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I did say I knew nothing about steam trains...
I thought the boiler was only for the fire... but
I can see why steel, water, pressure and time
are not good.
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Steam engines have steel boilers, it's just the fire tubes and sometimes the fire boxes that are copper. They inspected regularly and condemned if there is excessive corrosion.