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

[Ralph Barrett <rbarrat@fladda.frzzszrvz.co.uk>]

In article <MPG.13696ea3ab99853e989852@news5.newsfeeds.com>, Patrick
Dunford <no.sp@m.please> writes
>
>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.

Indeed, Paxmans at Colchester still perform repairs on Deltic engines,
including the three DPS power units that are currently at Colchester.

My neighbour entered into some correspondence with Paxmans a couple of
years ago about Deltic engines. Paxmans said that they were still
prepared to build brand new Deltic engines to order, if the customer
could afford to pay the bill !

Ralph

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