Hi Phil
On (19 May 97) Phil Kane wrote to Alec Cameron...
 PK>  I'd be very wary of a diesel locomotive that didn't stop to be
 PK>  refueled and cleaned.  Maybe not as often as a steam-hog.......
                             ^^^^^
The significant point is that the need for a steamer to get frequent 
ntensive
maintenance, seriously limits the availability and performance of steamers.
And the corresponding needs for a diesel are so much easier, that the brief
loco downtime is easily coordinated with other activities like traffic 
demands,
convenient service timetabling and train preparation etc.
Maybe there is a Tooth Fairy?
^^^^^                                           Cheers.....ALEC
... ........BUNDANOON, on a dirt track leading to the Info Superhighway
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