Some of the girls were chiding me as backward

[Raul-02]

Because I ain't into EEeeleKtriKuul vehiKulals

Maybe I am I'm thinking Steam may have always been the better path

 

[Hay Dude]

Will they be arrested for rolling coal?

 

[LouNY]

Now start figuring out the fuel usage and the maintenance hours per hour worked.
I like to watch the old steam engines work, but it took a lot a work to run one of them also.
It would be interesting to see if a new piston operated steam engine with new controls would be a viable alternative.
I do believe if it was it would be in use.

 

[bcp]

When the railroads tried to modernize steam, I think it was all steam-turbine-electric.

For example:

Norfolk and Western Railway 2300 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

GE steam turbine locomotives - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Bruce

 

[LouNY]

A turbine needs "dry" steam as water droplets will cause it to come unglued.
The older steam pistons used a wet steam.
It's much harder to keep dry steam flowing as it has to be heated up above it's natural steam temperture.

 

[ArlyA]

Boilers like to blow up and maintenance on them is your freind and keep the operator alive. Steam tractors/engines weren't better, but tons and tons of maintenance.

 

[DaBear3428]

not better but heavier by a lot so could pull unlike any other