Bill Wrote:
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> MDO, in one of his chronicles explained why he
> didn't want steam on the railroad. Most rail fans
> will disagree but his point was the total lack of
> common sense people had about walking around
> railroad property, especially hot main lines and
> nearby sidings. This is aside from the liability
> issues. He didn't want people being hurt due to
> the high stupidity factor around steam. This
> included crowds around grade crossings stepping
> out to put pennies on the rails just before 4449's
> pilot crossed the coin. People chasing steam
> trains, operating a motor vehicle, holding a video
> cam out through the open moon roof shooting video
> of the locomotive at ninety degrees from the
> direction of the road and not looking where they
> were going or aware of traffic issues ahead of
> them.

I thought the reason was, "no support facilities".