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updated 4
January 2011
Argentina
(the country AND the locomotive!)- This video recently
surfaced on youtube showing footage of the construction of L.
D. Porta's first experimental locomotive, La Argentina. Not
only does it feature a young, handsome Porta, but Andre
Chapelon as well!
South African Railways Class 26 4-8-4 No. 3450- Officially L. D. Porta, but far better known as the Red Devil. This locomotive was extensively modified by David Wardale in the early 1980's. The locomotive still exists, and has been operated sporadically, but unfortunately some of the modifications have been removed or negated by subsequent work on the engine.
"Steam
Fever" Video- Showing steam in South Africa including a
25C condenser. No. 3450 shows up at about 3 minutes, 30
seconds in and features some excellent high speed footage with
a razor-sharp exhaust.
Alfred County Railway Garratt No. 141- A Former SAR NGG16 class Garratt improved by Phil Girdlestone. Video from 1991 showing 141 with a non-modified Garratt. Extended pacing of the train in this video.
Mt.
Washington Cog Railway, New Hampshire USA- Nigel Day has worked for several
years modernizing locomotive No. 9, affectionately called
"Vickie" (short for "the victim") but officially known as
"Waumbek". The video segment below shows the engine
after the installation of a Lempor exhaust system and improved
exhaust "plumbing". More recently the locomotive has
been converted to burn biodiesel fuel.
No. 9
Waumbek passes at stopped train
Modern SLM
rack steam locomotives in Austria and Switzerland- These locomotives were built by
SLM in Switzerland in the 1990's (the steam division has since
become DLM).
Schafbergbahn
Railway
in Austria
Brienz
Rothorn Bahn in Switzerland
Brienz
Rothorn Bahn in Switzerland
Brienz
Rothorn Bahn in Switzerland
DLM Modernized 2-10-0 52.8055- This 2-10-0 was modernized extensively by DLM predecessor SLM and is now owned by DLM who operates it in excursion service.
52.8055 on Excursion Train (American On-Line video)
52.8055 stopped and on excursion
52.8055 stopped and on excursion Includes footage of cab as well as firebox
RFIRT in
Argentina- A narrow
gauge coal-hauling railway at the southern tip of South America.
Locomotives are 2-10-2's built by Mitsubishi in Japan. The
first series of locomotives were modernized by L. D. Porta after
delivery; the second series of locomotives were built with
modernizations incorporated. Plans are presently underway
to restore the railway, overhaul (and in many ways re-modernize)
the locomotives, and eventually modernize the locomotives
further.
RFIRT #1
RFIRT #2
RFIRT #3
RFIRT #4
RFIRT #5
RFIRT #6
RFIRT #7
RFIRT #8
Tren del Fin del Mundo, Ushuaia,
Argentina- "The Train at the End of the
World", also known as Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino (FAF).
A tourist
railway in southern Argentina, the line features 3 modernized
steam locomotives: two 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratts and a
2-6-2T.
FAF #1
Short
video featuring shots of all 3 steamers
FAF
#2 Long video with lots of non-train footage, but it
features some nice shots of the "Ing. L. D. Porta", one of the
line's two Garratts.
FAF
#3 Nice shots of
2-6-2T "Camila".
FAF
#4 Video includes
all 3 steamers and one of the line's diesels as well.
Grand Canyon Railway, Arizona, USA- The two of
the lines steam locomotives were modernized with Lempor
exhaust systems and improved oil burners designed by Nigel
Day. Feedwater heaters were subsequently fitted.
Unfortunately, the railway management changed in 2008 and the
steam locomotives have been taken out of service.
GCR #1
Video
shows a double header with both modernized steam locomotives,
2-8-0 #29 and 2-8-2 #4960.
Puffing Billy Railway,
Australia- Nigel Day designed a Lempor exhaust system
for their 2-6-2T no. 6A.
PBR #1
PBR #2
Duke of Gloucester, UK-
A modern 3-cylinder 4-6-2 constructed in the late days of
steam in England, equipped with Caprotti rotary cam actuated
poppet valves. In regular service, the locomotive never
lived up to its promise and proved little, if any better than
contemporary conventional Pacifics. The locomotive was
relegated to the scrap yard after its outside cylinders and
valve gear were removed for display in a museum. Years
later, a group of dedicated railway enthusiasts rescued the
locomotive. On top of that, they fabricated replacements
for the missing cylinders, including the complete Caprotti
valve gear system. Study of the locomotive's design
during the restoration revealed an undersized exhaust system
and errors in the fabrication of the ash pan. The
exhaust was replaced with a new, properly sized Kylchap system
and other deficiencies in the engine's construction were
corrected. It proved a tranformed engine in excursion
service.
DOG #1
A high speed run. The audio track provides an
interesting sample of the ultra-sharp exhaust characteristic
of a poppet valve equipped steam locomotive.
DOG
#2 More impressive audio.
DOG
#3 Climbing a grade at speed; impressive audio.
DOG #4
Close up shots of engine running tender-first; good low speed
exhaust sounds.
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