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Europe's first biodiesel train

Europe's first biodiesel train was launched by Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson and the UK's prime minister-elect Gordon Brown at London's Euston station on Thursday, according to a story on ICIS News.

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I know very little about diesel locomotive engines, but it seems to me that larger engines are more tolerant of biodiesel than smaller ones. Can anyone help me out, am I right?

Comments (1)

David:

Yes, Suzy is about right and no, large and small engines thrive equally on biodiesel. Perjoritive terms like 'tolerate' are out of place, if perfectly understandable given the amount of misinformation out there :-)

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