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Re: [OM] OT: Steam train arrives in London

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Steam train arrives in London
From: "David Bell" <deebel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 23:38:20 -0000
Here is the site of the project sponsors

http://www.a1steam.com/

Dave



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From: Andrew Fildes [mailto:afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 09 February 2009 20:59
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Steam train arrives in London

On 10/02/2009, at 3:09 AM, Ken Norton wrote:

> The Iowa Interstate Railroad imported two steam locomotives from  
> China and
> had them customized for legal use here in the States.
> http://www.iaisrr.com/sites/iaisrr.com/files/Steam_0.pdf

Where's the piccies?!!

>
> This railroad had bought these for experimentation to see if they  
> could be
> used in actual fleet use. The short answer is yes, but the manual  
> labor
> costs ate up the savings in fuel.  As a general rule, it takes 20  
> man-hours
> of operation and maintenance for every hour of rail time.

Our local narrow-gauge uses volunteers for the maintenance.
Strangely, they have no shortage.


Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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