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

["< Tell >" <telljb@netozemail.com.au>]

Greg Rudd <grudd@mail.usyd.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> Exactly. However, if you were after a 4 stroke you would have to give
> serious consideration to the Alco 251 or a GE FDL prime mover over a
> EE/Ruston.  Simpler, more reliable and more fuel efficient as the Alco and
> the GE are specially designed for railway use.  Just ask the Spanish and the
> Greek railways who were big Alco users.


Yes indeed, I go along with that, four strokes now
reign supreme, even the great EMD is building them.  

It is ironic that the Brits pioneered so much in
industry, rail, power generation, aviation and
computers, but in most cases they always seemed to do
it the hard way and eventually lost out.

----Tell
Alice Springs NT.