The Ultimate Steam Page
The Ultimate Steam Page
Modern Steam Videos
updated 17 March 2009
The
following links are to www.youtube.com, and feature videos of various
modern or modernized steam locomotives mentioned elsewhere on this
site, in operation.
South African Railways Class 26 4-8-4 No.
3450- Officially L. D. Porta, but far better known as the Red
Devil. This locomotive was extensively modified by David Wardale
in the early 1980's. The locomotive still exists, and has been operated
sporadically, but unfortunately some of the modifications have been removed or
negated by subsequent work on the engine.
No. 3450 on Freight in 1991
"Steam Fever" Video-
Showing steam in South Africa including a 25C condenser. No. 3450 shows up
at about 3 minutes, 30 seconds in and features some excellent high speed footage
with a razor-sharp exhaust.
Mt.
Washington Cog Railway, New Hampshire USA- Nigel Day has worked for several years
modernizing locomotive No. 9, affectionately called "Vickie" (short for
"the victim") but officially known as "Waumbek". The video
segment below shows the engine after the installation of a Lempor
exhaust system and improved exhaust "plumbing". More recently the
locomotive has been converted to burn biodiesel fuel.
No. 9 Waumbek passes
at stopped train
Modern SLM rack
steam locomotives in Austria and Switzerland- These locomotives were built by SLM in
Switzerland in the 1990's (the steam division has since become DLM).
Schafbergbahn
Railway in Austria
Brienz Rothorn Bahn
in Switzerland
Brienz Rothorn Bahn
in Switzerland
Brienz Rothorn Bahn
in Switzerland
DLM Modernized 2-10-0
52.8055- This 2-10-0 was modernized extensively by DLM predecessor SLM and
is now owned by DLM who operates it in excursion service.
52.8055 on Excursion Train (American On-Line video)
52.8055 stopped and on
excursion
52.8055 stopped and on
excursion Includes footage of cab as well as firebox
52 8055
excursion
RFIRT in Argentina- A narrow gauge coal-hauling railway at
the southern tip of South America. Locomotives are 2-10-2's built by
Mitsubishi in Japan. The first series of locomotives were
modernized by L. D. Porta after delivery; the second series of
locomotives were built with modernizations incorporated. Plans
are presently underway to restore the railway, overhaul (and in many
ways re-modernize) the locomotives, and eventually modernize the
locomotives further.
RFIRT #1
RFIRT #2
RFIRT #3
RFIRT #4
RFIRT #5
RFIRT #6
RFIRT #7
RFIRT #8
Tren del Fin del Mundo, Ushuaia,
Argentina- "The Train at the End of the World", also
known as Ferrocarril Austral
Fueguino (FAF). A tourist railway in southern Argentina,
the line features 3 modernized steam locomotives: two 0-4-0+0-4-0
Garratts and a 2-6-2T.
FAF #1
Short video featuring shots of all 3 steamers
FAF
#2 Long video with lots of
non-train footage, but it features some nice shots of the "Ing. L. D.
Porta", one of the line's two Garratts.
FAF
#3 Nice shots of 2-6-2T
"Camila".
FAF
#4 Video includes all 3
steamers and one of the line's diesels as well.
Grand Canyon Railway, Arizona, USA- The two of the lines steam locomotives were modernized with Lempor exhaust systems
and improved oil burners designed by Nigel Day. Feedwater heaters were
subsequently fitted. Unfortunately, the railway management changed in 2008
and the steam locomotives have been taken out of service.
GCR #1
Video shows a double header with both modernized steam locomotives,
2-8-0 #29 and 2-8-2 #4960.
Puffing Billy Railway, Australia-
Nigel Day designed a Lempor exhaust system for their 2-6-2T no. 6A.
PBR #1
PBR #2
Duke of Gloucester, UK- A
modern 3-cylinder 4-6-2 constructed in the late days of steam in
England, equipped with Caprotti rotary cam actuated poppet
valves. In regular service, the locomotive never lived up to its
promise and proved little, if any better than contemporary conventional
Pacifics. The locomotive was relegated to the scrap yard after
its outside cylinders and valve gear were removed for display in a
museum. Years later, a group of dedicated railway enthusiasts
rescued the locomotive. On top of that, they fabricated
replacements for the missing cylinders, including the complete Caprotti
valve gear system. Study of the locomotive's design during the
restoration revealed an undersized exhaust system and errors in the
fabrication of the ash pan. The exhaust was replaced with a new,
properly sized Kylchap system and other deficiencies in the engine's
construction were corrected. It proved a tranformed engine in
excursion service.
DOG #1 A high
speed run. The audio track provides an interesting sample of the
ultra-sharp exhaust characteristic of a poppet valve equipped steam
locomotive.
DOG
#2 More impressive audio.
DOG
#3 Climbing a grade at speed; impressive audio.
DOG #4 Close
up shots of engine running tender-first; good low speed exhaust sounds.
