Story and Image Contribution: http://www.trainweb.org/tusp/ult.html
In the early 1980's the ACE group formed in order to develop a modern, coal fired steam locomotive that could meet or exceed diesel locomotive performance. The group felt it was necessary to combat the rising cost of Oil and cited the great savings of using coal as an alternative. The project was for a time backed by the CSX railroad, but otherwise never got out of the design phase. Watch the video to get the complete story of this remarkable project!