Notable
Steam Locomotive Modernization Projects of the
Last 30 Years
|
| Year |
Location |
Locomotive Type |
No. of Loco.s |
Work performed by |
Summary of work |
| 1969 |
Britain |
National Coal Board Hunslet 0-6-0ST's |
50 ? |
L. D. Porta |
Underfeed stoker,
Gas Producer Combustion System (GPCS), Lempor
exhaust |
| 1969 |
Argentina |
Belgrano
Railway
4-8-2 No. 1802 |
1 |
L. D. Porta |
Improved water treatment, exhaust, and valve
events |
| 1979 |
South Africa |
Class
19D
4-8-2
No. 2644 |
1 |
David Wardale |
GPCS, double Lempor
exhaust, detail improvements |
1979-
1985 |
Zimbabwe |
NRZ Class 14, Class 15, Class
16, & Class 20 Beyer-Garratts |
~90 |
RESCCO |
Roller bearings on
all axles, increased coal & water capacity,
mechanical lubrication, improved exhaust on some
engines |
| 1981 |
South Africa |
Class
25NC
4-8-4
(changed to Class 26)
No. 3450 |
1 |
David Wardale |
GPCS, double Lempor
exhaust, increased superheat, improved valves,
feedwater heater, detail improvements |
| 1982 |
South Africa |
Class 25NC
4-8-4
No.3454 |
1 |
Dr. P.
Le Seur |
improved exhaust
(double transverse arrangement)
|
| 1983 |
Wales |
Mountaineer
2-6-2T |
1 |
Boughey, Gibbard, Girdlestone,
Walker |
Piston valve cylinders, superheat, etc. |
| 1985? |
Southern Pacific Railway,
United States |
Daylight 4-8-4
No. 4449 |
1 |
|
Improved boiler insulation, firebox
circulator tubes |
| 1985? |
Wales |
Linda
2-4-0ST+T |
1 |
Phil Girdlestone |
GPCS, Lempor exhaust,
superheat, improved valves |
| 1985 |
Sudan |
Class 310
2-8-2 |
10 |
Hugh Phillips Eng.
Lmtd. Phil Girdlestone
|
Lempor exhaust,
detail improvements |
| 1986 |
Poland |
Ty 2 2-10-0 |
1 (?) |
INTERLOK |
GPCS, stoker,
improved exhaust. More information on this
project is available at: http://www.interlok.info/Experimentef.htm
(in French & German). |
1986-
1990 |
Snowdon
Mountain Railway, Wales |
0-4-2RT No. 7 |
1 |
Nigel Day |
Kylpor exhaust, lubrication modifications |
| 1987 |
China |
QJ 2-10-2’s |
2 |
David Wardale |
GPCS (one cyclonic) |
| 1987 (?) |
China |
QJ
2-10-2
#291 |
1 |
China Rail (?) |
Combustion air pre-heating
system |
| 1990? |
Paraguay |
Ferrocaril Presidente
Carlos Antonio Lopez
4-6-0
No. 286 |
1 |
L. D. Porta |
GPCS (wood burning),
Lempor exhaust, detail improvements |
| 1991 |
South Africa |
NGG16
2-6-2+2-6-2 |
2 |
Phil Girdlestone |
GPCS, Lempor exhaust,
improved valves, mechanical lubricators |
| 1991 |
Vale of Rheidol Railway, Wales |
2-6-2T No. 8 |
1 |
Shaun McMahon, Nigel Day |
Kylchap mixing cowl added to existing exhaust |
| 1991 |
Brazil |
Teresa
Christina Railway 2-8-2's, 2-10-2's |
3 ? |
L. D. Porta, Phil
Girdlestone |
GPCS, Lempor exhaust
|
| 1991 |
Snowdon
Mountain Railway, Wales |
0-4-2RT No. 4 |
1 |
Nigel Day |
Kylpor exhaust (photo shows locomotive in
current condition with Lempor exhaust) |
| 1992 |
Snowdon
Mountain Railway, Wales |
0-4-2RT No.'s 2, 5, & 6 |
3 |
Nigel Day |
Lempor exhausts |
1992,
1996 |
Switzerland, Austria |
0-4-2RT |
8 |
SLM |
(New construction)
Lempor exhaust, improved valves, improved
insulation, all sealed roller bearings, light-oil
firing |
1993-
1995 |
Britain
Welshpool &
Llanfair
Light Railway |
"The Countess" (No.
2), "Sir Drefaldwyn", (No. 14) |
3 |
Day & McMahon
Steam Technical Services |
Lempor exhaust |
| 1995 |
Britain |
0-4-0ST "Pecket Annie" |
1 |
Nigel Day |
Lempor exhaust |
| 1997 |
Grand
Canyon Railway,
Arizona, USA |
2-8-2
No. 4960 |
1 |
Robert Franzen |
Welded staybolts, improved exhaust, firebox
circulators, oil firing, enlarged tender,
improved lubrication, remote bearing monitors. See
update July 5, 2005 below.
|
| 1997 |
Cuba |
Ferrocarriles
de Cuba
2-8-0
No. 1816* |
1 |
L. D. Porta |
Lempor exhaust,
increased boiler pressure, increased superheat,
supplementary air compressors |
| 1997 |
Isle of Man, Dubbs |
0-6-0 "Caladonia" |
1 |
Nigel Day |
Lempor exhaust |
| 1998 |
DLM, Switzerland |
Kriegslokomotiv NG 52 2-10-0 #8055
|
1 |
SLM |
Originally modified for the
Eisenbahnfreunde Zollernbahn in Switzerland, now owned by DLM. Lempor exhaust,
lightweight motion work, improved valves,
improved insulation, sealed roller bearings,
increased superheat |
| 1998 |
Great Smokey
Mountains Railway, Dillsboro, NC, USA |
U.S.
Army S-160
2-8-0
#1702 |
1 |
Great Smokey
Mountains Railway |
Roller bearings on
all axles. Read here for more info.
http://www.azom.com/news.asp?newsID=346Update
Feb. 9, 2004- Unfortunately, the bearings
suffered drastically premature failure and were
replaced with conventional friction bearings in
2003.
|
| 1998 |
West Coast Railway,
Australia |
R711 4-6-4 |
1 |
Phil Girdlestone/
WCR |
Dual Lempor exhaust,
"swirl" oil burners, improved valves,
detail improvements. Lempor exhaust has since been removed
and the original "waffle iron" single exhaust restored. |
| 1999? |
Blonay-Chamby
Museum Railway, Switzerland |
0-4-4-0
Mallet tank engine
No. 105* |
1 |
? |
Kylchap exhaust, flexible accordian-type S.S.
steam lines to front cylinders |
| 1999 |
Snowdon
Mountain Railway, Wales |
0-4-0RT No. 4 |
1 |
Nigel Day |
Lempor exhaust, efficient light oil burner
system |
| 1999 |
Ferrocarril
Austral Fueguino,
Ushuaia, Argentina |
2-6-2T
Camila |
1 |
Shaun McMahon |
Lempor exhaust, enlarged steam passages,
improved oil burner |
| 1999 |
Welshpool
and Llanfair Railway, Wales |
"The Earl" |
1 |
Nigel Day |
Lempor exhaust |
| 1999 |
The Netherlands |
RTM56 |
1 |
Jos Koopmans |
Mutiple-nozzle system |
| 2000 |
Britain |
"Duke
of Gloucester" 4-6-2 |
1 |
71000 Trust |
Double Kylchap
exhaust, improved exhaust cams, and numerous
small improvements |
| 2000 |
New Zealand |
former SAR Class 24 2-8-4 |
1 |
Mainline
Steam Trust |
Modifications to cab and tender to suit
Queensland loading gauge, conversion to heavy oil
firing, addition of air brakes, sanders, and
drain cocks. Installation of train control system
and radio. Instrumentation has been fitted to
allow evaluation of multiple-jet exhaust nozzle. |
| 2000 |
Britain |
Large Pecket 0-4-4ST |
1 |
Nigel Day |
Lempor exhaust |
| 2000 |
Welshpool
and Llanfair Railway, Wales |
Tubize 2-6-2 |
1 |
Day & McMahon Technical Services |
Lempor exhaust |
| 2000 |
Yorkshire Britain |
0-6-0 Hudswell Clark Tank |
1 |
Nigel Day |
Lempor exhaust |
| 2001 |
West Coast Railway,
Australia |
R766 4-6-4 |
1 |
Phil Girdlestone/
WCR |
Dual Lempor exhaust,
oil burner, detail improvements (see R711 listing
above for photo of nearly identical R711). Lempor exhausts
evidently have since been removed. Engine currently under
overhaul and being converted from broad to standard gauge. |
| 2001 |
Bodmin, Cornwall, UK |
0-6-0T Austerity
"Swiftshaw" |
1 |
Nigel Day |
Modified Kylpor exhaust |
| 2001 |
Ferrocarril
Austral Fueguino,
Ushuaia, Argentina |
0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratt No. 2 "L. D. Porta" |
1 |
Shaun McMahon |
Lempor Exhaust, enlarged steam passages,
improved insulation, improved valves, numerous
mechanical and thermodynamic detail improvements |
January
2002 |
Puffing
Billy Railway, Australia |
2-6-2T
NA 6A |
1 |
Nigel Day |
Modified Lempor exhaust |
| October 2003, Nov. 2004 (continuing) |
The Mount Washington Cog Railway,
New Hampshire, USA |
0-2-2-0 (rack)
No.9
Waumbek |
1 |
Nigel Day |
Lempor exhaust. Very notable for being the
first Lempor installation in the USA. Feedwater
heater, steam circuit improvements, and other modifications also
installed. Oil firing successfully trialed. However,
it was later removed. |
| November 2003 |
The
Talyllyn Railway, Wales |
0-4-0T
No. 6 |
1 |
John Scott,
Julian Stow
and
Peter Mintoft |
3 nozzle exhaust stand designed according to Jos
Koopmans' exhaust research. |
| ~2003? |
Bure Valley
Railway |
No. 10 2-6-4T
"Mark Timothy" |
1 |
Alan Keef
Ltd |
Winson-built "ZB" (similar to
Camila on the FCAF) heavily rebuilt by Alan Keef
; Lempor exhaust installed |
| Winter 2003/2004 |
Cleethorpes
Coast Light Railway |
Sandy
River No. 24
2-6-2 |
1 |
|
15" gauge 2-6-2; Lemport exhaust
installed |
| May 2004 |
Trans-Siberian
Express
GW Travel Limited |
4-8-4 P36.0032 |
1 |
Phil Girdlestone |
Russian P36 4-8-4. Fitted with dual Lempor
exhaust. |
| July 2005, November 2005 |
Grand
Canyon Railway,
Arizona, USA |
2-8-2 No. 4960 2-8-0
No. 29
|
2 |
Nigel Day |
Lempor exhausts, improved oil burners, and feedwater heaters
fitted. Unfortunately, these locomotives were taken out of
service in 2008 due to a change in railway management. |
| January 2006 |
Strasburg
Railroad, Strasburg, Pennsylvania, USA |
2-10-0 No. 90 |
1 |
|
All-welded 304 stainless steel tender tank. |
| May 2006 |
Ferrocarril
Austral Fueguino,
Ushuaia, Argentina |
0-4-0+0-4-0 No. 5
'Ing H. R. Zubieta' |
1 |
Phil Girdlestone |
New Garratt for FCAF. Combination of
Argentinan-fabricated parts intended for a duplicate of No. 2
and new parts fabricated by Girdlestone & Associates in South
Africa. Features all the improvements previously fitted to
No. 2, "L. D. Porta", plus superheating and others. |
| November 2008 |
Perrygrove Railway,
Coleford, Gloucestershire, UK |
2-6-2T Lydia |
1 |
Steam Loco Design |
New 15" gauge 2-6-2T for tourist railway. Designed by
Steam Loco Design and fabricated by Alan Keef. Features
Lempor exhaust and roller bearings. |
