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<p>[quote user="el-capitan"]Many people don't realize that when labor is cheap and coal is plentiful, steam can still be more economical than Diesel. With the rate of inflation in China, it probably isn't economical anymore.[/quote]</p><p>I think you are right because I was thinking about it as well.  China has LOTS of people, LOTS of coal and fresh water but what they don't have is oil!  China is actually the world's largest single importer of crude oil and fuel.  Besides, lots of the Govt. own remote factories are operating in like pre-war conditions so having a steam loco there doesn't make it out of place!  The DVD I was watching the other day also seem to be saying that Baldwin and others shipped a lot of steam engines to Europe during WWII and then to China when the Pacific War broke out.  A lot of them might be from that era because they don't like towaste anything, see?  ;-)</p>
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