AH>DC> ........... Those mighty "iron
AH>DC> horses" possessed a charisma diesels never will attain.
 
AH>I wish to differ!!! I think that steam was grosly un-econimic and it was 
onl
AH>a natural course of progression to convert to diesels.
AH>The sights and sounds of U-boats and early EMD power draging heavy 
reights
AH>are far more impressive and display more "charisma" than a fuel greedy, 
high
AH>maintanence steam loco.
 
How many people will any U-boat or GP-9 draw trackside when they're as
old as some of the "museum pieces" from the steam age that have
literally thousands of people standing around the rails with their
cameras when those dinosaurs from the steam age come marching through
town?
 
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