The Reason Train Design Changed After 1948

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To try everything Brilliant has to offer for free for a full 30 days, visit http://www.brilliant.org/answerswithjoe and you’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. It’s no exaggeration to say that steam trains changed the world. They made it possible to move people and goods further and faster than ever before, and helped catapult humanity into the industrial revolution. But by the 1940s, they were showing their age, and a series of explosions made it clear it was time for a change. This is the story of what killed the steam train. Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2YHgc363EdcusLIBbgxzg/join T-Shirts & Merch: http://www.answerswithjoe.com/store Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzc7TiJ2nnuyJkUpOZ8RKA You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify 👉 https://spoti.fi/37iPGzF Apple Podcasts 👉 https://apple.co/3j94kfq Google Podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3qZCo1V Interested in getting a Tesla or going solar? Use my referral link and get discounts and perks: https://ts.la/joe74700 Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS https://www.notion.so/Script-5200f4a780404e0196fd7b44ba824691?pvs=4#54b17bbd931e463cb76e791afe2f0fed https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2015/11/boiler-explosion-of-c-t-1-3020-on-may.html https://youtu.be/nd2Ii4OGQ4k?si=rfs_WZ-Y3Xgy6d_I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd2Ii4OGQ4k&pp=ygUmaG93IGEgc3RlYW0gbG9jb21vdGl2ZSB3b3JrcyBhbmltYXRpb24%3D https://www.reddit.com/r/CatastrophicFailure/comments/k4dlup/the_1948_steam_locomotive_boiler_explosion/ https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-studies/Pages/SIR9605.aspx https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/san-antonio-shopmens-locomotive-explosion-1912 https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/java11.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110307131554/http://thegenerator.com.au/articles/energy-matters/3107-solar-steam-train-project-announcement https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/172494 TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:11 - The Boiler Explosion of C&O T-1 3020 3:00 - How Steam Locomotives Work 5:22 - Locomotive Explosions 7:14 - Phasing Out 10:28 - Sponsor - Brilliant