Re: Double Doubleheader.

Chris Walker Wrote:
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> The Diesels were required to tow since no mainline
> steam qualified Enginedrivers were available at
> the time, retirements have decimated the numbers
> of ED's that were able to drive steam over the
> last few years, the number of younger ED's that
> choose to acquire the Steam qualification in their
> own time hasn't been many.


It is a shame those steam engines were fired up but could not run under their own power due to a lack of steam qualified enginedrivers
I hope that situation will improve. The steam locomotives will not be very useful with no one to operate them.