|
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
Embsay
& Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
|
0-4-0ST Peckett "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=346
Update 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. |
2008
|
Welshpool
& Lllanfair Light Railway, Powys,
Wales
|
0-6-2 Joan
|
1
|
Nigel Day
|
Lempor
Exhaust
|
2008
|
Welshpool
& Lllanfair Light Railway, Powys,
Wales |
0-8-0 Resita
|
1
|
Nigel Day
|
Lempor
Exhaust
|
| 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.
|
2009
|
Welsh
Highland Railway, Wales
|
2-6-2+2-6-2
No. 87
|
1
|
unknown
|
Lempor
Exhaust (installation is not mentioned on
the WHR's webpages, but photo here
shows the Lempor).
|
2011
|
West
Coast Wilderness Railway, Australia
|
0-4-2RT* No.s
3 and 5
*(Abt rack and conventional adhesion drive
on locomotives; 2 sets of cylinders)
|
2
|
Nigel Day
|
Lempor
exhaust. Details of installations
available on Martyn Bane's page at: http://www.martynbane.co.uk/modernsteam/nday/wcwr/wcwr-home.html
|
2011
|
Scottish
Railway Preservation Society
|
0-6-0T
No. 7
|
1
|
unknown
|
Lempor
exhaust- curiously, this appears to be sort
of a cross between a Kylpor and a Lempor
featuring a Lempor 4-nozzle arrangement, but
with a separate intermediate petticoat pipe
like a Kylchap (making this a
Lemporchap?). A photo of this
arrangement can be seen here.
|
2011
|
Rent-A-Lok
|
2-10-0 44 225
|
1
|
Dampflokwerk
Meiningen
|
Former
Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 44 2-10-0.
In the process of being rebuilt;
improvements will include bio-fuel firing,
sealed roller bearings and a Lempor
exhaust. Work is being done by
Meiningen in Germany. Intent is to
rebuild the locomotive and offer it for
rental, primarily to the Danish market.
|
2012
|
West
Coast Wilderness Railway, Australia |
0-4-2RT*
No. 1
*(Abt rack and conventional adhesion drive
on locomotives; 2 sets of cylinders) |
1
|
Nigel Day
|
Lempor
exhaust.
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