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This project was officially cancelled in March 2012 due to lack of support. [ 5 ] On August 25, 2009, Team Inspiration of the British Steam Car Challenge broke the long-standing record for a steam vehicle set by a Stanley Steamer in 1906, setting a new speed record of 139.843 mph (225.055 km/h) over a measured mile at Edwards Air Force Base ...
The 5AT Project was established in 2001 with the aim of commercializing Wardale's 5AT locomotive concept and bringing it to reality. The project was spearheaded by a small team of professional engineers, scientists and businessmen whose common purpose was to see steam traction continue in main-line operation into the foreseeable future.
In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help ... Pages in category "Unique locomotives" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of ...
The LMS-Patriot Project, a registered charity in England and Wales (No. 6502248 / No. 1123521), [1] is constructing a replica locomotive at Tyseley Locomotive Works. As of April 2017 [update] the project engineering update showed that the engine has had its wheels fitted and also the brake system, pistons, valves, motion plus boiler are all ...
The A1 Trust announced the project in 2013, following the completion and success of its first new build locomotive, LNER Peppercorn Class A1 No. 60163 Tornado, in 2008. Construction on Prince of Wales began in 2014 with its design based on P2 No. 2001 Cock o' the North with some modifications to improve maintenance, address historic problems ...
Pennsylvania Railroad 5550 (PRR 5550) is a mainline duplex drive steam locomotive under construction in the United States. With an estimated completion by 2030, the locomotive will become the 53rd example of the Pennsylvania Railroad's T1 steam locomotive class and the only operational locomotive of its type, [7] as well as the largest steam locomotive built in the United States since 1952.
Project Steam is a railway preservation society based in Dunedin, New Zealand.It is dedicated to the restoration of steam locomotives formerly operated by the New Zealand Railways Department, with its goal to restore at least one locomotive to main line operating conditions in order to operate excursions from Dunedin Railway Station.
Tom Varley was a collector, restorer and preserver of steam-powered road vehicles, known for the Tom Varley Collection, a steam museum mostly of steam wagons, "a lasting legacy of which [British steam road enthusiasts] can be proud". [1] His business was in running Todber Caravan Park at Gisburn, in the high Pennines of Lancashire. [2]