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Re: BNSF new paint
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:06:16 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
> The Deltic was pretty much unique in railway
> terms in that it used the Deltic diesel engine (2) developed by Napier from
> those for motor torpedo boats.
Fairbanks Morse diesel locoomotives used a very successful opposed piston (1)
diesel engine first developed for us in US Navy subs.
http://www.hazegray.org/rail/product.htm#fm
1 - two pistons sharing a common combustion chamber per cylinder, IIRC...
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| (...) Interesting, I didn't know that. I don't know about the mechanical merits/demerits of opposed pistons I suspect they have higher maintenance requirments that a conventional piston singal piston design. I also suspect that the FM application (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| Snip (...) A lot of the British diesel designs of the 50's and 60's had the nose, which is probably their most distinctive design element. As well as the (URL) Deltic> (class 55) and 37, the classes (URL), (URL) 44>, (URL) 45>, and (URL) 46> also (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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