I know what you mean Kington TramBasher. The thrill of the powerful engine accelerating away is superbly exciting.
I was travelling across America two years ago and was equally excited by the locomotives that hauled us. These were the P-42 Genesis class which worked the intercontinental trains on Amtrak. There were two on the California Zephyr since it had to cross the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. Total HP in excess of 8000.
Regards.
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