The present "Main Players" who are actively involved in the planning of the project at the moment are as follows (photos of most can be found below):

• Dave Wardale (of Red Devil fame): gave birth to the idea for a 5AT loco.   David has undertaken the Fundamental Design Calculations for the locomotive which prove the technical feasibility of the locomotive and provide the key parameters for the detailed design stage of the project [lives in Scotland];
• Dr Alan Fozard (PhD in organic chemistry): co-author of the project Business Plan; now retired but spent most of his career in the on-line industrial process control and laboratory automation industries. Alan is involved in the commercial planning for the 5AT project [lives in England];
• John Hind: chartered engineer and member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. John is a project management and project planning specialist who has twenty years project management experience in the power generation and automobile industries, and is currently employed by the Bentley car company. He is actively involved in the restoration and maintenance of ex GWR 2-6-2T 5542 now running on the West Somerset Railway and is author of a two-issue article in Steam Railway (issues 288 and 289) on new build steam. John Chairs the 5AT Engineering Planning Working Party [lives in England];
• Dr David Smith (PhD in mechanical engineering, 2003 Imperial College, London); David is currently working with John Hind to plan what is expected to be the most challenging part of the 5AT project, namely the undertaking of the detailed engineering design for the locomotive. David works for Mitsui Babcock (a larger boiler manufacturer) and is also a volunteer and regular attender at the Bluebell Railway workshops [lives in England];
• David Ward: previously head of BR special trains unit; currently a Director of the Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust and recently retired director of the Bressingham Steam Museum [lives in England];
• John Duncan: ex BR Locomotive Engineer (1948-1994), Locomotive Superintendent K&WVR (1979-1990) and CME to SLOA later MSLOLtd (1993-2002). John brings a wealth of steam locomotive operating and maintenance experience to the project and provides technical advice on many critical items such as braking systems [lives in England];
• Chris Newman: semi-retired civil engineer; worked for 20 years in the Australian grain industry before becoming a grain-industry consultant and contractor in China. Main role has been setting up (and maintaining) the website for the project and providing starter-funds to get the show on the road [lives in China].

In addition, we have:

• Dr David Pawson (PhD in Inorganic Chemistry) who undertook the work involved in modelling the 5AT's performance using two software packages, "Perform" and "Perwal" written by Professor W. Hall, to verify Wardale's predictions for the performance of the 5AT (see Notes on FDC 18)
• Brian McCammon from New Zealand who has written an excellent paper specifically for the 5AT project on the subject of carbon neutral fuels; see also Photos page.
• Jamie Keyte, a professional mechanical engineer from the UK with rail industry experience who (amongst other things) has undertaken a stress analysis using Finite Element Analysis techniques on the 5AT connecting rod (see Engineering Design page);
• Richard Coleby::a professional engineering draftsman and live (miniature) steam designer and constructor from the UK, who has prepared several of the drawings that are listed at the bottom of the Engineering Design page);
• Mike Horne: from the UK, a retired technical services manager in the electronics industry who is helping Alan Fozard on the commercial planning for the project;
• Malcolm Cluett: a mechanical engineer from Australia who once worked on the Hamersley Iron Railway in Western Australia at the time Pendennis Castle was operating there, and who has been an active member of the NSW Rail Transport Museum.
• Dr Allan Wallace (PhD in mechanical engineering and fluid mechanics) from Avocet Consulting Pty Ltd in Adelaide, South Australia, who donated his time in helping to verify the valve events for the 5AT by modifying his software to allow for the unusual arrangement using a suspended combination lever that has been adopted for activating the twin valves above each cylinder. Allan's valve gear software is available as shareware from http://www.avocetconsulting.com.au/modeleng/.

In addition, several other professional engineers from around the world, all with steam and/or railway experience, have helped in the review of the Railway Group Standards as they apply to the 5AT.

And of course, we continue to enjoy great support from Robin Barnes who has provided all the artistic impressions on this website, and Paul Catchpole who has devoted much space in his magazine Locomotives International to this project.

We have several other people "waiting in the wings" for the project to get underway. These include:

• Shaun McMahon: Shaun McMahon: Steam Locomotive and Rational use of Energy Consulting Engineer. Currently employed as Technical Director of the Trans Oceanic Railway Project and Engineering Consultant to YCF with respect to the current overall upgrading of the RFIRT and the design and building of a new coal fired power station at Rio Turbio to serve the requirements of the Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina. Also currently engaged as consultant to a number of locomotive, steam road vehicle, steam plant and railway development projects in Argentina, South Africa, Australia, United States, Chile and the United Kingdom.
• Phil Girdlestone: steam loco engineer; director of Girdlestone & Associates, specializing in all aspects of steam locomotive development work, including consultancy, design and manufacture.
• In addition we have several other engineers who have expressed interest in participating in the project when it moves into the implementation stage.

Please note, we are very interested to hear from anyone who would like to become involved in the 5AT project, either on the engineering or commercial side. Please feel free to contact us or simply tell us of your interest and/or send in a copy of your CV (per the attached proforma) to webmaster@5at.co.uk. CVs that are sent to us will be treated in the strictest confidence.