JHOLLAND1
Titanium
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2005
- Location
- western washington state
the Irish Traction Group is a volunteer organization preserving irish rail
so the group acquired a Metropolitan Vickers locomotive built in 1950's
and originally equiped with Crossley ESTVee8 two cycle diesel
this series engine ranks among the great engineering/design disasters
reed valves were used --with 100 percent failure incidence
all Crossleys were replaced with EMD 8-645
so , Irish Traction Group (ITG) obtained the locomotive in video clip in 1992--and actually started the EMD for first time in 2016
and when this engine ran, it was obviously defective
---two vids
insertion and run of faulty EMD after chassis rebuild
226's first startup - 9th July 216 - YouTube
head repair 3 months later
226 startup - 9th October 216 - YouTube
so the group acquired a Metropolitan Vickers locomotive built in 1950's
and originally equiped with Crossley ESTVee8 two cycle diesel
this series engine ranks among the great engineering/design disasters
reed valves were used --with 100 percent failure incidence
all Crossleys were replaced with EMD 8-645
so , Irish Traction Group (ITG) obtained the locomotive in video clip in 1992--and actually started the EMD for first time in 2016
and when this engine ran, it was obviously defective
---two vids
insertion and run of faulty EMD after chassis rebuild
226's first startup - 9th July 216 - YouTube
head repair 3 months later
226 startup - 9th October 216 - YouTube
