Hi Don
On (19 May 97) Don Dellmann wrote to Alec Cameron...
 DD> I love steam as much as the next guy, but........
 DD> 15 usually left chicago at 9:00 PM every evening with the "fast mail",
 DD> arriving in Minneapolis at 6:15 AM.  This was with anywhere from 15 to
 DD> 30 heavyweight baggage & mail cars, and numerous time consuming stops.
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 DD> She did this every day, 365 days a year, throughout all of WWII and 
after,
 DD> until she was replaced by E-7's in 1949.
Thanks for that nice essay. In OZ it is only the watchers of old movies on 
V,
who get to reflect on those transition days as steam was overtaken by diesel.
NSW had ordered Beyer Garretts [32 wheelers], the deliveries coinciding
with Alco diesels from Canada. You may guess at the comparisons in service!
Quick smart the UK contract was terminated but the penalties were extreme.
We got dozens of unwanted Garretts.
Cheers......ALEC
... ........The hasty and the slow meet at the ferry
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