>>1281770Not a railfan, but: one of the most amazing things about steampower is that compared to todays' standards, the machining used was comparatively like stone knives and bearskins; the tolerances were huge, yet the brute force power was huge as well.
>>1281782If you want to go there, then the proliferation of our entire *species* is the most destructive thing that's ever happened to the Earth. More than one bleeding-edge extremist environmentalist has voiced a heartfelt desire to see the human race extinct so the Earth could finally be rid of the infection commonly referred to as 'homo sapiens'. Yet at the same time we have the power to fix just about everything we've done wrong for centuries and stop doing more damage. All we have to do, is do it.
