Re: OT Train travel

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On 2026-04-03 12:31, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 03/04/2026 06:30, Steve Hayes wrote:
>> On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 14:59:05 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
>> <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 02/04/2026 14:33, Sn!pe wrote:
>>>> I remember seeing steamrollers working in my postwar early childhood.
>>>>
>>> Gosh yes. So do I!
>>> Steam trains were endemic in the 1950s
>>> Our line was electrified but most were not.
>>>
>>> Remember going on holiday behind one of these
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_4073_Class
>>>
>>> And later on  one of the dragging just two coaches
>>
>> The last long-distance steam-hauled train journey I went on was in
>> 1979.
>>
>> Details here, if anyone is interested:
>>
>> <https://ondermynende.wordpress.com/2013/10/18/a-south-african-train- 
>> journey/>
>>
>>
> Yeah., Early diesels could not handle the altitude of the S african 
> railways until turbochargers came along. You kept steam a little longer 
> than we did. And you never ran out of coal, like we did!
> 
That also happened somewhere in Los Andes. Long lasting steam train.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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