squizzler
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This seems to have been an engine with great unrealised potential. Although it was installed and used in prototypes, my understanding is that it had two occasions where it could have become a mainstream engine.
Along with the Sulzer 12LVA24 (I would say more so) is this an engine that never really had its chance to shine? Does anybody have more info or anecdotes to suggest what might have been? What big loco engine do you feel is most overlooked in rail history?
- I understand that Alco offered the RK270 under its own name for a while in the 1980s but nobody ordered it. I think I have seen a scanned article from an engineering journal to announce this but cannot find it to link now.
- Six cylinder RK270Ts were installed in a pair of class 37/9s as prototypes for an abortive class 38. The engine was also considered for the class 60 but lost out to the Mirrlees Blackstone 275. I understand that the MB275 is a heavier engine relative to the RK270.
Along with the Sulzer 12LVA24 (I would say more so) is this an engine that never really had its chance to shine? Does anybody have more info or anecdotes to suggest what might have been? What big loco engine do you feel is most overlooked in rail history?