Posted by NCWayne on October 11, 2012 at 14:57:58 from (69.40.232.132):
In Reply to: Steam power posted by gtractorfan on October 11, 2012 at 13:24:49:
Don't know about locomotives, but the shipping industry has done it for years, and continues to do it. Up until not too many years ago the majority of US navy ships were steam powered, from the smallest frigate to the largest carrier. Even now the nuclear powered ships are still steam powered. The only difference in them and the older ones is that where boilers used to be utilized to make the steam, now they use the nuclear reaction. Beyond that the steam still goes through an HP and LP turbine, which power a set of reduction gears, which in turn power the shaft. Beyond that much of the auxillary equipment was also steam powered like the main lube oil pump, main feed pumps, main condensate pumps, etc. Then there are also the main, steam driven, turbine generators that provide power for the ship. All in all steam has done alot over the years in the shipping industry, so it is a very proven technology. If it didn't get used in the trains, via turbine drives, it's because it must not have been feasible to do for some reason.
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