The Strangest British Engine Ever
Click to reserve a copy of our book: → mettlehistory.co.uk ← Remembering the Britain that made things. ——— At its peak, this engine drove Royal Navy torpedo boats across the English Channel, hauled the Flying Scotsman from King’s Cross to Edinburgh, and swept mines from coastal waters for nearly forty years. Three banks of cylinders arranged in a triangle. Eighteen cylinders, thirty-six pistons, three crankshafts, and no cylinder heads at all. But by 1982, every single one of these engines had been withdrawn from service and most of the locomotives carrying them were cut up for scrap within months So why did Britain abandon its most brilliant diesel engine? This is the story of the Napier Deltic Engine. And it starts with the pinnacle of British engineering. ——— Watch the full series: • The Silent Factories: How Britain's Greate...
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