In 1948, a devastating boiler explosion in Chillicothe, Ohio turned a steam locomotive into a twisted mass of metal and marked a symbolic end to steam’s dominance in American rail. Though not ...

Explosion of the Boiler of a Locomotive. Share full article. Aug. 6, 1860. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from August 6, 1860, Page 5 Buy Reprints.

Just before midnight on Friday, May 1, 1908, the eastbound Burlington #6 train exploded and partially derailed about 2 miles west of the Northern Pacific depot on Front Street, a ...