Steel-capped and Al pistons of the WDM-2 locos. Piston rings can also be seen.

Date: 2003-03-20
Owner: Apurva Bahadur
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Pistons are normally Aluminium. The Block , Rings and Crankshaft are Steel. However they are still Mega & Giant size. That is why 16 of these give an HP output from 3000 to 4000 HP , depending upon the Model.
Posted by Guest on 2003 Nov 09 22:03:02 +0000
These are gigantic! Each one must be at least 50kg.
Posted by Guest on 2003 Apr 27 13:34:19 +0100
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