury.
In the Crash at Crush, Texas, 1896, two locomotives crashed into one another for a publicity stunt. Both boilers exploded, causing two deaths and many more injuries as a result of the explosions sending flying debris into the crowd.
Aftermath of a boiler explosion on a railway locomotive circa 1850.
Steamboat explodes in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1830