The following links and references are provided to websites and reference materials that may be of interest or relevance to readers of this site. I have just begun putting this list together, so it is by no means comprehensive. I would greatly appreciate advice from anyone who can suggest additional links that I might add to this page - please email me at webmaster@5at.co.uk.
Downloadable Reference Material from this website, relating to the 5AT and Modern Steam.
- The BBC "Steam Driven" broadcast originally aired on 19th July 2006 can be listened to (but not downloaded) from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/pip/78kt9/.
- McCammon B., "Review of Carbon Neutral Fuels with Potential for Use in Modern Steam Locomotives" , an unpublished paper prepared specifically for the 5AT Project.
- Cluett M. , "Recent Developments in Steam Technology" presented to a meeting of Engineers Australia, Railway Technical Society of Australasia, Sydney Division at Chatswood, Sydney on 1st March 2007. Note: Malcolm has not yet made the illustrated version of the paper available for copyright concerns. He has however written a summary of his paper which appears on pages 2 to 6 of RTSA's March newsletter.
- Wardale D., The Design of the Proposed 5AT High-speed 4-6-0 Locomotive presented at Modern Steam Conference in York 11 Dec 2006;
- Bane M., Water Treatment for Modern Steam Locomotives presented at Modern Steam Conference in York 11 Dec 2006;
- Wardale D., ‘The fire burns much better ...’, comments by D. Wardale.Dec 2006;
- Fozard A. and Hind J., The Design and Development of a 'Second Generation' Advanced Technology Steam Locomotive presented to the Derby Railway Engineering Society 8th December 2005 (6 MB);
- Fozard A. Making the Commercial Case for the 5AT - text of paper presented at the First World Steam & Tourist Train Congress, Brienz, Switzerland on Monday, 6th October, 2003; also PPT slide presentation of the same paper (1.2 MB).
- Waller R., “Modern Steam – an Economic and Environmental Alternative to Diesel Traction”, presented to Institution of Mechanical Engineers, March 2003.
- Wardale D., The Steam Locomotive - Motive Power for the Future, presented to the South African Railways Engineering Society, August 1977.
Downloadable Reference Material relating to Steam vs. Diesel Debates:
- Rhodes J., The Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel on US Class 1 Railroads - an independent study project in the Transportation Policy, Operations, and Logistics Masters Degree Program at George Mason University's School of Public Policy, Arlington, VA, USA. [Note: John Rhodes is happy to answer questions about his paper and can be contacted at johntrhodes@gmail.com.]
- Rhodes J., The Economics of Coal as a Locomotive Fuel on US Class 1 Railroads - the PPT presentation made by John Rhodes to a meeting of the National Capital Land Transportation Committee of the Institute of Electrical/Electronic Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in Washington DC on 9th Sept 2008.
- Newman C., "Feasibility of Steam Traction of Coal Transportation in Developing Countries" as published in the proceedings of the CORE2008 Conference on Railway Engineering held in Perth, Western Australia from 7th to 10th Sept 2008.
- Cluett M., "Economics of Steam Traction for the Transportation of Coal by Rail" - a PPT presentation made by Malcolm Cluett to the CORE2008 Conference on Railway Engineering in Perth, Western Australia on 9th Sept 2008.
- Newman C., Transportation of Coal by Rail in Indonesia - The Steam Option (2.5 MB) - an unpublished paper presented to Indonesian State Railway engineers 21st June 2007.
- Newman C., Traction Cost Comparisons for Indonesian Coal Haulage (0.5 MB) - text of paper presented at Modern Steam Conference in York 11 Dec 2006; also PPT slide presentation of the same paper (2.0 MB).
- Newman C., A Case for Steam unpublished paper written in 2004 to promote steam traction for a coal haulage railway in Indonesia (1 MB).
- Waller R., “Modern Steam – an Economic and Environmental Alternative to Diesel Traction”, presented to Institution of Mechanical Engineers, March 2003.
- See also: "The Red Devil and Other Tales from the Age of Steam" by David Wardale, pages ..........
- "The Continuing Motive Power Debate" - an extract from "The Twilight of Steam Locomotives" by Ron Ziel (1970) that discusses a paper titled "ECONOMIC RESULTS OF DIESEL ELECTRIC MOTIVE POWER ON THE RAILWAYS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" presented to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers by H. F. Brown, Ph,B., Fellow A.I.E.E. in 1960. (Note: Brown's paper is available from the IMechE in London.)
- Unidentified and undated report on a debate between H.F. Brown, Consulting Engineer, Gibbs & Hill and H.G. McClean, Manager of Export Sales, GM/EMD.
- "The Economic Results of Diesel and Electric Motive Power on the Railways of the United States of America" by H.F. Brown, Ph.B., Fellow A.I.E.E. Copyright held by proceedings of Institution of Mechanical Engineers (London) Volume 175 No. 5 1961 (7.5 MB). See also "Extract from A.E. Durrant’s “The Mallet Locomotive” published 1975" which refers H.F. Brown's 1960 paper.
Other Downloadable Reference Material relating to Steam Traction, Fuels etc:
- Herman H., "Brown Coal Dust Firing for Locomotives". Chapter VI from a book titled "Brown Coal" by H. Herman (one-time State. Director of Geological Survey) published by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Australia in 1952.
- Coal - Resources and Future Production published by the Energy Watch Group in March 2007.
Downloadable Calculations
- See Calculations page of this website.
Downloadable Drawings
- See Design page of this website
Books and Printed Reference Material
Magazines and Book Publishers
Articles
- See Articles page of this website
Artists
Engineers and Manufacturers of Modern Steam
Operators of Modern Steam
Web sites with relevant or associated information
Last updated 20th Sep 2008