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Tormadel is correct- while steam locomotives had an initial low purchase cost, the operating costs were high. Diesels were initially the other way around- high front end purchase cost, low maintenance. <br /> <br />I read somewhere that a standard main shop for steamers could employ up to a couple of thousand people and might be found in nearly every big city. Diesels pretty much wiped out the work force of specialists... not that the maintenance folks are any less skilled now, just that there are fewer of them. <br /> <br />Erik
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