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

[azb@aber.ac.uk (ANDREW BREEN)]

In article <MPG.1369aba4aa6a9020989854@news5.newsfeeds.com>,
Patrick Dunford  <no.sp@m.please> wrote:
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><<<Thu, 20 Apr 2000 20:56:41 +1000 uk.railway chris@enet21.com.au>>>
>>yeah,  why would anybody buy a new Deltic engine? the Germans, Yanks, and
>>Japs killed off the British diesel industry, gone like British Leyland.
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>The British diesel industry is still building engines for Incat's fast 
>ferries
>- - a number of these are powered by the Ruston RK270 engine.

And the Paxman high-speed engines are selling very well. Ask the US Navy
what they use for diesel power..

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