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We seem to have forgotten the real woe of the steamers (aside from what has already been mentioned). Tractive effort! See while steam locomotives may have more horsepower it can't get it all down to the rails at lower speeds, or the wheels will slip. Like Coborn noticed steam locomotives, generally, didn't get to use their full horsepower. On the other hand, if memory serves me right, a FT diesel, I think, will be able to put its full horsepower down at about thirty mph. This makes one question the reasoning the diesels took over the fast trains, and left the steamer to drag freights and other slow work; most likely the diesels were put on the passenger trains because it made the railroad look "modern" and advanced.
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