Here's a thing.

Ask any child what noise a train makes and they'll probably say "chugga chugga choo choo."

Funny thing is that pretty much no one alive today was around in the days when trains - powered by steam - made that sound.

The stories we're told are powerful, often even more powerful than the evidence of our senses. We think trains sound like that cos we're told they sound like that.

Stories are powerful; be careful with the stories you tell.

@davidnjoku uk had steam trains well into the 70s and maybe 80s
@Kierkegaanks Apparently we had them until 1968. A bit before my time, but not as far back as I thought.

@davidnjoku @Kierkegaanks not quite true. The Vale of Rheidol was in public ownership until 1989 running steam. By then, steam tours were a thing and Railtrack/NR did inherit some steam locos at one point too.

In Germany there are still lines operating steam on a daily basis.

@EF Still running today? As a regular line and not just for nostalgia?
Narrow-gauge railways in Germany - Wikipedia