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On June 9, 1953, No. 1642 suffered a crown sheet failure and subsequent boiler explosion due to a prolonged low water condition at Hinton, WV. The crew members were killed. The locomotive was not rebuilt, as the class was undergoing retirement by then.[2]
References
^Huddleston, Eugene; Dixon, Thomas (1984). The Allegheny: Lima's Finest. Hundman Publishing.
