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The Train Explosion That Ended the Steam Era
In 1948, a devastating boiler explosion in Chillicothe, Ohio turned a steam locomotive into a twisted mass of metal and marked a symbolic end to steam’s dominance in American rail. Though not the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a 1954 view from the running board of Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 Berkshire-type No. 703, standing in the siding at New Douglas, ...
Division of Transportation Railroad Reference Files, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees ...
It was a simple safety device to warn engineers when a steam boiler was running out of water which could lead to a rise in ...
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The 2-8-4 Berkshire-type steam locomotive
It isn't much of a stretch to proclaim the 2-8-4 Berkshire-type steam locomotive as the "poster child" of the Super Power era of steam locomotives. "Berkshire," "Kanawha," "Big Emma" - regardless of ...
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