[steam for ever]

This type of loco was not around for very long on the network.
It was around for a bit in the industrial sector but now it is less common.
I beleive that becuase it did not have time to develop.
Could this form of technology be revisited?
I like to beleive it, I mean we could find out that after all the known problems have been solved, it could be more efficient than diesel electrics.
There was a bit more character in the Hymeks and westerns than the diesel electrics, with perhaps the exception of the class 55's.