That’s crazy. I guess like the monster truck shows I remember as a kid in the 80s. SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!
My first question was about safety.
Unexpectedly, the impact caused both engine boilersto explode, resulting in a shower of flying debris that killed two people[1] and caused numerous injuries among the spectators.
And was that really so “unexpected” that they exploded?
People were just really dumb about boiler explosions for a long time. Missisipi river boats for example had a period where maintenance was almost non-existant and they were almost always overloaded with passengers/cargo but the inevitable boiler explosions were considered to be acts of god. Huge disconnect between the people making the boilers and the people using them.
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state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de · 43 pts · 28d
That is really interesting. I have never read about this, so the thing about the pipes was new to me. Here's a cutaway look into a steam locomotive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_locomotive#/media/File:Cutaway_steam_locomotive.jpg
Kirp123@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 28d
The pipes are there to increase the surface area exposed to the coal bed heat.
f314@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 28d
It would also be super impractical to have a fire going underneath the entire boiler 😅 Much better to send the hot air «through» the water in pipes.
Kalothar@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 28d
Yeah, well, this image clearly says otherwise
https://www.studytienganh.vn/upload/2017/11/20556.jpg
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 28d
You son of a bitch, you got me.
rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social · 8 pts · 28d
Clearly
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 28d
The horrors I could show you in a steam plant. So many things can kill you so horribly.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 28d
Have you heard the good word of hydraulic injection wounds?
ByteJunk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 28d
Hard pass. I feel that this is one of those cases where ignorance is bliss.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 28d
It really is.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 28d
Ohhhh yeah bud oh yeah
db2@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 28d
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 28d
Thanks, I hate it
db2@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 28d
https://www.twostargames.com/choo-choo-charles
unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth · 22 pts · 28d
Fun fact: there were actually times where railroads created train crashes as public attractions. One of the most well known is the Crush collision.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 28d
That’s crazy. I guess like the monster truck shows I remember as a kid in the 80s. SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!
My first question was about safety.
And was that really so “unexpected” that they exploded?
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 28d
People were just really dumb about boiler explosions for a long time. Missisipi river boats for example had a period where maintenance was almost non-existant and they were almost always overloaded with passengers/cargo but the inevitable boiler explosions were considered to be acts of god. Huge disconnect between the people making the boilers and the people using them.
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 28d
One of ever so many indications that idiots had money in earlier eras.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 13 pts · 28d
Ghost trains are a thing, why not eldritch horror trains too?
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 28d
The little engine that p'tach tlarrggma'ggogth
NorthWestWind@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 28d
That's just Demon Slayer's Mugen Train
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net · 3 pts · 28d
Charles is a very bad train
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 28d
You have caused confusion and R'lyeh.
Abyssian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d
This is why you're supposed to suplex trains, not attack their heads.
wittymyusername@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 27d
Blaine is a pain, and that is the truth.