The Real Cost That Killed Steam Locomotives
Автор: American Locomotive Files
Загружено: 2025-12-21
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The Real Cost That Killed Steam Locomotives
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Steam locomotives didn’t disappear because they lacked power.
Some of the most powerful locomotives ever built were steam.
But railroads didn’t replace steam with diesel because diesel was stronger.
They replaced it because steam was expensive in ways that rarely show up on paper.
Not just fuel.
Not just maintenance.
The real costs were hidden — in labor, downtime, logistics, and uncertainty.
Costs that made steam harder to manage as railroads became larger, faster, and more competitive.
This documentary explains why diesel was cheaper than steam where it actually mattered.
And why once railroads understood that difference, the outcome was already decided.
This video is part of the documentary series:
How Steam Lost the Railroad War
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