Drag race anyone?
- Thread starter Klinger
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Part of the reason is that Europe makes big events out of steam locomotives is that they never had such a huge movement to preserve existing locomotives.
Most steam engines in Europe ended up in the scrapyard, and by some fluke the engines ended up sitting in scrapyards for 30+ years, and required far more work to restore. So they tend to make a bigger deal out of steam ups then we American's because we actually preserved many operating locomotives, and many well preserved static locomotives.
Most steam engines in Europe ended up in the scrapyard, and by some fluke the engines ended up sitting in scrapyards for 30+ years, and required far more work to restore. So they tend to make a bigger deal out of steam ups then we American's because we actually preserved many operating locomotives, and many well preserved static locomotives.