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Steam engines of Indian railways are replaced with diesel engine. Justify this move with two scientific reasons.

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The efficiency of steam engine is very low when compare to the diesel engines
Steam engines takes time to produce steam by heating water and cannot starts instantly. But diesel engine can starts immediately by using compressor.
Hence Indian Railways replaced steam engine by diesel engine.

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