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Old 12-16-2016, 10:49 AM   #9 (permalink)
solarguy
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An interesting idea that crops up every so often. The brits had this fantastic sounding 3 cylinder, 6 piston, 2 stroke diesel engine locomotive, with a bunch of turbos. It sounds fantastic.

Pollution was problematic, so they went away.

Here's a model that illustrates how it works:




Here's a video that really captures the sound of the Napier Deltic engine:



Sometimes known as the whistler engine.
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