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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by daveklepper I presume the Duke and the Earl are reciprocating British steam locomotives from their golden age and that's why they are mentioned. Development of a really modern steam locomotive, using all technology possible and thus probably a "steam-electric", probably micro-turbine, would be a great step toward USA energy independence. But then so would railway electrification and that doesn't need technical research, only important economic research. Undo the FDR Justice Department Consent Decree and put power companies back into the transportation business! [/quote] It is probably less costly to develop new locomotives that run on coal or coal derivatives than it is to string catenary over the North American rail grid. But I detect from your last sentence that there might be a "market" of sorts for power companies to transmit electricity over said lines, thus paying for there erection?
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