There is a great film,I think it was a British Transport Film, about the construction of the Fell Loco.
It shows the gearboxes being built and they look really complicated.
It is only a short film, I have seen it on a couple pf occasions at local railway film nights.
Funnily enough I think the gearbox was its main weakness, though I have read somewhere that it was a very efficient unit.
Someone correct me if I am wrong but I think it had about 4 engines.
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