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Boiler Explosion in Ohio?
QUESTION:Anyone seen any details of this? Any likely repercussions for UK
steam operation?
ANSWER: The steamer was in fact a steam boilered farm tractor, as such it is considered
to be a piece of industrial machinery and the incident will not be investigated
by the NTSB, and it is also not covered by the FRA's boiler regulations like a
steam locomotive. Since it was not a stationary heating boiler or such covered
by Ohio's boiler regulations it probably fell through the cracks of regulations
with catastrophic results.
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