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Re: Steam loco with a failure

Author: I know

Date: 08-25-2019 - 14:38

First degree burn over less than 1% of his body.

Hot Water Wrote:
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> HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I believe 844 had something similar happen
> during
> > the Steve Lee days.
>
> Yes, 844 crack about 3 tubes at the firebox end,
> while being fired up on the grounds of the
> California State RR Museum, during the 1999
> Railfair. The grounds were not yet open to the
> public, but all the hot water, steam and soot
> tended to come back down on the UP souvenir tent,
> adjacent to the 844 display sight.
>
> IIRC an employee was injured.
>
> The late Lynn Nystrom was the Fireman on duty, and
> after shutting off the fuel to the fire, when he
> heard the tubes crack, he exited the cab. He
> received a slight "sun burn" type burn from the
> wet steam, and walked over to the nearby first-aid
> station. He was back at the 844 display site
> within 20 minutes, and we both watched 844
> continue to drain herself. I wouldn't call a
> "sunburn" an injury.

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Steam loco with a failure	something blew	08-22-2019 - 22:21
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Re: Steam loco with a failure	Sum ting wong	08-23-2019 - 08:22
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Re: Report on the 844 tube failure	Bob Williams	08-23-2019 - 21:06
Re: Report on the 844 tube failure	David Dewey	08-24-2019 - 22:37
Re: Steam loco with a failure	I know	08-25-2019 - 14:38

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I know Wrote:
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> First degree burn over less than 1% of his body.
> 
> 
> 
> Hot Water Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> > -----
> > > I believe 844 had something similar happen
> > during
> > > the Steve Lee days. 
> > 
> > Yes, 844 crack about 3 tubes at the firebox
> end,
> > while being fired up on the grounds of the
> > California State RR Museum, during the 1999
> > Railfair. The grounds were not yet open to the
> > public, but all the hot water, steam and soot
> > tended to come back down on the UP souvenir
> tent,
> > adjacent to the 844 display sight.
> > 
> > IIRC an employee was injured.
> > 
> > The late Lynn Nystrom was the Fireman on duty,
> and
> > after shutting off the fuel to the fire, when
> he
> > heard the tubes crack, he exited the cab. He
> > received a slight "sun burn" type burn from the
> > wet steam, and walked over to the nearby
> first-aid
> > station. He was back at the 844 display site
> > within 20 minutes, and we both watched 844
> > continue to drain herself. I wouldn't call a
> > "sunburn" an injury.

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