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Earl

March 04, 2017 09:51AM

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It was always thought that the small locomotives got new boilers when they were equipped with extended smoke boxes and shotgun stacks. This shot shows a shotgun stack with an original lap-seam boiler. It would appear the lap seam, which was across the vertical centerline of the boiler failed, launching the steam dome and peeling the boiler open. In the first pic you can see the failed lap seam. It looks like the riveted seam is still intact, while the boiler sheet split where the piece of boiler steel lapped over.

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Help with a photo	Rich Muth	March 03, 2017 08:06PM
Re: Help with a photo	Chris Walker	March 03, 2017 08:57PM
Re: Help with a photo	bcp	March 03, 2017 09:06PM
Re: Help with a photo	bcp	March 03, 2017 10:47PM
Re: Help with a photo	Kelly Anderson	March 04, 2017 01:01PM
Re: Help with a photo	Dirk Ramsey	March 04, 2017 08:15PM
Re: Help with a photo	Chris Walker	March 04, 2017 08:54PM
Re: Help with a photo	Rich Muth	March 04, 2017 06:19AM
Re: Help with a photo	bcp	March 04, 2017 12:22PM
Re: Help with a photo	Earl	March 04, 2017 09:51AM
Re: Help with a photo	bcp	March 04, 2017 10:01AM
Why the wheel spacing	Greg Scholl	March 05, 2017 07:24AM
Re: Why the wheel spacing	bcp	March 05, 2017 09:13AM
Re: Why the wheel spacing	Russo Loco	March 05, 2017 11:13AM
Re: Why the wheel spacing	bcp	March 05, 2017 11:25AM
Re: Help with a photo	Earl	March 04, 2017 10:10AM
Re: Help with a photo	CharlieMcCandless	March 04, 2017 04:16PM
Re: Help with a photo	Chris Walker	March 04, 2017 08:49PM
Re: Help with a photo	CharlieMcCandless	March 06, 2017 10:44AM

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