Ludwig
Hopeless romantic
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The Deltic was a great diesel loco and I think around 22 were built in the early 60s and a few still remain.
The Rail Enthusiast thread
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Gravity Aided
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Kind of like Fairbanks Morse as well. I believe their locomotives had opposed pistons as well. Our Rio Grande Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad also tried out Krauss Maffei's diesel hydraulics as well, but around a locomotive shed, anything different proves difficult.
Gravity Aided
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Yes, I've seen the one in Scranton, Pa., at Steamtown as a static display. I've also seen Up #844, a very beautiful locomotive, in running condition
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
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- Craggy Island
Smurfy
Naturist Smurf
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classic33
Leg End Member
We'd never be able to do that now.
Gravity Aided
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No, but back then, I could probably take ,( IIRC, from a similar instance), upwards of an hour to call any one of you on the telephone from here.
They also would not have needed one of those, had they had one of these...
http://www.history.com/shows/modern-marvels/videos/ac-6000
They also would not have needed one of those, had they had one of these...
http://www.history.com/shows/modern-marvels/videos/ac-6000
classic33
Leg End Member
Showing your age there!
Shut Up Legs
Down Under Member
This thread makes interesting reading. Also (not quite in a serious vein), it appears to be one of the forum threads that's never derailed, which is pretty funny, when you think about it! 
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
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- Meanwood, Leeds
[QUOTE 3084056, member: 45"]Impressive, but flawed. Double the maintenance.[/QUOTE]
Does that mean that they should have only built eleven of them?
Does that mean that they should have only built eleven of them?
Gravity Aided
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Or maybe one, just to show they could do it. It is a very impressive feat of engineering.
classic33
Leg End Member
They did just one "Deltic".
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
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- Land of Lincoln
Here's actually a good article from Wikipedia, with animation. Don't forget the "Baby" and "Turbo" Deltics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_Deltic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_Deltic
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
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The problem with diesels, over steam, is this.
With steam, it took you five minutes to find the problem,
and five days to fix it.
With diesels, it took five days to find the problem,
and five minutes to fix it.
With steam, it took you five minutes to find the problem,
and five days to fix it.
With diesels, it took five days to find the problem,
and five minutes to fix it.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
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- Craggy Island
This thread makes interesting reading. Also (not quite in a serious vein), it appears to be one of the forum threads that's never derailed, which is pretty funny, when you think about it!
It's because our tea is already waiting to be drunk from our thermos flasks (or if you have more brass than sense, one of the station vendors). We have no need for a 'Tea' style thread here!!
