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To: wastoute

There’s been a massive engine swap-out on Great Lakes steamers.
The Obango ban on N6 fuel meant cutting a hole in the side and lifting out the steam engine, replacing it with a marine piston engine or engines..


27 posted on 04/19/2020 1:53:27 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Since I was a machinist in the 70s i have been interested in different engines, especially radial engines, the B-29 WASP engines. But those giant Diesel engines that are the size of an apartment building are incredible.


28 posted on 04/19/2020 1:55:20 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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