On Jun 27, 6:42*am, "MatSav" wrote:
E27002 wrote:
On Jun 26, 10:47 am, Basil Jet
wrote:

As much as I feel being excited by steam trains is silly and
old-fashioned, I just can't help myself.

Why? *It is living technology. *It is true heavy engineering
that we
do not see every day. *Moreover, it takes us back to a better
age.

"Different", rather than "Better", I think.

Matter of opinion: technologically we advance by leaps and bounds.

OTOH the sorry state of Western Civilization is there for all to see.