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| MFSteam wrote: | | Spokesmann wrote: | I approve of the Western very much! The best diesel every built . . . . in the true traditions of the GWR!  |
Because they kept breaking down 
Title of best diesel ever built surely has to go to the Deltic well thats what I would like to say but the class 37 must take the prize. As useful today as it was 40 years ago.? |
Ill just beg to differ there.
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| Spokesmann wrote: | | MFSteam wrote: | | Spokesmann wrote: | | I approve of the Western very much! The best diesel every built . . . . in the true traditions of the GWR! |
Because they kept breaking down
Title of best diesel ever built surely has to go to the Deltic well thats what I would like to say but the class 37 must take the prize. As useful today as it was 40 years ago.? |
Ill just beg to differ there. |
The Westerns were retired nearly 30 years ago, they cant be the best ever made.
I remember reading some where that there serious problems with the matching of the engines to the hydraulic system that meant they struggled to reach their designed top speed.
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Spokesmann
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Southern boys . . . .  
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| Spokesmann wrote: | | Southern boys . . . . |
We like that new fangled lectric up here 
No waiting for a replacement Paxman engine for an HST here.
What engines are they running in the HST these days?
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Spokesmann
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Im not sure Ian, I know General Electric were used in 66s and 67s . . .
They are still very much in the land of living down here.
As for the Westerns - I remember them vividly as a kid, I can just remember the class 42 Warships in 71/72 as an 8 year old.
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The Heljan Western is better detailed than the Lima.
Number is wrong too . . . .
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| MFSteam wrote: | | Spokesmann wrote: | | Southern boys . . . . |
We like that new fangled lectric up here
No waiting for a replacement Paxman engine for an HST here.
What engines are they running in the HST these days? |
'Leccy since the late 20's down here
The HST's now have 'MTU' 16v4000 engines in them, giving them an extra 450hp. |
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