Although I noticed no harbingers of snowy December when I stopped briefly at the KVK this morning, my eyes were drawn beyond the barge and tug in the foreground. My attention went right past what I believe is Greenland Sea to the vessel in midstream. Could
it possibly be . . . Barents Sea? It’s been ages since I saw it move, and judging by
the carbon coming from the stacks, it may very well have been ages since it last ran? And what might be in the works?
As I followed Barents back toward Mariners Harbor, I noticed another surprise . . . movement up on my favorite bridge.
Routine inspection? Preliminaries to modification?
Who knows answers to any of these . . . I don’t.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp. Click here for a foto of Barents Sea and Atlantic Salvor in earlier lifetimes. Atlantic Salvor appears to be keeping Ken Boothe company.
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December 3, 2011 at 10:36 am
Harold E. Tartell
BARENTS SEA & ATLANTIC SALVOR Both Have Alco (American Locomotive Co.) Diesel Engines. There were many tugs built with Alcos, and there are many around still in service. There were also many locomotives built with Alco Diesel Engines, and They Are Known To “Smoke It UP”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ck6RvjMWg&feature=fvst. Here Is The Reason Why: Even when EMD did introduce turbo on the GP-20 Locomotives and later models they weren’t pure turbos. EMDs are 2 stroke and 2 stroke diesels need help breathing, non turbo EMDs have blowers and in the turbo models the turbos are driven at low RPMs by a series of clutches that let go at a given RPM so that they always have the airflow needed to run. ALCOs had a pure turbo whereby when you open the throttle the injectors dump more fuel into the cylinders and the RPMs increase with the engine burning very rich, until the rpms kick the turbo up to where the boost gives enough air to even out the ratio. This all happens fairly quickly, but until that turbo catches up and the engine is burning rich it will smoke….same reason GEs smoke as well.