>
>There is a railroad here in Iowa that has a couple of relatively new
>steam engines. They were imported in from China (QJ 2-10-2, numbers
>6988 and 7081) and reconfigured for mainline use. Other than
>experimentation and setting records, they are pretty much kept for
>running specials with a nice long string of passenger cars. I think
>they did set a modern day North-American record of a standard 100 or
>200 car string in a scheduled run. In a pinch, they could be slipped
>into production use, but that would be highly unlikely.
>
>Remarkably powerful (around 3000 hp each) and efficient, but the
>maintenance costs on them proved prohibitive. They are kept indoors
>and are well maintained and they let them out to play once in a while.
>But if I recall correctly, for every hour of operation requires ten
>hours of maintenance.
>
That is awful. What are the components that require such high maintenance?
Chris
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