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Originally Posted by pre65
Interesting !
Looking at the detailed history of each loco it seems engines were swapped over on a regular basis,twice or three time a year !
Was that usual with the more conventional diesel engined locos ?
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Hi Philip,
The Deltic engine was a highly strung beast which on a regular basis used to throw "a leg out of bed" ie a piston through the crankcase, this with other design issues made it easier to repair out of the loco,so when there was a problem the defective unit was lifted out and a spare dropped in, all in an eight hour shift if I remember correctly. So hence the reason for a few engine changes each year, I'am not aware of this being carried out on any other class though.
Cheers John