GC Valenta's - MTU'ING IS COMMENCING
 

Dear all,

THE END IS HERE!

GC's 43068 is currently on a low loader going from Heaton to Brush, Loughborough and is soon to be the first GC Power Car with an MTU engine.

VALENTA'S ARE NEARING THE END!

The end could be a couple of months away so SEE THEM NOW WHILE YOU CAN!

For information on the last workings of these engines join GCrailgen and please post any workings of these class that you see to help us work out the forthcoming diagrams for the fleet.

Visit - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gcrailgen/

Can I show my ignorance and ask what an MTU engine is.

How does an MTU differ from the Paxman Valenta engine ?

I can answer my own question with this piece I've just found.

http://www.railwaypeople.com/rail-ne...hsts-1589.html

basically valentas are louder and clag more and are very popular with enthusiasts...

see here - http://www.youtube.com/user/GNERvide.../1/dbYPblUKMOE

I am a Valenta feind, but I still have to ask why Grand Central did not get their HST's MTU'ed from the start, seems a bit odd that they had to have an initial fleet non standard to the other HST fleets?

I wonder if they'll be "putting the buffers away" during this overhaul.

Sad end to a peice of railway history. Hopefully two engines can be saved for preservation, if a set ever makes it into preservation.