Tribology and Lubrication “Porta’s 1995 Tribology paper is the most complete account of steam tribology ever written and offers the steam movement a new level of understanding of lubrication and wear” [quoted from Joe Cliffe’s preface to the paper]. It should also be essential reading for everyone involved in new-build steam, and wise reading for anyone […]
A Defence of the Midland/LMS Class 4 0-6-0 – also why frames cracked and axleboxes ran hot. Author Adrian Tester. Published by Crimson Lake. ISBN 978 0 957 0779 0 4 Following the lead of authors such as E S Cox and A J Powell, locomotive enthusiasts have vilified the Midland/LMS 4F 0-6-0 as being […]
An Introduction to Large-Lap Valves & Their Use on the LMS Author Adrian Tester. Published by Crimson Lake. For many years locomotive enthusiasts particularly those who favour the LMS have been led to believe the introduction of large-lap valves (long travel valves) represented the zenith of steam locomotive design. However this was a gross simplification […]
The “Feasibility Study regarding the formation of a Steam Locomotive Development Company to produce advanced technology Second Generation Steam (SGS) Locomotives” was issued in May 2010 some nine years after the establishment of the 5AT Project. It it represented the final throw of the dice by the project team in its efforts to generate interest […]