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Amazing btw. how you can clearly see how the British, American, Russian and "continental" locomotives all have distinct design features.
Like American locos have fuckhueg fireboxes because they wanted to burn lignite. British are all slim and tight packed due clearance, Russians clearly wanted all the tarctive effort while speed was no concern hence no trucks (also novel things like compound engines and preheaters), French disliked rear trucks and preferred one more drive wheels there, Germans had the tiniest shunters but manly and streamlined line locomotives, Italians: all your valve gear desings are be long to us and so in.
