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[quote user="IRONROOSTER"] Steam was a 19th century high labor technology.  As labor costs went up steam became less feasible.  The countries that retained steam after we did, were those with cheap labor like China.  Most of those have since scrapped their steam.Actually, the conversion here was delayed by WWII.  The resources for locomotives were put into tanks and planes.  Otherwise the conversion would have started 5-10 years earlier. EnjoyPaul [/quote]Not really delayed. I think WW2 called out the best of steam to handle the heaviest traffic the Nation has ever seen.
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