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Comments by "Bo McGillacutty" (@Mrbfgray) on "What Happened to the Crew of This Train? | Last Moments" video.
Minor technical point--an overheated firebox; not about melting but steel losing strength with increased temp, those steels will have lost *most*of their strength by "red hot".
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Answer: They got STEAMED.
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@albertshumate7688 Hmmm...that doesn't sound right to me but definitely IDK. Tangent--sounds like engineers generally, routinely had to compromise between boiler failure risk and "stalling" on an upgrade risk, which could also be dangerous. Apparently this was a rare type event. Said here one guy had argued for more water at last chance, just before he died.
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Imagine they were steamed.
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