Above: Electro-Motive 710 cutaway show engine,
used by the manufacturer at the Work Boat Show, Railroad Supply
Industry events, and other commercial exhibitions. Photo Courtesy
of EMD
Links to cutaways by manufacturer
follow this discussion.....
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THE USES OF CUTAWAY ENGINES
Engine builders use cutaway engines and sectioned
engines as a commercial advertising and training tool. The building
of cutaways is an art and requires planning, attention to detail,
and a very high level of workmanship. These pages have been prepared
to show cutaway engines and engine components that were produced
by engine builders, training schools, railroads, and other industries.
The engines shown are not just marine, they include examples from
railroad, industrial, and motor transportation applications.
It is very sad to note that only a few of these
superb engines have made it to preservation in museums. Display
engines are often very jealously guarded by the management at
the engine builder until the day they are declared "outdated"
and then are summarily scrapped without any effort being made
to save them. Donation of these machines to transportation museums
is seldom the outcome.
Despite its central role in more than a century
of industrial and transportation technology, there is no museum
in the US devoted primarily to the history and development of
Diesel engines, and there are very few transportation related
museums that feature Diesel engines as independent floor displays.
A link to a list of Diesel engines on open floor display at museums
is included below the cutaways.
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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
One cutaway engine of particular interest to the
society and the webmaster is the Winton 16-cylinder 201A cutaway
engine that was owned by the United States Navy. If any members
or visitors to this site have information on the disposition of
that engine, please let us know through the e-mail address on
the "Contact TES" webpage.
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This area is under construction, links
may occasionally not be working as we develop new pages.
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EMD
CUTAWAYS, CLICK HERE
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DETROIT
DIESEL ENGINES, CLICK HERE
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CATERPILLAR
CUTAWAYS, CLICK HERE
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OTHER
ENGINE BUILDERS, CLICK HERE
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SCALE
MODEL ENGINES, CLICK HERE
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CLICK
HERE FOR A LIST OF DIESEL ENGINES
ACCESSIBLE
FOR PUBLIC VIEWING IN MUSEUMS
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