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Why Do Deltics Smoke So Much? [Solved]

The two-stroke engine design carries over a quantity of oil into the exhaust collector drum. This gets hot, leading to a pale blue exhaust trail in many cases. After standing idling for some time, a Deltic can produce a cloud of smoke that many steam locomotives would find hard to match.

Deltic Engine Room Tour at the Deltic Footplate Experience May 2018

D9009 Alycidon roars past Penny’s Crossing at Rossington, south of Doncaster, at a speed approaching 100mph. My calculation …

Napier Deltic

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TOP 10 Homemade MODEL Engines

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