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Re: More obscure diesel variants (Was Re: BNSF new paint)
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Fri, 22 Apr 2005 05:00:52 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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Mark’s mention of the Fell led me to
look it up. It seems needlessly complicated and basically the result of
trying to prove a mistaken point (that mechanical transmission could be as
good or better than electrical)
If you’re interested
Tim
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Actually, I tend to think that it was more along the lines of the original 1950
plan- try everyting, and see what works and what doesn’t work. Just because the
FT was great in NA did not mean that it was going to be the best way to
dieselize the UK railways...and if they had followed the original 1950 plan, the
diesels were to be a temporary measure, unless they provided unique advantages
over electric...which they don’t (with the exception of the 73’s...which are a
dual purpose (like a FL-9) loco...).
Steam was going to be replaced, but the timeline was far longer than what
actually happened (about 25 years longer...the standards were to last until the
mid 90’s...), and electrification would take over most routes.
Since the advantages of diesel were not all that clear cut (and still are not to
my mind...UK has lots of coal, no oil in the 50’s-early 70’s), the original plan
of trying out most possible ways of making diesels and piloting them for 5-10
years made sense. The diesels that were past the pilot stage (08’s...) went
into mass production around that time...and they were the most successful of the
first gen diesels around...(they are still around now...whereas when was the
last time a Bo Co ran? Or 10 000?). All sorts of ideas have been tried...see
the Hunslet Diesel/Steam loco for an example of another failed attempt.
James Powell
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| (...) Not a real one, but (in a shameless self-plug) my model of one won a prize at Hull model railway show last November. Here it has red buffer beams, like the illustrations of BoCo in the Awdry books: (URL) For the official prize photo I changed (...) (19 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| Mark's (URL) mention> of the Fell led me to look it up. It seems needlessly complicated and basically the result of trying to prove a mistaken point (that mechanical transmission could be as good or better than electrical) (URL) If you're (...) (19 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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