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IceBoy said:
Hi All,
Getting of the intercity train at Paddington this morning I could'nt help notice the size of the engine on that thing !
So I ponder.....what is the largest most powerful......land based engine.....so forget all the marine stuff ?
How powerful is the intercity engine ?
IceBoy
I asume you mean in a vehicle and fueled with petrol/diesel?Getting of the intercity train at Paddington this morning I could'nt help notice the size of the engine on that thing !
So I ponder.....what is the largest most powerful......land based engine.....so forget all the marine stuff ?
How powerful is the intercity engine ?
IceBoy
In that light, without going to things on rails, I'll start with the Terex Titan engine:
16-cylinder 169.49 l 3,300 bhp locomotive engine
Or it's smaller but more powerfull brother, the Liebherr T 282B:
90 l 3650 hp
engine weight: 10 tonnes
Edited by ZesPak on Monday 7th September 14:15
IceBoy said:
anything on land really, so petrol/diesel/steam/what-ever really ?? LOL
There are some electric trains in switserland pumping out over 9000 hp (used for pulling other trains up slopes)...Their size is, well, that of a really big locomotive
.Edit: don't mind the measly underpowered toy trains above:
http://frontierindia.net/alm/russia-develops-the-w...
I'll bet you could find trains with alledged hp double than that, as I recall some produced up to 30k hp.
Edited by ZesPak on Monday 7th September 14:21
There's always this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unAsUugK9zw
This is a 185.5 litre twin turbo, charge cooled 48v V12 diesel made by The English Electric Company as fitted to the EE class 37 locomotives.
It was rated by EE at over 2,000 HP (in 1960) but British Railways had them down rated to 1,750 HP @ 850 RPM to promote longer service life between overhauls. (around every 10,000 HRS).
These Locomotives are still in regular service on the main line.
slartibartfast said:
At one time the Deltics were the most powerful.
Bring back the Deltics, nothing sounds as good.
The Navy still use them in the Hunt class minesweepers. Much less metal that most similarly powered engines which is a good thing when you're trying to avoid setting off magnetic detectors. Genius design on the thingsBring back the Deltics, nothing sounds as good.
I think British Gas use Spey's to pump gas around, dunno what power thiers make but the naval verison is over 25,000HP
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Tuesday 15th September 11:29
RizzoTheRat said:
slartibartfast said:
At one time the Deltics were the most powerful.
Bring back the Deltics, nothing sounds as good.
The Navy still use them in the Hunt class minesweepers. Much less metal that most similarly powered engines which is a good thing when you're trying to avoid setting off magnetic detectors. Genius design on the thingsBring back the Deltics, nothing sounds as good.
I think British Gas use Spey's to pump gas around, dunno what power thiers make but the naval verison is over 25,000HP
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Tuesday 15th September 11:29
slartibartfast said:
I've seen that before infact i've got a copy of it on my photobucket, on the left hand cylinder the exhaust and inlet are the wrong ways round.
I wondered about that too but assumed the engine was like that so they could gang a couple of the inlets together on the top left crank, and a couple of the exhausts at the bottom. Looks like you're right though, a quick google found this cutaway showing them all the same. Also loks to be an annular inlet not a single port like the exhaust
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Tuesday 15th September 16:13
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