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"Why do you hate steam locomotives???"
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<P>[quote user="tstage"][quote user="Goldmine"]Steam is boring! I didnt grow up in that era so it does not please or excite me. now if I was born in the 40's I would have saw alot of steam and would have a different feeling towards it but since I was born in the late 70's I do not KNOW srteam. I do not like cars from the 40's-80's either. Steam for me is just old guy stuff. OOOPs I mean well experienced guy stuff.[/quote]<BR>Goldmine,<BR><BR>You may not like steam but how can you call it "boring". It's anything but. Take a SD70 and a 4-8-4 or 2-8-8-2, run them side-by-side, and tell me which one is <I>visually </I>the more interesting one to watch. Side rods, pistons, steam, smoke, wheels, sound - all in synchronized motion. Old? Maybe. Boring? No way!<BR><BR>Goldmine, have you ever ridden on or been next to a <I>real </I>steam engine when it is fired up? If not, take an opportunity for an eye-opening experience. You just might see it in a different light.<BR><BR>Tom<BR><BR>P.S. I wasn't born in that era either...<BR>[/quote]</P> <P> </P> <P> </P> <P>Ok I am sorry but I have to rephase my first comment on steam. Surely it is not boring but I guess the words of OLD is a better choice of words. I am sure that you are absolutely correct about the SD70M and a 2-8-8-4 side by side which would be more interesting but when it comes to looks I would enjoy seeing the SD70M but thats just what I like. I apologize for the first statement of being boring</P>
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