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Originally Posted by daepp
Boiler explode?
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Yes, it was Southern Pacific 4402, a Class GS-1, 4-8-4 built by Baldwin Locomotive workes. It happened in Richvale, California in 1931. Probably the fireman let the water level get too low.
It once looked kind of like this. Same class locomotive on the "Atlantic Lines" in Texas and Louisiana.