A few years back I happened to visit the California Railroad Museum -
and was
surprised to find myself in the middle of a steam festival. They
brought out and
fired up a number of antique engines, and had several visiting as well.
They even
had a steam calliope. Great fun!

On the other hand, riding a steam train thru a tunnel is no fun at all
(done that, too).
And I grew up in a neighborhood where everybody burned coal. Guess who
often
got the job of fetching a bucketful from the bin? The soot made a mess
of the snow
in the winter, too. It's not surprising that almost no one uses it
anymore.

David Johnson