Originally Posted by
smd4
So...almost thirty years ago? With 1,400 operational steam locomotives world-wide? What does your research tell you about what safety standards were breached then, and what's in place now?
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The firebox explosion on the Gettysburg Railroad occurred on June 16, 1995, and was a result of several contributing factors. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that the explosion happened because the crew had allowed the water level in the boiler to drop too low, causing the boiler's crown sheet to fail. This led to a boiler backdraft explosion, seriously injuring the engineer and both firemen, but fortunately, no passengers were injured .
The NTSB also determined that poor maintenance of the locomotive, as well as inadequate training, were contributing factors to the accident. After the incident, much of the equipment from the Gettysburg Railroad was auctioned off, and the railroad stopped using steam locomotives for their excursions, opting to use diesel locomotives instead
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