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Slow Speed Diesel Engines => Other Slow Speed Diesels => Topic started by: mikenash on January 13, 2019, 06:13:32 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmmutEViK7Y
There's a Polar engine a lot like this in an old generating plant in town here, but it just has all the exhausts into a single stack & doesn't sound as good IMHO
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That's one heck of an inline 6! 300 rpm is twice as nice as 600.
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What a beautiful sound, like a Rolls Royce Merlin in slow motion.
Bob
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Wow. This inspired me to upload some videos to youtube. The Roots of Motive Power steam museum here in Willits
Estep 6 cyl diesel
https://rootsofmotivepower.com/donkey/donkey-washington-iron-works-estep-diesel-yarder/
it's job, was to replace steam donkeys and haul felled trees into the railway yard for loading onto cars for transport to the sawmill.
I did not get a video of it starting, it's an air start, and they had a couple tries before they got it going. Took half an hour to recharge the air tank for each attempt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmoLKbiUnHw
also on my youtube, are a couple other machines, steam roller, a geared mining locomotive
https://rootsofmotivepower.com/locomotive/locomotive-heisler-steam-bluestone-mining-and-smelting/
which has it's 2 steam cylinders axial mounted at a 45 degree incline on either side, like a Vee 2 engine. They drive a longitudinal shaft which geared to the big driver tires. Steam now has real torque !
It's unbelievable fun being here the days they fire it all up and show off the gear.