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André Chapelon 1892 – 1978
Livio Dante Porta
David Wardale
Phil Girdlestone
Shaun McMahon: 1964 – 2022
Roger Waller
Nigel Day
Ian Gaylor
Ian Screeton
Manuel Ramos
Modernising Options
Modernising Applications
Boosting Loco Performance
Reducing Fuel Consumption
Reducing Maintenance Costs
Improving Reliability
Modern Steam Miscellany
The Red Devil
SAR Class 19D No 2644
Rio Turbio Railway
Porta’s Locomotive No 1802
DLM 52-8055
DLM Rack Tanks
SS Montreux
FCAF Garratt No 2
Kirklees Light Railway
Bure Valley Railway
Engineering
Introduction
5AT FDCs
Notes on FDC 1
Notes on FDC 4
Notes on FDC 8
Notes on FDC 9
Notes on FDC 11
Notes on FDC 12
Notes on FDC 13
Notes on FDC 18
Wardale’s Summary
Detail Design
The 5AT
The 5AT – Introduction
5AT Project Summary
5AT Specifications
5AT Performance Predictions
Calculated Performance
Computer Simulation
Performance Examples
5AT Features
Thermal Efficiency
Power-to-Weight Ratio
Adhesion & Sanding
Reliability
Maintenance Costs
Operating Costs
Operating Range
Route Availability
Fuel Consumption
Valves and Steamchest
Feedwater Heating
5AT vs. 5MT
5AT and the Environment
Emissions
Fuels
Optional Strategies
8ATT 2-8-4T
8AT 2-8-0
FAQs
References
5AT Home
- The 5AT Group
- 5AT Website
Technical Terms
Modern Steam
- Principles of Modern Steam
- Practitioners of Modern Steam
- André Chapelon 1892 – 1978
- Livio Dante Porta
- David Wardale
- Phil Girdlestone
- Shaun McMahon: 1964 – 2022
- Roger Waller
- Nigel Day
- Ian Gaylor
- Ian Screeton
- Manuel Ramos
- Modernising Options
- Modernising Applications
- Boosting Loco Performance
- Reducing Fuel Consumption
- Reducing Maintenance Costs
- Improving Reliability
- Modern Steam Miscellany
- The Red Devil
- SAR Class 19D No 2644
- Rio Turbio Railway
- Porta’s Locomotive No 1802
- DLM 52-8055
- DLM Rack Tanks
- SS Montreux
- FCAF Garratt No 2
- Kirklees Light Railway
- Bure Valley Railway
Engineering
- Introduction
- 5AT FDCs
- Notes on FDC 1
- Notes on FDC 4
- Notes on FDC 8
- Notes on FDC 9
- Notes on FDC 11
- Notes on FDC 12
- Notes on FDC 13
- Notes on FDC 18
- Wardale’s Summary
- Detail Design
The 5AT
- The 5AT – Introduction
- 5AT Project Summary
- 5AT Specifications
- 5AT Performance Predictions
- Calculated Performance
- Computer Simulation
- Performance Examples
- 5AT Features
- Thermal Efficiency
- Power-to-Weight Ratio
- Adhesion & Sanding
- Reliability
- Maintenance Costs
- Operating Costs
- Operating Range
- Route Availability
- Fuel Consumption
- Valves and Steamchest
- Feedwater Heating
- 5AT vs. 5MT
- 5AT and the Environment
- Emissions
- Fuels
- Optional Strategies
- 8ATT 2-8-4T
- 8AT 2-8-0
FAQs
References
Simulation Software Packages
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Bill Hall’s page
Allan Wallace’s page
Jamie Keyte’s STEAM page
Charles Dockstader’s website
Don Ashton’s website