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

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

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<<<Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:21:59 +1200 misc.transport.rail.australia-nz chris
'fufas' grace>>>
>Patrick Dunford wrote:
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>> <<<Wed, 26 Apr 2000 14:20:43 +0930 misc.transport.rail.australia-nz < Tell
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>> >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.
>> 
>> I dispute this was not the case with the EE engines, the K series and RK
>> that
>> followed it were indeed built for railway applications. They happened to
>> have
>> found marine application as well, which is not particularly unusual in that
>> class of engine.
>> 
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>The 'K' was a general purpose engine. The 'R' in 'RK' meant 'Railway'

No it doesn't. official EE literature states that the R means Redesigned.

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