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Re: 5910

Ben Armstrong wrote:

> Adrian Whichello wrote:
>
> > When I was driving alongside the train (me chasing a diesel hauled
> > train -
> > c'mon!) just after it left Medlow Bath, the 45 was putting out regular
> > puffs of
> > brown smoke in amongst the usual flatulent diesel exhaust. What was
> > causing
> > this?
> >
>
> One theory for the cause of
> this problem was that there was a dud injector on the engine; however
> all injectors were changed and the problem still exists. The current
> theory is that one of the turbos has had it- which makes more sense in
> that the problem only occurs in the higher notches under load and the
> unit is not developing full boost pressure.

The answer is simple.  It is an ALCO  <g>

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David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
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