Dieseldom

The Texas J1's were eminently satisfactory, but the railroad's disinclination to buy anybody else's ideas was expressed in a rash of duplex-drive 4-4-4-4 and 4-4-6-4 engines after the war. Their theory was admirable but their performance hastened the day of dieseldom.

The Alco C-628s had arrived, and the Hoosier Line entered the big leagues of dieseldom.