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[quote user="wyomingrailfan"]The reason rr's like diesels so much is that you don't need as many facilities, less people to operate them, the parts don't wear out as much. But on steam, you need an army to mantain them, huge facilities, you need tons of parts, so it would drive the price up really high[/quote]The end-of-steam era locomotives with their armies of maintenance personnel and facilities are not what might supplant diesels in this age.In this discussion, when comparing diesel to steam, one must keep in mind that you are comparing diesel to something we have never known.  Steam for this comparison is essentially a blank void that is fueled by coal.  Steam can provide as much tractive effort as diesel, if the power is run through a transmission; electrical, mechanical, or hydraulic.
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