http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=165984&mid=1190655#M1190655

Holly crap! That would wake you up coming threw the roof!

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Geez! That looks expensive.

I wonder whether it is really a V16. I thought most big motors like that were inline, not vee.

Someone's going to have some 'splaining to do. "No sir, I wasn't sleeping or drunk, it didn't given any warning noises at all before it let go."

That explains the Craiglist ad I saw, "Looking for a used locomotive diesel . . ."

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Those big locomotives have been V16s, or V12s since WWII.

Or triangular.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Could be, but I think most of the triangle engines were found in boats.

They were very popular in British locomotives in the 60's.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

The infamous British Rail class 55 Deltic. Eewww.

Seems like there were less than 25 of those class 55s.

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Ive changed those cylinders. Its from a GE 4400 hp. Only 4 bolts hold it on. Piston rings the size of a tamborine!

But they dominated high speed rail in the UK for a pretty long time:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_55

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Yep, only the Brits could come up with an engine like the Napier-Deltic. Pretty daggone amazing.

For grins, I sent the link of the ballistic power assembly to my friend that's a towboat engineer. He was on a line-haul towboat called the Joy Anne Keller from the time she was launched until about two years ago. The Keller was powered by two EMD 710-V16s each making about 4400hp at the time. AEP quickly learned that having the fire turned up that much on those engines created it's own set of problems. Most often, the small end of the con rod would fail and the rod would proceed to saw a slot about 12" wide through the block weldment before he could get the engine shut down.

They backed off the fuel and significantly extended the life of those engines.

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Wouldnt that just ruin your day!!
Big heavy lumps of metal like that take a bit of stopping, they dont say excuse me as they go through a wall.
Hey it had 15 more of them working, whats the big deal?

Just a case of Piston broke or was that p!ssed & broke? Or does that describe the guy that last put the motor together?

I wonder where the rod went?

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1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

Yawn, let me know when a train has enough power to throw a block...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sj2HgGwDOU

Rednecks in Holland, interesting...

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that sucker diddnt throw just a piston, It chucked the whole Damn Power unit (piston, Cylinder etc) eesh, thats not a nice chunk of metal flying around...

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