Global Information5AT Advanced Technology Steam Locomotive information
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The 5AT Advanced Technology steam locomotive was a conceptual design conceived by the British engineer David Wardale,[1] and first described in his 1998 definitive work on modern steam, The Red Devil and Other Tales from the Age of Steam.[2]
Wardale's purpose in putting forward the "Super Class 5 4-6-0" design concept (as he then called it) was to offer a future for steam hauled trains on the main lines in the UK on which the use of heritage traction is likely to be gradually phased out as the speed and density of commercial rail traffic increase.[3]
Work on the project was suspended in March 2012 following completion of a project Feasibility Study and subsequent failure to raise the finance needed to complete the detail design and construction of the locomotive.[4]
- ^ Chapelon, Andre (2000), La Locomotive a Vapeur (Translation by George. W. Carpenter C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E., Camden Miniature Steam Services, pp. 615–616, ISBN 0-9536523-0-0
- ^ Wardale, David (1998), The Red Devil and Other Tales from the Age of Steam, Published by the author, ISBN 0-9529998-0-3
- ^ Wardale, David (June 2002), Steaming into the Future, Steam Railway, p. 36
- ^ Wardale, David (March 2012), End of the Line - Time is Called on the 5AT Project, Steam Railway, pp. 90–94