On the return ferry crossing, Graham and I were permitted

'access all areas' by the very accommodating crew. This included a trip into the engine room of MV Farringford and quite a noisy place it was too. One of the English Electric Crossley six-cylinder engines is seen. They were unusual in that as in the majority of vessels they were not direct-acting but actually drive electrical motors that then acted on the paddles. This is the same way that the vast majority of diesel locomotes operate. One of the generators can seen at the very bottom right-hand corner of the image. Notice the exposed pushrods acting on the valves at the top of the engine block