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Originally using a very oil-rich mixture of 8:1, from 1942 models specified a 10:1 mix which remained until 1979, when a 25:1 mix was ordained. Thereafter, a 50:1 mix was tried for the introduction of the models 125 and 170, but these engines with such a lean mix proved unreliable, and British Seagull resorted to the 25:1 ratio. [ 5 ]
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Marsh's successor, Billinton ousted the rebuilding of older engines policy and designed a new 0-6-0 tank engine design, commissioning Brighton works to build these engines to replace the obsolete Stroudley E1 engines. [1] [2] By October 1912, Brighton Works began construction of the first batch of five E2s, with No. 100 delivered in June 1913. [1]
By 1914 the entire Midland network was being operated by six basic engine designs: a Class 1 0-6-0 tank engine for light freight and shunting, Class 1 0-4-4T tank engine for light passenger work, Class 2 4-4-0 engine for general passenger work, Class 3 0-6-0 engines in tank and tender variants for mixed traffic and freight, and Class 4 4-4-0 ...
The cylinder and piston valve design and the setting of the Walschaerts valve gear, allowing a maximum travel of 6 + 3 ⁄ 8 inches (16 cm) in full gear, was believed by O. S. Nock to subsequently lead to the "outstanding success" of the class.
60007 Sir Nigel Gresley is an LNER Class A4 4-6-2 ("Pacific") steam locomotive built at Doncaster Works in 1937 to a design of Sir Nigel Gresley for operation on the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). The locomotive holds the post-war speed record for steam locomotives on British Railways. The locomotive was withdrawn from service in 1966 ...
“It’s not what you feed, it’s the way you feed it,” explains Burton. “Your treat delivery technique can have a powerful impact on the outcome of your training.”
The 2si 460 is a family of in-line twin-cylinder, two-stroke, single ignition, aircraft engines that were designed for ultralight aircraft. [1]The basic engine was originally designed and produced by ILO-Motorenwerke of Germany and was later acquired by the AMW Cuyuna Engine Company of Beaufort, South Carolina and marketed under the Cuyuna brand name.