I've been meaning to start this thread for a while, my work has me on all sorts ships & I always like to try & get a few pics of the big iron. In one port I talked my way into the engine room on a 800ft coal bulker, its one thing to see pics of that kind of machinery, another to stand on top of a 60' tall 6 cylinder engine with injectors as tall as I am!! Lots of medium speed 900rpm european power plants. The ratings are only as good as my memory... I'll post more as I collect, anyone else have some to share?!
8 cylinder Wartsila. You can just make out the funniest Russian chief I've ever met.
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2x 9 cylinder Deutz 1800kw to a single shaft, only 1 running in this shot.
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brand new 9 cyl wartsila's. 2500kw IIRC
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This guy has the 18 cyl version, something around 8000hp total.
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4X 16cyl 2000KW Alco propulsion generators in a 60's vintage ice breaking research ship. average hr's around 100,000 on each!! (inframe rebuild every 10,000hrs)
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