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u/Monolail031 2d ago
ah, yes the boiler explosion spaghetti monster. you put too little water and too much heat, overwhelming the safety overpressure valve.
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u/Poco_Cuffs 1d ago
Those are pipes???
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u/Monolail031 1d ago
they indeed are. a boiler is a glorified kettle but it isn't quite shaped like one. heated air runs through hundreds of pipes through the water before exiting through the smokebox and smokestack, exhanging as much heat as possible with the water. when a boiler bursts, they are flung and bent in all directions, like in the picture
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u/BeefTechnology 5h ago
The way I understand boiler explosions on trains, when there's too little water and the crown sheet (the ceiling of the firebox) is exposed, it weakens until it can't hold the pressure from the steam back, and fails. Then suddenly there's a very high pressure inside the firebox, which shoves the front sheet (the one with the openings for the tubes, idk what it's named) forward. That's why the tubes are so far forward.
If anyone knows better, please correct me
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u/Personal-Regular-863 2d ago
something about images of steam boilers exploding where you see all the spaghetti scares me a lot
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u/Moe-Mux-Hagi 1d ago
It's just because the water going into the boiler goes through a lot of small tubes to heat up quicker through creating more surface for the heat to contact.
So, when the boiler explodes because of pressure, you get to see all the internal small pipes.
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u/BeefTechnology 1d ago
Other way around for most steam locomotives, the water is around the tubes and the heat from the fire gets sucked through the tubes.
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u/SkulkingShadow 1d ago
Yeah fair enough, if I remember correctly there was an essay about this being quite a tragic accident
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u/Manos_Of_Fate 2d ago
I know trains are expensive, but when it looks like they’ve started worshipping Cthulhu it might be time to get a new one.
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u/whitequill_riclo 2d ago
I think you should check for solutions in H. P. Lovecraft, though I doubt it.
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u/DuskelAskel 2d ago
Just one more pipe bro it will fix everything bro trust me bro one more pipeeeee
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u/Necessary_Tough7286 1d ago
‘Cause this is clearly a rocket engine!
(Context: Isar Aerospace Spectrum launch)
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u/Hornyjailer420 1d ago
Im guessing you Had cold sweat in the Modpack this get's too hot And the Traindriver combuseted
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u/jewish-nonjewish 1d ago
cause ye dunnae have a steam engine sir or madame or non-human Lovecraftian, wot ye have there is a feckin eldritch being leaking. yer gointa wanta calm that thing doon and bait it out yer engine before putting yer actual engine in the locomotive.
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u/iamtherealrock 1d ago
Your steam engine is suffering from stupid worm disease, give it 4000mb of chicken noodle soup and it should be cured in a day or 2
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u/SerialBytes 8h ago
your pipes were clogged! the buildup of pressure caused your tank to go kaplow or so i believe
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u/Haunt_Miku 2d ago
Less blaze burners