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[quote user="Lee Koch"]   And you didn't answer my question: why did the railroads stick with diesel if diesel is so inferior to steam? Why aren't they changing now? Why are the locomotive manufacturers' books backlogged with orders for new DIESEL power?[/quote]Because the switch to diesel was at least perceived to be cost effective, and likewise with the potential switch back to coal, which is being pushed by the rising cost of oil.  The reason the switch is not happening now is because it has not arrived yet.  If the bottom somehow fell out of oil prices, it probably would not arrive.
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