World-wide interest In new diesel
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ie Rolls-Royce company is, as Ne come to expect, making anher contribution to Britain's export ive with its diesel engines for the !eking industry. Ten engines have en ordered by the S1SU company Finland for installation in their hides, and other engines are on der destined for South Africa, astralia and Canada. These counes alone represent a wide climatic ectrum and point up the basic undness of the engines for operam in all kinds of tough conditions.
Off to a good start
mixed freight haulage company in stern Canada, who have been lng the new diesel engine made by e Oil Engine Division of Rollsoyce at Shrewsbury, report the igines as logging individually 15,000 iles a month. They've already tailed over half-a-million trouble miles. Winter temperatures have :en as low as minus 30°F yet at no ne have the engines failed to start a touch of the button.
• Just right for Mrs. Castle
ne of the aspects of the Eagle Diesel igine which will please Transport linister Barbara Castle is that the serve power of the engine—well ithin the discussed proposal of h.p./ton—makes it unlikely that 31.1 will ever see an `Eagle' powered uck labouring slowly up a gentle cline, pouring out black smoke!
.Overheard
uote from the proud driver of a olls-Royce powered 30 ton truck, verheard in a transport cafe at Forpeth: "She's the best I've ever -iven !"