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TimReynolds
 Post subject: Re: Why does steam fair better than diesels?
PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 11:35 pm 

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When you compare "controls" you see the very striking difference between the 2. The almost sterile cab of the Diesel Locomotive hardly draws one in the way the mystery of valves, gauges, levers, and "furnace" doors found in the Steam Locomotive.


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