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I like both "diseasels" and steam. Steam is a lot more interesting to watch but steam has its downside too. It used to be very difficult to find good steam engines in Nscale. Until 1996, when Kato released its Mikado, I had given up on Nscale steam. It is also expensive. I only have 5 steam engines(I have about 25-30 deisels)but plan to get at least two more in the next few months. Like on t he real thing, so I am told, steam is far more temperamental than deisels. Steam is finnicky. The side driving rods (I don't know the correct term for them) are prone to coming apart. I just had to return my new Berkshire for this very reason. I exchanged it for another just like it. According to Frank, our local walking railroad encyclopedia, the same thing happened on the real thing. He explained that this is why they quit making camel-back steam engines. When a driving rod would fail on one, it had a tendency to take out the cab with it. There are times when my tolleration for frustration is at its lowest. At times like this, I only run deisels. I can certainly understand why a person would choose steam exclusively. It is the most interesting. I wanted to present the other side. Some of us, like myself, weren't born when steam ruled the rails. We/I have fond memories of deisels, especially first generation deisels. Just had to add my two cents.
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