Or conversely,
I don't like diesels or electrics
I avoid them in TS, am I weird? I appreciate all the work that goes into designing them for the game... but they are bland boxes with no character, with a lever for stop and a lever for go (or even one lever for both!) and they sound like a bag of nails being shaken or a whining cat. Am I alone here?
Personally I'm ONLY interested in steam. The hard work they demand IS the challenge, and the enjoyment and feeling of success in driving them. If I want to see some bland plastic boxes (going nowhere fast) I can see them every day. But to see (and take part in) Britain's railways when they were the pinnacle of transport opening open the whole country to be visited by everyone.. that's exciting. A step into the past.
I want to simulate travelling on a modern electric train as much as I want to simulate eating toast - if I want to do it I'd rather just do it for real