the little tug that could

the brooklyn (green steam tug) got the RMS aquitania (4 red stacks) and the RMS titanic (pale orange stacks) out of the harbor all by itself. a feat that tells us that steam tugs are not out of power yet. in fact, some of our best tugs are steam tugs. they are easy to mantain contrary to popular belief, but they give you enough trouble to keep you busy. they are much more interesting to operate, the brooklyn is my favorite, even though she is our least powerful tug with 600hp, and she makes better use of it than some of our more powerful diesels. she is able to tow 5 fully loaded coal barges and still get decent time going down the river. steam tugs are irreplaceable.