are steam locomotives making a comeback?
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It's not likely to happen soon. Even if they were more fuel efficient, they wouldn't make a comeback in their original form. The steam locomotives required way more maintenance than the diesel locomotives, and way more manpower to keep them operating and repaired which is why they were replaced by diesel locomotives.
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Valve has reportedly discontinued its Steam Controller peripheral, after selling off its remaining stock in a $5 fire sale. According to The Verge, the Steam firm has cleared out its final stock of the peripheral and will no longer produce any more gamepads. ... Valve has shifted its hardware focus to VR in recent years.
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While there have been many great and interesting RTS games made more recently, the genre is certainly not as popular as it used to be. ... Upon hearing that these games might be dead, people will move on to games that, while being more popular, may not be the actual game they're after.
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Most trains have large diesel engines, which drive large generators. ... There are still a few old-time coal or wood burning engines left, primarily as tourist attractions. There are getting to be more electric trains, which get their electricity from a 'third-rail.”
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From my perspective the age of AAA games is not dying, but it is stagnating. While profits may be up, innovation is basically no where to be found in the AAA industry. I say that because most AAA developers simply re-release the same game with updated graphics to pad their pockets.
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RTS games will make a comeback if they are able to become successful eSports. With Twitch and even television networks allowing millions of people to tune into eSports tournaments, I think that's where a lot of video game companies are trying to draw revenue from right now.
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Matheranl's famous heritage toy train will get back on track again, as the Central Railway announced that it will resume shuttle services between Aman Lodge and Matheran stations from Friday onwards, a railway official said on Thursday.
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Alas, the Chevy Avalanche is not coming back. As far as we know, future GM product plans do not include a revival of a pickup truck with the Ave's innovative midgate.
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The cog railway is being completely rebuilt and is slated to reopen in 2021. Still more Thursday rail news in brief: — The first rails have been laid in reconstruction of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway, which remains on pace to reopen in 2021.
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What Makes A Steam Locomotive Work? When heated, water turns to an invisible vapor known as steam. The volume of water expands as it turns to steam inside the boiler, creating a high pressure. The expansion of steam pushes the pistons that connect to the driving wheels that operate the locomotive.
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Giant blimp-like airships are making a comeback. ... Now the inflated flying structures are making a comeback with developments by the aerospace industry's biggest players and new challengers promising to develop airships for anything from luxury travel to transporting cargo to remote parts of the world.
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Fast forward six years and Thomas Cook is back where it was. All the rescue money is gone and the debt pile is back to £1.6bn. Again it has been thumped by poor trading and a series of one-offs, notably weak sterling and a summer heatwave that led to a downturn in demand.
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Most current locomotives are putting 3000 to 6000 hp to the tracks in the form of electric traction motors using 2,200 to 4,500 kw . The diesel engines actually drive generators to produce this power and I'm not sure how much the power level would vary to produce it .
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For VHS to really make a come back, shops would have to get on board with the idea if they were ever to make it back into the mainstream. However, this is very unlikely. ... The last film released on VHS was back in 2006, so more than ten years later it's not very likely they will be put back into production.
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Empty trains are a common sight in Germany just now, but national rail operator Deutsche Bahn says it will keep its passenger services running. ... The loss of freight, also from abroad, had left goods trains loaded to around 70% of their normal capacity.
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#1 – The Axial SMT10 will come back and be better than ever. If you haven't heard, the Axial SMT10 was quietly discontinued late last year.