Pros of Steam?

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Last year in the UK a group of steam enthusiasts completed the first brand new steam engine in, well quite a while. It was built using original designs for the A1 Pacific. Since it's completion it has been run all over the country on enthusiast excursions etc.

See the link below for a recent story.................

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8428097.stm

Think we might have found the modern train's Achilles heal.

[Heave]

Wonderful Story!

If memory serves, American Steam quite robust in winter blizzards, as long as the switches were kept in working order.

[RAM]

With a steam engine you could go through water as long as it was  not deep enough to put out the fire.