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Any railroaders left who started in steam?
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<p>I know this is probably cheating, but there are several folks I know- at the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad- who began their carreer with the railroad in their 20's- and are diesel engineers now. One of them is in his 40's- and one of them is in his 20's. They liked running their steam locomotive because it was a different challenge for them. It required a lot more skill on the engineer to smoothly operate- a lot of the instrumentation we take for granted on modern units was not there. So they had to rely on their senses.</p><p>That's not to say that diesel engineers don't rely on sight, sound, and smell in their own way- the guys I spoke with just said that they enjoyed the challenge steam offered them.</p><p>I am pretty sure the guys who started out as firemen on main line steam, and became engineers, have long ago retired, or are no longer with us.</p>
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