Hi Raymond
On (05 May 97) Raymond Bethell wrote to All...
 RB> Rail Fans" out there.It is impossible to even contemplate linking
 RB> (Yecch)diesels or electrics with true rail power,nothing beats the sheer
 RB> power
 RB> of a" STEAM LOCO" as it pulls anything upto aproox 100Tonnes of 
eight.I
Steam locos are great. A pity they are so feeble. Diesel locos pass thru my
village frequently, hauling up to 4000 tons.
The first electric loco made in NSW [1952] was rated 3780 HP. More powerful
than EVERY steam loco in Australia at that time. And charging downhill, it 
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as a generator, supplying other trains off the same trolley wire thus saving
big money on brake shoes wear. Try that with your steam kettles!
Cheers.....ALEC
... ........The hasty and the slow meet at the ferry
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