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The Mack Super Pumper was a locomotive engined fire fighter (2018)

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168 points mstngl | 1 comments | 03 Nov 25 20:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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giobox ◴[03 Nov 25 21:23 UTC] No.45804622[source]▶
That "deltic" engine just for the water pumping is incredible, I'd never seen that cylinder layout before.

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_Deltic

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1. enopod_ ◴[04 Nov 25 11:12 UTC] No.45809664[source]▶
Two of the three crankshafts rotate in the same direction, whereas the third one moves the other way around!