Bob Sullivan wrote: > I've been a model railroader on and off all my life, besides being a > railfan and a one time railroad employee in the '70's. > > My knowledge and experience is confined to the USA, and Mike Wilson is > right. Outside the US (UK, India, others) steam lasted longer and > moved faster. >
I was actually saying that intercity diesel-electric trains in the UK are _much_ faster than steam ever was. They regularly _cruise_ at a speed which was the record for steam locomotives. Scares the willies out of me but only 'cos I'm not driving. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
