magoonigal wrote:A quick "google" lists a Foden Diesel on the Centre shaft and Davey Paxman's on the Outer giving a speed of 18 knots.
teesships wrote:Is my memory correct that back in the late 1950s, early 1960s, all of those early diesel trains were called Deltics (Deltecs) - so this presumably where that came from (if I'm correct?)
Ron M
magoonigal wrote:Was quite surprised to find they had a Foden engine on the centre. Sounds like an air of despiration on the part of RN to get them to sea.
Thanks for all the extra information.
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