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check out the exhaust note on this beauty

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mikenash:
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

BruceM:
That's one heck of an inline 6!  300 rpm is twice as nice as 600.

ajaffa1:
What a beautiful sound, like a Rolls Royce Merlin in slow motion.

Bob

mike90045:
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.

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