sloth's been looking at big engines...

[Sloth]

Well seeing as i had no plans today, I decided to take my nephew and the parents to the National Railway Museum in york. For those who have'nt been there, I suggest you go, its mint! anyway some pics...
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/DSC00002.jpg
thats a intercity 225 diesel/electric engine
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/DSC00007.jpg
front of the chinese loco (largest steam train in the uk)
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/DSC00008.jpg
shinkansen bullet train says hello to the eurostar
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/DSC00011.jpg
mallard looking beautiful as ever. shes 71, and the fastest steam train in the world! 126 mph!
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/STA71551.jpg
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/STA71552.jpg
napier deltic diesel engine, its a opposed piston 2 stroke and is supercharged aswell, the charger is in the 1st pic, on the left.
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/STA71553.jpg
the flying scotsman, undergoing resto atm. this is the chassis. xe anyone?
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/STA71543.jpg
this is the turntable in the engine shed. its massive, and was being used while we were there
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/STA71544.jpg
same train as the last pic as it floated past. 100 tonnes....
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/STA71555.jpg
this is mint, a cutaway engine, it all moves too!
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/STA71556.jpg
found this funny dunno why...
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/STA71557-1.jpg
drivers eye view.
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/STA71564.jpg

[Sloth]

the grand-daddy...
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/STA71565.jpg
old skool bling...
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/STA71567.jpg
i sooo wanted to turn this lot!
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/STA71568.jpg
drivers eye view from mallard. imagine this at 120 mph...
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/STA71569-1.jpg
new con rod fer ya xe?
http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/STA71573-1.jpg
shiny stuff, from 1895..



well i hope ya like em, i'll have some more next week hopefully, with a better camera too....

Sloth:thumb:

[matt_vaughan]

http://i405.photobucket.com/albums/pp138/sloth_mk1_cav/DSC00002.jpg


Imagine the chassis leg mods lol

[Sloth]

i know! its about 12 foot long, and they have 2 of em. nuts. its blurry btw, cos my dads cameras pants.....

[Plug]

looks like a fun filled day for you :thumb:

Now get a Job you bum lol :)

[Jack]

Napier deltic engines FTW!

My dad builds those, has all the old manuals etc. Puts Haynes well to shame

[edit] Sloth, they're turbocharged, not supercharged

[Sloth]

ah i see, cheers rj, it looked s/c cos its cast into the front of the engine. i'll get some better ones next week. i reckon i can borrow one too.... lmao jim im treating my time as a retreat.

[L14MNP]

**** bends in that copper lol

[Sloth]

i had 2 thoughts.

1. can i fit one on my drive?
and
2. wonder what i'd get fer scrap?

lol

[Jack]

Seriously, if you're interested in working on large scale derv engines, go down your local preserved railway. They're ALWAYS looking for volunteers, anyone with an inch of mechanical knowledge is more than appreciated.

[Sloth]

mate id love to but ours is 1 hr away at pickering. and being sans license atm is a bugger. i will do it when i've got project grandad done. i love dig stuff immensely!

[Matt]

I've been there and it is quite cool to be fair!

[brainsnova]

8mm to 15mmm solder fitting required to neaten up the copper lol

[Sloth]

i did look for the baxi combi boiler engine conversion! (plumbers joke)

[L14MNP]

John Guest FTW. Weigh all the 22 in lol

[Emmy]

Nice photo's you got there Rob, cant beat the Flying Scotman though :thumb:

[Sloth]

haha yeah hun, shes gonna be beautiful. makes a nova rebuild look like lego...

[Emmy]

haha yeah hun, shes gonna be beautiful. makes a nova rebuild look like lego...

Yeah she is one beautiful lady ;) lol

[Sloth]

bit like someone else...... ;)

[General Baxter]

Seriously, if you're interested in working on large scale derv engines, go down your local preserved railway. They're ALWAYS looking for volunteers, anyone with an inch of mechanical knowledge is more than appreciated.

how does a 90ltr, v20 quad turbo diesel engine sound :thumb:

[Emmy]

bit like someone else...... ;)

;) Hmm wonder who you are reffering too lol

[Dar]

I had a valve out of a diesel loco engine, it was about 18" or so long.

[L14MNP]

^ Awesome. Gotta love huge internals lol

Maybe I'm talking out of my ar$e here but was it on this forum where someone was going to run a turbo from a diesel loco??

[Sloth]

i was gonna run a volvo truck turbo on a 2.0 8v....
and theres a bmw e30 2.5 witha train holsett ts2 turbo....

[Sloth]

;) Hmm wonder who you are reffering too lol

well........:D ;)

[L14MNP]

Nah ^ Someone specifically mentioned the diesel loco turbos the other day, they're 150 notes or something and hold some silly boost. You can't buy them reconditioned as they're so cheap to start with.

Wonder if it was my mate with the Rev 2 lol

[Emmy]

well........:D ;)

:D ;) Slothy thinks Im beautiful eh, such a natural one I am :p lol

[Jack]

Room. Get one.

[Sloth]

lmao!

[Emmy]

lol

[Jakey Boy]

Big engines in cars eh?
Some may like this then... Merlin power!! :D:D:D

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h239/ws666jsn/Wiscombe%20Park%2010-05-08/Image0041.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h239/ws666jsn/Wiscombe%20Park%2010-05-08/Image0031.jpg

....as in spitfire

[Sloth]

isnt matey. totally wrong... the spit motor is 7 foot long and supercharged. there are 2 cars with it. john dodds "the beast" and charlie from ppc's rover sd1. thats an era with a napier aero engine/\

[Jakey Boy]

I stand corrected, I few people I met there told me it was a merlin?
That engine definitely aint 7 foot long though.

didn't think all the spits were supercharged, surely only later models were charged to match the b109's for top speed and higher altitude running no?

[Sloth]

nope all merlins are s/c, the meteor as put in sherman tanks isnt. hey get in chat dude at the top /\ in the middle

[Jack]

people have been putting merlin engines into cars for years, as to how long they last or how well they work, well thats debatable.

Didn't someone post a link a while back to an American guy who'd put a Merlin engine from a P51 into a car and paint it all up like the Mustang?


surely only later models were charged to match the b109's for top speed and higher altitude running no?
Performance wasn't an issue, it was the fact that BF-109s were fuel injected so could do sharp negative-G dives, which the early merlin engined aircraft couldn't (being carburettor engines, negative G forces fuel out the carb). Hence why Spitfire pilots roll their aircraft and do an inverted dive

[Dod]

Sloth you SUCK at picture taking.

Did anyone see the program on BBC2 before Christmas where a group of lads decided to build a fully functional replica of a Train that had been decomissioned years before. It was built from scratch and took something in the region of 20+ years to build?

[dj_wudgey]

ive been loads off times me but i got brought up round trains my dad used to repair them at the plant down here!!

[Spudly]

Sloth you SUCK at picture taking.

Did anyone see the program on BBC2 before Christmas where a group of lads decided to build a fully functional replica of a Train that had been decomissioned years before. It was built from scratch and took something in the region of 20+ years to build?



My dad was watchin that iirc it gets named this week and had its first run out the other day!

[L14MNP]

Because I was inverted

You were in a 4G inverted dive with a MIG 28? :cool:

[GDN16v]

You were in a 4G inverted dive with a MIG 28? :cool:

Top Gun:confused:

[Jack]

You were in a 4G inverted dive with a MIG 28? :cool:
Yes ma'am

[Spudly]

*cough*bullschit*

[L14MNP]

lol

Keeping up international relationships!

[Spudly]

Exscuse me?

[Jack]

Giving him the bird. You know, the finger?

[Spudly]

Yes goose i know the finger;)

[L14MNP]

Oh dear lol

Eject! Eject! Watch the canopy! lol

[GDN16v]

One dead Goose!!:cry::cry::cry:

[Spudly]

No ma'am its true i got a really great polaroid lol

[Jack]

Your ego's writing cheques your body can't cash!

[Spudly]

And youre gonna end up flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog schit outta hong kong!