On 10-18-97 TOM WALKER wrote to KEN FREEMAN... 
 
 TW>   They had a lot of ALCO's on Tug Boats. 
 Still do. Also, the Coast Guard still has their boats equipped with them.  
 
 
  
  The engine that fascinates me 
 TW> was the Cooper-Bessemer with the "Throwover Cam" where you stopped the 
 TW> engine and then started is in the Reverse direction to back down. 
Making for some very interesting close in maneuvering where you need to 
reverse 
an engine, then forward, then reverse. Guess that's what all those old tires  
are for. :-) 
I realize this is all completely off topic but, the one thing I've often  
wondered about is, were the engines on the PT boats gas or diesel? I know 
they 
used three Packards, but what fuel? My guess is gas  but, ya never know.  
 
As for the Cooper-Bessemers, my guess is that was the forerunner to the FDL's 
that GE uses even today. And with the EMD engines being direct descendents of 
the WWII Wintons, they all have a really long and dated history, don't they?  
                                     K 
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