From: Keelan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 12:47 PM To: Keelan, Dick Subject: Thrown piston...........really thrown Another reason not to live close to RR tracks – Geez . . . Now this is what you called a blown piston, A thrown piston.... This is Canadian National locomotive number 2699. It is a 212 ton machine powered by a 183 liter, 4400 hp V16 4 stroke diesel Shortly before this picture was taken, while working under load, 2699 experienced what is known in the trade as a "catastrophic uncontained engine failure". The train was passing the town of Independence , LA, at the time. The first picture below shows that the engine exploded and one of the 16 cylinder-packs that form the engine was ejected through the engine bay body side and thrown clear of the locomotive. In addition to this the piston from that cylinder was thrown free by the force of the failure. It was ejected so violently that it traveled through the air and crashed through the roof of a nearby home where it imbedded itself in an interior wall. This lends a whole new meaning to a "blown" engine
thats freakin wild....sad thing i have 2 of those pistions in my room...1 brandnew and 1 that dropped a valve out of a big catapillar g-379-ta
