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But, surely you are all missing the point. The fact is that no railway (railroad) company put R&D into steam. The fact is that is pressures and superheat had been increased efficiency would have increased. In the UK steam ran non stop London to Edinburgh picking up water from troughs was very normal. In 1903 Paddington to Plymouth 'City of Bath' pulled the Royal train (130Tons) 246 miles (top speed 87.4 MPH) over severe gradients of 1 in 43 in 233 minutes. Coal consumption got down to 2.0 lbs per HP per Hour. In the 1930's speeds rose with streamlining. But, returning to the original point when Fury blew up in Derby station killing 2 people the high-pressure trails ended. Given the money and time, who says that a new breed of steam engine could not beat diesel?
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