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<p>I am not sure whether the change to Diesel locomotives would have happened sooner. It may be true that the Navy´s need for Diesel engines was huge in the early 1940´s, but certainly not for the rather small engines which powered locos.</p> <p>I think that Dieselization was actually sped up by the war effort and the connected extraordinary wear and tear on all of the railroad equipment, requiring the railroads to replace a lot earlier than under peace time circumstances.</p>
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