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modelman1960 · 01-14-2011, 07:11 AM

That's pretty interesting, considering an average 16 cylinder engine used in Diesel Locomotives only spin about 1500 RPM's max. Although there's a lot of reciprocating mass there.Wonder how far the house was from the unit that blew?

01-14-2011, 07:11 AM	#6
modelman1960 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central N.Y. Posts: 229 Likes: 2 Liked 55 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Pitched a rod [and a piston!] That's pretty interesting, considering an average 16 cylinder engine used in Diesel Locomotives only spin about 1500 RPM's max. Although there's a lot of reciprocating mass there.Wonder how far the house was from the unit that blew?