| Here is page five of a five-page article by Charles Kerr, Jr., entitled "The Steam Turbine: Coal's New Hope." It was published originally in the June 1947 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 18. Notable here is a table labelled "Age of Locomotives Now in Service," dated 31 December 1945. "Out of a total of 43,530 locomotives, 38,583 are steam-operated; 842 are electric; and 3816 are Diesel." |