The Argentinian engineer Livio Dante Porta (1922 – 2003) remains an unsung hero in the long history of steam locomotive development. Most famously, perhaps, in his iconic book “The Red Devil and Other Tales from the Age of Steam“, David Wardale refers to himself as the “Wizard’s Apprentice” and Porta as the Wizard whose theories […]
The purpose of this book is to:- record the working design documents for the new 2-4-2T ‘Baldwin’ steam locomotive ‘Lyn’ in an enduring human readable format in anticipation of the current digital documentation being rendered obsolete by future software changes. Thus it is hoped that this book will enable future engineers entrusted with Lyn’s care […]
Boilers, Fireboxes andCombustion The Argentinean engineer Livio Dante Porta (1922 – 2003) remains an unsung hero in the long history of steam locomotive development. Following in the footsteps of Chapelon, he rebuilt numerous locomotives in Argentina and elsewhere, and designed several revolutionary locomotives, both large and small. Like Chapelon, none of his designs were built […]
Adhesion, Compounding and the Tornado Proposal The Argentinean engineer Livio Dante Porta (1922 – 2003) remains an unsung hero in the long history of steam development. Following in the footsteps of Chapelon, he rebuilt numerous locomotives in Argentina and elsewhere, and designed several revolutionary locomotives, both large and small. Like Chapelon, none of his designs […]
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 […]
ASTT is pleased to report that David Wardale’s book “The Red Devil and Other Tales from the Age of Steam” is now on sale through this website. This is the fifth edition of a book that continues in such high demand that second-hand copies had once again been selling for eye-watering three figure sums. This […]
“The Red Devil and Other Tales from the Age of Steam” is no longer available for sale. We regret to advise that David Wardale’s iconic book “The Red Devil and Other Tales from the Age of Steam“ is no longer available for sale through ASTT.
As many members will already know, Alan Fozard died last month. Alan was the founder of the 5AT Project and led its planning team through the project’s life from 2001 to 2012. As leader, he masterminded the preparation of the 5AT Feasibility Study, which is now published by the AST Group at his initiative. John […]
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 […]