Tynwald next month is to be asked to say 'yes' to spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on a diesel engine for Manx railways.
But the money now being asked for is half the original figure. That's because a second hand unit from Romania is being earmarked, as opposed to a new diesel.
There are other diesels available.
However, Ian Longworth, Director of Public Transport, says they wouldn't be up to the job.
(Audio clip of Mr Longworth and department chief executive Nick Black)
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