Vulcan Foundry Diesel Engine Photographs


 Photographs from the Vulcan Foundries years of Diesel Engine Production in some sort of chronological order.
If anyone can help with captions it is as ever appreciated.

  


 

3 x 16CSV Diesel Alternator Sets installed at British Insulated Callendars Cables (BICC) Ltd  Prescot
3 x 16CSV installed at British Insulated Callendars Cables (BICC) Ltd
Prescot, Lancashire.
Thanks go to Garry Edwards for this photograph
English Electric 12CSV trailer mounted generating sets produced for Comision Federal De Electricidad (CFE) Mexico
One of 10 12CSV trailer mounted generating sets produced for Comision Federal De Electricidad (CFE) Mexico and rated at 1356bhp at 720rpm.
Thanks go to Garry Edwards for this photograph
Early 4RK on the then New Test Bed 6SRK at Sydney University 15-2-54
Early 4RK on the New Test Bed
 
6SRK Installed at Sydney University in 1954
Erecting Shop with Diesel Engines 8RK Diesel Engine
View of the Erecting Shop stuffed full of Diesel Engines
 
8RK Date Unknown
6SRKM for the MV Scotscraig Big one.jpg (107687 bytes)
6SRKM 370 BHP @ 550RPM
This engine and another were supplied to the Dundee Harbour Trust and installed as a pair in the MV Scotscraig for geared propulsion.
A Big C Type Engine originally designed at the Rugby works of
Willens, built at the foundry they were assembeld on the test bed,
tested, took apart and then shipped with the last one apparently
going to Madeira.
 Thanks to Louis Culshaw for the info on this one.
16 Cylinder ATC Diesel Engine
16 Cylinder ATC Diesel Engine