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fatlazyless · 11-05-2021, 07:25 PM

In March 2010 the 220' M.S. Mount Washington had its' two old 1946 diesel engines removed and replaced with two new Caterpillar diesel engines at a price of about $750,000 for the two new engines and transmission.

It was funded by the federal Car Allowance Rebate System, a $3-billion U.S. federal scrappage program created by the Obama Administration, known as the "Cash for Clunkers" program and intended to provide economic incentives to U.S. residents and businesses to purchase more fuel efficient vehicles or in the case of the Mount Washington, two fuel efficient engines.

These new engines have a very different sound and make a constant BUZZZZ-ZZZZ sound while the old engines made a WHOOSH-WHOOSH-WHOOSH sound as it burned up a whole lot of expensive diesel fuel. The old WHOOSH-WHOOSH-WHOOSH was a sound that actually preceded the Mount as it moved around the lake and could be heard before it could be seen with the sound sent out via the exhaust stack atop the ship.

11-05-2021, 07:25 PM	#10
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,527 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 296 Thanked 957 Times in 698 Posts	In March 2010 the 220' M.S. Mount Washington had its' two old 1946 diesel engines removed and replaced with two new Caterpillar diesel engines at a price of about $750,000 for the two new engines and transmission. It was funded by the federal Car Allowance Rebate System, a $3-billion U.S. federal scrappage program created by the Obama Administration, known as the "Cash for Clunkers" program and intended to provide economic incentives to U.S. residents and businesses to purchase more fuel efficient vehicles or in the case of the Mount Washington, two fuel efficient engines. These new engines have a very different sound and make a constant BUZZZZ-ZZZZ sound while the old engines made a WHOOSH-WHOOSH-WHOOSH sound as it burned up a whole lot of expensive diesel fuel. The old WHOOSH-WHOOSH-WHOOSH was a sound that actually preceded the Mount as it moved around the lake and could be heard before it could be seen with the sound sent out via the exhaust stack atop the ship. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake! Last edited by fatlazyless; 11-06-2021 at 06:21 AM.