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Originally Posted by steam for ever
Really It is not the railways that need worrying about.
Trains can carry many many more people and so when you do the sums, you are being cleaner than road transport anyway you put it, even with steam.
You are right about the mid cheshire line, I have read up on it some more.
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Trains and Railways are part of the whole. You cannot separate them.
The next Golden Age of the Railways should be ahead of us but the present network cannot cope with projected passenger numbers. Capacity needs to be increased. Steam cannot provide the service on a railway in the 21st century. Think of the leap in technology required to develope steam multi units that can run reliably at 200mph. That is what is needed for the future!
Best wishes,
John H-T.