Hopefully you will receive a separate email from me around the same time you receive this message. My email will explain the reason for your being sent this message. I’ll be grateful if you could let me know that you have received this “notification message”. Best wishes Chris Newman
This is a second test post which will hopefully be forwarded automatically to our Committee members (plus Iain McCall) and including Gwin Clark who I left off the circulation list, substituting Daniel Farina in his place – an error which I can safely blame my failing eyesight for!. Can each of you please let me […]
This is just to let you know that I’ve spent countless hours over the last 4 months, with the invaluable assistance of ChatGPT, updating the software that supports ASTT’s website. You won’t see any difference in the appearance of the site (apart from a new slide featuring “Revolution” on the Home page), but the software […]
L-R: Eelco de Bode; Xavier Jiménez; Pep Alemany; Martin Johnson; Nigel Barnes (kneeling); Chris Newman; Chris Parmenter; Andrew Hartland; William Powell; Graham Shirley (kneeling); Terry McMenamin; Jamie Keyte; Hendrik Kaptein; John Hind (kneeling); Alex Powell; Paul Middleton (kneeling); Owen Jordan; Bob Gwynne. Absent: David Pawson, Richard Coleby and Ian Foot (who kindly took the photo). […]
The latest (May 2026) edition of Trackside magazine carries an extensive 8-page article on ASTT’s Revolution Project. A digital copy of the magazine can be downloaded from Trackside’s website at https://tracksidemag.co.uk/ for a price of £4.99 or £3.33 per copy with a digital subscription. The paper edition costs £5.70 from retailers or £5.00 per edition […]
ASTT’s 2026 AGM Apologies for not reporting earlier that our 2026 AGM couldn’t be held over the first weekend in March (as usually scheduled). Instead, it will be held (via Zoom) on Saturday, 25th April at 1:30 pm. We expect to be able to circulate a meeting notice, agenda and other documents to members before […]
On 10th Feb 2026, Alex Powell gave an excellent presentation covering ASTT’s beginnings, where it’s going and what it’s all about, with a focus on the Revolution Project. His talk was broadcast via Zoom under the auspices of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Late News – The video recording of Alex’s talk is now available […]
Martin Young, one of our members, has kindly sent us a copy of an article by Roger Waller titled “Back on Track” that was originally published in the “New Scientist” magazine in July 1999. Members of the long-defunct 5AT Supporters Group may remember the article which had a couple of links to it on the […]
On February 10th, our Committee Member Alex Powell will be giving a presentation to the IMechE about ASTT and its work. The talk, titled “Bringing a 21st Century Perspective to Steam Loco Engineering” will be broadcast starting at 7:00 pm via Teams, and will be open to everyone Further information and a booking link can […]
Alstom’s Greatest Gathering event held in Derby over the weekend of 1st to 3rd August 2025 was aptly named. It was indeed the greatest railway gathering that is likely to be seen in this country for the foreseeable future. Locomotives, old and new, combined with carriages and multiple units of every description were gathered in […]
ASTT has added “Porta Papers Volume 5” to its book catalogue. It fills 340 pages, with 21 papers grouped into five categories: Modern Steam Concepts; Exhaust Systems; Compound Locomotives; Articulated Locomotives; Miscellaneous Topics. The section on exhaust systems should be of especial interest to readers. It consists of three papers by Porta and a commentary […]
The Zoom video recording of ASTT’s 2025 AGM, including Jamie Keyte’s update report on the Revolution project is now available to members – see https://advanced-steam.org/astt-2025-agm/. Please ensure that you’re logged-in before accessing the page. Also, please be aware that the first 25 minutes of the recording is of pre-meeting chat which will be deleted if/when […]