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 Diesels lead when working with steam due to the different ways diesels and steamers generate their power. With electric drive the highest torque is generated at zero revolutions. With steam the faster the engine is moving the higher its power output. Leads to the seeming oddity: Diesels can move a train they can't pull and steamers can pull a train they can't cant move. Randy
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