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[Debs.]

.....the EMD V20-710: 5,000 Bhp (3.7 MW.), displacing 11.63 litres (710 cu/in) in each of it`s 20 cylinders.

Used for power generation and in railway locomotives

Here`s one air-starting and running at load; what a  great sounding engine!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFVJ9Lhhm0I[/media]

[Amigo]

That'd pull up windy hill with a full load!

[Martin_1962]

A mere toy compared to the latest version of the old English Electric lump

Now labeled MAN 28/33D basically a Ruston RK280

12,000 bhp from a V20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bc5XOZFZp4

And regardless of where it is now made a British design

[eddie]

If its got 20 cylinders and its a 4 stroke does that mean 5 cylinders going Bang at any one time? [smiley=shocked.gif]

eddie

[I am a Daisy]

For BIG, check out Wartsila-Sulzers ship engines. My favourite big engines include RR Merlin, the Napier Deltic engine, any Scania V8 and the Detroit Diesels, which I think sound fantastic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVG2YVqCydg

But lets not forget the tiddlers too, lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mutb7KgA9NM

[Lizzie_Zoom]

.....the EMD V20-710: 5,000 Bhp (3.7 MW.), displacing 11.63 litres (710 cu/in) in each of it`s 20 cylinders.

Used for power generation and in railway locomotives

Here`s one air-starting and running at load; what a  great sounding engine!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFVJ9Lhhm0I[/media]

Very impressive Debs!!

Lovely! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

[Dishevelled Den]

.....the EMD V20-710: 5,000 Bhp (3.7 MW.), displacing 11.63 litres (710 cu/in) in each of it`s 20 cylinders.

Used for power generation and in railway locomotives

Here`s one air-starting and running at load; what a  great sounding engine!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFVJ9Lhhm0I

Nice looking piece of engineering with a compelling sound - no doubt. 8-)

[Dishevelled Den]

A mere toy compared to the latest version of the old English Electric lump

Now labeled MAN 28/33D basically a Ruston RK280

12,000 bhp from a V20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bc5XOZFZp4

And regardless of where it is now made a British design

That's quite a mechanical symphony there Martin.

[Dishevelled Den]

But lets not forget the tiddlers too, lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mutb7KgA9NM

I thought that very impressive indeed. 8-)

[Mysteryman]

I watched the worlds biggest diesel engine on tv last week. It is a South Korean job and is fitted to the worlds largest container ship. A massive piece of kit weighing 400 tons or thereabouts.

[Debs.]

If its got 20 cylinders and its a 4 stroke does that mean 5 cylinders going Bang at any one time? [smiley=shocked.gif]

eddie

Hi Eddie,
The EMD V20`s are 2 stroke diesels (like the 'Detroit`s').

[Marks DTM Calib]

A mere toy compared to the latest version of the old English Electric lump

Now labeled MAN 28/33D basically a Ruston RK280

12,000 bhp from a V20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bc5XOZFZp4

And regardless of where it is now made a British design

You will struggle to find anything in common between the latest offerings and the EE's (thankfuly)

[Martin_1962]

A mere toy compared to the latest version of the old English Electric lump

Now labeled MAN 28/33D basically a Ruston RK280

12,000 bhp from a V20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bc5XOZFZp4

And regardless of where it is now made a British design

That's quite a mechanical symphony there Martin.

Started as the English Electric 6K shunter engine 10" bore 12" stroke, over the years grew more cylinders, turbo chargers, charge cooling, 4 valves up to mid 80s then they started boring and stroking now 280mm bore I think.

First was S6 300bhp
V16 1600bhp as 2 valve turbocharged
2000 as 4 valve
2700 as charge cooled
3250 as used more modern materials
3300 V12  with more tuning
S8 at over 3000 with the first overbore (RK270)
Next 280mm bore looking at over 9000 from a V16

Unfortunately the RK280 is no longer made here and has adopted a different name

The basic engine has been in about 2500 locos in the UK alone. Plus many in Portugal ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwbphotos/5273483905/ ), Australasia, South America, many in Africa, a few in Holland ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/peteredin/4225589124/ http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=194273 ) and France ( http://www.therailwaycentre.com/NewSite%20POD%202010/POD29-03-10.jpg  http://www.flickr.com/photos/adogriff/5242125612/ )

[Martin_1962]

A mere toy compared to the latest version of the old English Electric lump

Now labeled MAN 28/33D basically a Ruston RK280

12,000 bhp from a V20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bc5XOZFZp4

And regardless of where it is now made a British design

You will struggle to find anything in common between the latest offerings and the EE's (thankfuly)

Same family, just advance upon advance.

And nothing wrong with the old EE lumps, very reliable quite a few 50 year old ones still running

[hoofing it]

Starts better than this English electric carp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv_cGG56QA4