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

[Patrick Dunford <no.sp@m.please>]

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<<<Thu, 20 Apr 2000 16:26:37 +1000 misc.transport.rail.australia-nz Greg
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>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.
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>> 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?
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>> 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.

Napier became a subsidiary of English Electric as far back as WW2. The 
diesel
division of GEC-EE was reformed into Ruston Paxman some time in the 70s,
certainly within the lifetime of the class 55s. From memory Paxmans took 
over
the Deltic design.

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