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I model the modern age, late 80s to mid 90s or so. That being said, I have primarily diesel electric locos. Heck, I wasn't even born until the late 70s well past the era of steam, but I still don't see it as a question of "steam or diesel." I have both. For me, diesel electrics represent modern efficient power. They are fairly easy to maintain and operate, easy to lash up to create as much power as is necessary, have flashy paint schemes and modern shapes that to me are pleasing to the eye, and they represent all that I have ever seen as a real freight or people mover on the rails. That being said, steam to me represents a certain romance. A nostalgia for how things used to be. They have an elegance about them. Each has a personality to a much greater extent than a diesel electric. Steam almost seems alive. Like a monster that belches smoke and fire and lives to go screaming down the rails at night carrying people and goods at breakneck speads. There is one primary reason that Railroads switched to dieslel electric and that was operating/maintenance costs. But, since that factor doesn't exist to me on my model railroad, I can totally ignore it and run both...and I do. [:D] To each his own. Warren
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