Re: Alstom (Paxman/Ruston/Mirrlees) Diesel Rationalisation

[Greg Rudd <grudd@mail.usyd.edu.au>]

Patrick Dunford wrote:

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> Referring to the range of engines listed at
> http://www.engines.ind.alstom.com/, it appears the MB275 series of BR class
> 37/9 and 60 fame has been dropped from the range. As the Ruston RK270 is
> almost the same size it would make sense to avoid the duplication.
>
> When did Hawker / Brush decide to sell MB to GEC-Alstom ?
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> When was the old RKC engine dropped from the Ruston diesel range?
>
> And I assume that the Deltic engines came under Paxmans, when were they
> dropped?
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The Deltic engines were built by napier.

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