The Work of Ing. L.D.Porta

L.D.Porta driving FCGB 1802. © Richard Campbell

The Work of Ing. L.D.Porta
1922-2003

Ing. L.D.Porta with Ing. L.D.Porta at FCAF. © Shaun McMahon

Behind every great man there is a great woman, or so the saying goes. It was certainly the case with L.D.Porta. Many steam enthusiasts rightly believe they owe a great debt of thanks to L.D.Porta for the work he carried out during his lifetime. However equally worthy of all our thanks is his wife Ana who did so much to support and help him. His work would not have been possible without her and that fact deserves to be recorded here. Thank You!

On August 2 2003 'The Guardian', a UK 'broadsheet' newspaper, published an excellent obituary of L.D.Porta. Click here to read it.

A summary biography of Ing. L.D.Porta is available here in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. (210Kb)

1970's designed 5000hp 2-10-0

Technologies (There are many more than presented here!)
Gas Producer Combustion System	Lempor Theory	Boiler Water Treatment	Adhesion Aids	Axial Flow Char Separator

Articles, Lectures etc
Summary CV	ICOHTEC 1992	XXIst Century Steam - The Day of Modern Steam Traction	Fundamental Principles of Steam Locomotive Modernization and Their Application to Museum And Tourist Railway Locomotives	My Difficulties
				en castellano / español Mis difcultades

Two of the Many Races There Were

Don Livio Dante Porta - Al Maestro, Con Cariño COMING

en castellano / español

Dos Carreras Como Hubo Muchas

en castellano / español

Don Livio Dante Porta - Al Maestro, Con Cariño

The Locomotives
'Argentina'	FCGR Class 8C	FCGR Class 8E	FCGR Class 8C No.3477	Rio Turbio 2-10-2s	FCGB 4674

Austerity 0-6-0st	FCGB 1802	North American Triple Expansion 2-10-0	American Coal Enterprises	Paraguayan 4-6-0 No.286

Dona Theresa Christina	FCGU No.11	A1 60163 'Tornado'	MINAZ 1816	LVM Series

The proposed, fully designed, Mallett for RFIRT

A list of the papers L.D.Porta wrote or contributed to can be found on Hugh Odom's 'Ultimate Steam Page' here.

In 2001 Australia the Puffing Billy Railway modified locomotive No.6A with involvement of L.D.Porta, Shaun McMahon and Nigel Day. To read of the results click here.

Also see my page on the work of Shaun McMahon and in particular his work on FCAF with which L.D.Porta had a great deal of involvement. Click here.

For more information I suggest you visit 'The Ultimate Steam Page'.

6000hp Garratt Proposal for North American operation

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