On 21 Apr, 09:58, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:33:41 +0100

Graeme Wall wrote:
Pedantically they have motors, not engines. *The latter being those
nasty infernal combustion thingies. *Motors run on nice clean electrickery.

Tell that to Arthur Daley!

B2003

To be even more pedantic, an engine generates power, while a motor
consumes power.

so a diesel engine generates power which goes to the traction motor.

But it doesn't have to be an electric motor. You can have hydraulic
motors to drive wheels.

And I've got a CO2 motor in a model plane somewhere as well as model
diesel engines.

What's the difference ? The CO2 motor is powered by a cylinder of
compressed gas and consumes external energy, while the diesel engines
are internal combustion.

While we're OT let's have a test of other interests. The diesel
engines include two Oliver Tigers. Does that mean anything to anyone
in this NG? No remarks about sad gits going in circles, please.