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Pros of Steam?

Started by YellowHillsCentral, October 16, 2009, 09:10:13 AM

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Last year in the UK a group of steam enthusiasts completed the first brand new steam engine in, well quite a while. It was built using original designs for the A1 Pacific. Since it's completion it has been run all over the country on enthusiast excursions etc.

See the link below for a recent story.................

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8428097.stm

Think we might have found the modern train's Achilles heal.
Yes dear, I'm looking at trains again........

Heave

Wonderful Story!

If memory serves, American Steam quite robust in winter blizzards, as long as the switches were kept in working order.

RAM

With a steam engine you could go through water as long as it was  not deep enough to put out the fire.