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In the 1950's N&W compared modern steam to first generation diesles. They found a properly mathched steam engine(HP to train size) was cheaper to operate than diesles. <br />Diesels were not sold on the basis of cheaper operating costs, but there maintinance cost. <br />You could fire 2/3 of your shop people and stock standard replacement parts off the shelf. <br />Then remove excess facilities, coal towers, water tanks, roundhouses, ect. <br />In the 1970's a company tried to create a fully modern coal fired steam locamotive but they could not justify the investment in facilities.
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