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

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

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<<<Thu, 20 Apr 2000 22:53:45 +0100 uk.railway Eddie Bellass>>>
>
>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!

Rustons only make the RK270 and RK215 now, so probably the RK270

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