This is rumoured to have been the largest diesel engine available in 1963:
M.A.N, 12 Cyl., 21600 Hp. seen on the test bench.
Any better?
M.A.N, 12 Cyl., 21600 Hp. seen on the test bench.
Any better?
What is wrong with the good ol’ screwdriver?::
Not reading but viewing and listening pleasure for old ex Engineers:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/3419370974795334
Sorry, no info on the ship, engine, or anything else.
More for watching:
John Richardson, who wrote ‘In the Treacle Mine’ is reputed to have taken a Normandy Ferries ship to refit with his E type Jaguar on board and returned with a steam roller instead.
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i think i have that book on a ‘‘wish list’’ till it gets more affordable.
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This one for active Engineers.
Now, if someone asks you how big is your ship’s engine you can show them this:
OK maybe not every engineer could get way with it.
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yea, that’d shut things down even if the inquiry came from a aircraft carrier !
oh yea, it’s a lot funnier seeing it in a photo now though, hahahaha
Steam engine put to good use:
For your listening pleasure:
Kåre Edmund Sivertsen
What type of engine?
i could view the steam bike but nothing of the ship … no facebook acct.
Sorry, maybe this link:
ya, that worked, that engine room is too clean !!!
This may be more to your liking?:
Still too clean??
Somebody here may have the ability to do an AI job on this one.
Placeing some Engineerrs around, with dirty coveralls and grease up to their albows before smoko, would probably make it more realistic.
Since everybody can’t be a Marine Engineer, somebody has to be satified with being a Deck Officer:
The hardship of it all!!!
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oh gawd, all was great till the deckys showed up !!!,
that one tanker almost looked like a C5 but there was a lot of ‘‘buildings’’ aft.
i recognized one or two ports, idk about ai bs but some of the crew looked pretty clean.
