At 05:11 PM 3/17/2004, Kim Brennan wrote: >Almost all electric plants today are steam engines, the water is boiled >by coal, natural gas or uranium. Turbines, though, like ship propulsion plants. Steam turbines in railroad service haven't worked out too well (understatement) because of dirt and vibration problems. Picture of the most ambitious one here <http://www.skyrocket.de/locomotive/img/co_m1_500b.jpg> and more info here <http://www.steamlocomotive.com/turbine/> d
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