In a message to ANDREW HAMBLYN dated 05-17-97 ALEC CAMERON wrote:
 AC> * steamers are having to stop to refuel and to be cleaned. No way, can
 AC> these be available for long hours. The availability hence the miles per
 AC> week for a diesel, is probably better than double that for steamers.
 I'd be very wary of a diesel locomotive that didn't stop to be
 refueled and cleaned.  Maybe not as often as a steam-hog.......
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