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What were some Problems with using steam engines on American railroads?
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They would have been similar to those of operating in any very large continent: long distances from coal supplies (or wood for the earliest); climates not conducive to steam operation, such as extreme cold or aridity; mountainous terrain giving long, steep gradients and other more general problems to the railways anyway. Possibly too, in the more remote areas, shortage of readily-available, skilled labour to drive and more particularly, the local skills and equipment to maintain and repair the locomotives. As the railways became more established these problems could be overcome.
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What is the steam engine's application today?
Most steam engines except those used on tourist railroads have been replaced with the more efficient steam turbine engines.
What invention helped create a demand for oil in the early 1900s?
Steam engines and railroads.
What engines did the titanic use?
Two triple expansion steam engines and an exhaust turbine
What years were steam engines invented?
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Most steam engines except those used on tourist railroads have been replaced with the more efficient steam turbine engines.
What invention helped create a demand for oil in the early 1900s?
Steam engines and railroads.
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Are their modern day steam engine trains?
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Steam power and railroads changed the northern economy because steam was powerful and it was cheap to run.
What is the collective noun for steam?
There is no specific collective noun for steam engines, in which case any noun suitable for the context will work; for example a collection of steam engines, a display of steam engines, a museum of steam engines, etc.
Why is steam used for driving steam engines rather than hot gases?
Steam is cheap. It is easy to produce from water and doesn't cause any problems if it escapes into the atmosphere.
