Model Trains and Things

In his book on the NSW 59 Class steam loco Harry Wright mentions that some housewives who lived along the northern line between Strathfield and Hornsby complained about the mess the 59s were making of their washing.

I wonder what they would have thought of some of these British diesels. Just about any diesel engine will produce an exhaust when you throttle up from an idle but some of the locos in this video would put a steam loco to shame.

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