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Originally Posted by steam for ever
Now you see this is whi I have got such strong views that steam was withrdrawn too early.
if they really had to, just work out the problems first, however small they are.
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SFE - your main contention about brakes ceased to be an issue when fully fitted goods trains became the norm, and that was very many years ago !
The way you make things sound is not representative of how things really are and steam locos were no better in their heyday.