Boiler Explosion, Y5 2114, Cincinnati District

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Eric:
This explosion was covered in ICC Report No. 3353 and probably it does  not
appear in DOT's investigations because the report was made by the  Locomotive
Inspection Bureau, rather than the Safety Division   Usually,  mechanical
failures were investigated under the Locomotive Inspection Act.   The report
indicates that "the accident was caused by overheating of the crown sheet 
due to low water."  Daily inspection reports submitted by engineers  after 
each
run indicate that the 2114 had been cited for water pump and injector  
problems
eight times beginning on August 1, 1950. 
 
One spectator noted "that the front of the boiler ascended above the tree  
tops and 
steam was discharging from the front of the boiler; that flying parts were  
visible
moving toward him."
 
Another spectator noted "that the boiler was visible above the tree tops;  
that
the back end of the boiler descended and made a hole about 6 feet in
diameter and then jumped."
 
Louis Newton once noted that a telephone pole near the explosion had  been
pierced by one of the flying parts and it kinda stayed lodged in the  pole 
for a
long time after the incident.
                                                                      Harry 
Bundy
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