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Steam Locomotion in the 21st Century The Recent History of Steam Locomotive Development |
8 February 2022
Updated the DLM page
to revise some of the old SLM information, update information on
DLM, and add a photo and description of the advanced Sonvico/DLM
light oil combustion system used on the new-build rack steam
locomotives and applied to one locomotive on the Puffing Billy
Railway in Australia. Minor revisions to the List of Steam
Improvements of the Last 50 Years. Updated the page on the RFIRT 2-10-2's,
revising the status of the remaining locomotives according to the
latest info I have found.
7 February 2022
Uploaded PDFs for the Steam Patents page so that they can be
directly accessed from this site. Added a link to John Rhodes'
technical paper "The Economics of Coal as a Fuel on US Class I
Railroads" to the Resources
page. Added one locomotive to the List of Steam Improvements of the Last 50
Years and updated numerous sub-pages with minor details and
new formatting. Updated the News Archive page to remove broken
page links.
5 February 2022
Added Sam Mackwell to the page on other steam designers. Revised one entry and added one locomotive to the List of Steam Improvements of the Last 50 Years. Added Sam Mackwell's proposed 2-6-0 to the List of Proposed Locomotives.
4 February 2022
Continuing to make minor revisions to the pages, including the
header at the top of each page and a new color scheme. Fixing or
removing broken links where I find them and making minor
updates/corrections where needed. Added link to Shaun McMahon's
obituary at the Advanced Steam Traction Trust.
3 February 2022
Updating the heading and color scheme on each page; it may take a
few tries. Terrible news yesterday that Shaun McMahon, a long-time
advanced steam proponent, contributor to this page, and friend had
passed away unexpectedly. I will be doing an update according in
the near future.
2 February 2022
Completely revised the drop down menus on the home page; deleted
some now-redundant pages, and updated others. Hopefully this page
is becoming a little easier to navigate.
1 February 2022
Updated links on the Resources
page and added some new ones. Revised the Exhaust Drawings
page for better legibility and added additional systems and
information. Updated the Exhaust Systems Page. Updated the menu
on the first page with drop-down selections to simplify
navigation.
31 January 2022
Heavily revised the front page; hopefully this is a little less
cluttered and easier to navigate. My host for many years, has
graciously provided me with free space to host this page, but holy
crap do they put a lot of junk on the page!
Added two entries to the List of Steam Improvements of the Last
50 Years Deleted older entries from this page to tidy things
up a bit. Added the "Revolution" locomotive to the List of Proposed Steam
Locomotives. Updated several broken links on the Steam Videos page
and added a few new ones.
28 January 2022
Updated the entries on several locomotives on the List of Steam
Improvements of the Last 50 Years.
Minor edits made to nearly every page on the site.
27 January 2022
Added two locomotives, both on the Puffing Billy Railway in Australia, to the List of Steam Improvements of the Last 50 Years
26 January 2022
Starting to do some overdue cleanup of the site. Firstly, I
changed the name of this page. Updated the Steam
Repair Links page, the Steam Information Links page (many links
deleted; remaining links pertain to only advanced steam or other
unusuual steam locomotives and technical information), and deleted
the non-steam links page. (Hey, this is a steam locomotive site,
right?) Minor updates to some other pages.
25 January 2022
Wow, it's been 3 years to the day since I've updated the page.
This was mainly caused by FTP software which stopped working some
time ago, a problem I rectified this week. This update includes
some minor cleanup on the front page and updated links on the Patents page as
google no longer hosts patents. Hopefully more updates will be
forthcoming.
25 January 2019
Somehow, I'd failed to add Lyn, a new-construction modern 2-6-2T
for the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, to the List of Steam Improvements of the Last
40 Years
