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

["mastone1" <mastone1@tinyworld.co.uk>]

Eddie Bellass <eddie.bellass@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> ANDREW BREEN wrote in message <8dmqtu$jri$1@osfa.aber.ac.uk>...
> >>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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> Our local (Newton-le-Willows) weekly paper reported today
> that the new Heysham - Belfast Seacat ferry is powered by
> four Ruston Diesel engines (type not specified) costing
> UKP One Million *each*.
>
> Them's dang expensive sea horses!
>
Especially if they are going to spend as much time tied up, because
they cannot cope with the Irish Sea, as most modern ships seem to!
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Mike Stone
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