The revolution has already started, and for our young it will be a reality and they will laugh at us and our internal combustion engines 
And we can laugh at them for everything they are missing out on (heart, soul, passion, noise, smell, involvement) while they stare at however they consume electronic media by then as the world crumbles around them.
Just like those who cherished the horse mocked those who believed in the new fangled steam engine, then car. 
Yes and when all the control systems are all brought down through various hacks and the World collapses into chaos i'll be fine to get around on my horse (*). Also, during the Cold War period some steam trains were stored for potential use if the balloon went up, as long as some tracks existed you only needed something that would burn to throw in the firebox...
(*) I may need a different horse by then!
Ah, that story
As a railway enthusiast I am aware of the stories back then about British steam engines, probably 9F's, being stored at some secret army location. At the time different "reports" hinted on tunnels, or massive sheds, being used to store them. Later it was proved to be an absolute myth, and that "dump" never existed, as the railway community could trace every steam locomotive ever built, through it's in service period, to eventual disposal, usually to scrap yards.
In fact if normal diesel locomotives could not do whatever was necessary, the steam engines already, and then still coming into use, on preserved railway lines would have provided the back up needed. In reality though, steam engines with all their running requirements and maintenance schedules, would never have been able to provide any real assistance to a country decimated by nuclear conflict.
The enthusiast community loved those stories though, and it occupied many feet of railway publications pages with us all wondering what loco's could possibly be stored, and arguments taking place about the suitability of each class!
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