I used to work around the M/Y Thea Foss and her twin inline six cylinder Atlas engines. Amazing sounds and efficiency. I love the leather engine parts.
That is fantastic. What a lovely old machine. We had these motors in New Zealand in our 75" tugs during WW2. They were the 6 cylinder model. A few still exist.
I was a draftsman for White Motor Co. In 1960. They had acquired Superior Engines Springfield Oh and Atlas Engines Oakland California. I remember their drawings. Our Chief engineer was John Seagram from Oakland California.
My earliest memories include the Atlas on my grandfather's longline boat in SE Alaska. Being held by my dad as I learned how to do the oiling from an early age. There's nothing that brings back old memories like the sound of that old engine chugging away. Thanks for the visit.
Thanks for showing us the startup procedure...I have some photos from the engine room of Elmore (previous owner?), taken while exploring engine rooms of various tugs at the 2000 Seattle Maritime Festival tugboat races; some neat old engines there!
Excellent video. There's a tug for sale up at Orcas Island (the former Palomar, now Restles) that has one of these engines and I was wondering what running one was like.
Lovely lovely sound !! Good for another 100 years 😁👍👍👍 ! Did you do a blow down of the cylinders before filming ? Thank you for sharing your beautiful piece of history !!
There is a trough at the bottom of the engine it collects in that you can just wipe it out of. It really doesn't amount to much as typically it gets wiped up before it makes it there.
Yeah, they’re old valves and there’s 250 psi in the system at full pressure, I don’t try to make them seal perfectly as it just ends up ruining the shaft seals faster. The leaks are noisy because of the pressure, but it’s not losing much, and goes away once the engine starts and I shut the valve.
