windrush:
gingerfold:
Morning PeteThe “big two” of UK engine making, Leyland and AEC, had variants of all their automotive engines for marine, rail, and stationary applications, AEC probably selling more engines in these sectors than Leyland. There were 4 cylinder versions of their engine ranges until the mid-1960s, then de-rated six cylinder engines were used instead of a four cylinder.
Leyland engines were everywhere at one time Graham! I know we are digressing but until this month I hadn’t realised that approximately 450 AEC Routemasters were fitted with Leyland 600 engines from new instead of AEC’s own engines? I have seen Leyland powered generators around, a make of engine that I never had any dealings with (or AEC for that matter) apart from a Leyland fixed head engine fitted into a Weatherill loading shovel at Tilcons plant in Doveholes quarry which fractured an external oil pipe to the fan (it had a remote fan drive, unlike the truck application engine) and I went up to Leylands at Chorley to get a new pipe.
Pete.
Now that is a bit of interesting gen Pete it just shows how big a hold Leyland had on the whole group. I always thought the Routemaster was an entirely AEC/ London Transport project although am I right in saying that in later years the Scania DS11 engine was used as a transplant engine ? Cheers Dennis.