A correspondent on another list asked this:-
"I once had some involvement with a seagoing tug that had an enormous 5 cylinder Caterpillar diesel. It was a valved two stroke with a compressed air receiver which was used for starting. To go astern the engine was stopped and re started in reverse. I vaguely remember a reversing lever connected into the camshaft drive, but after sixty years I'm no longer certain what it did. Perhaps someone could tell me?"
Regards,
Kim Siddorn.