News Regarding "Surviving World Steam" for May 2003
The "Surviving World Steam" project is documenting the last of the world's remaining steam locomotives, ships, boats, vehicles, and
reciprocating pumps in the form of searchable databases and digital photographs. Roughly 31,000 steam engines in 153 countries and over 1,200 photographs are included in the Surviving World Steam project. For more information please visit my website at:
http://www.pernet.net/~james1/us_steam/ordering.htm
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· "Surviving World Steam Locomotives" has been updated for May 2003
· "Surviving World Steam Vehicles" has been updated for May 2003
· "Steam Lizards" Group update for May 2003
· "Surviving World Steamships" has been updated for May 2003
· "Surviving World Steam" User Guide has been expanded
*** "Surviving World Steam Locomotives" has been updated for May 2003 ***
The "Surviving World Steam Locomotives" for Windows CD-ROM was the first CD-ROM in the "Surviving World Steam" series, and has been updated for the month of May 2003. It now contains 19,018 steam locomotives; up 270 since the last update in November 2002 and 91% or more of the total worldwide.
The number of pictures in the database is now up to 675, and includes representative examples of builders and classes the world over. Examples of most surviving classes in North America, the UK, and much of Europe are also now included. Thirteen sound clips are also included.
Those who have already purchased a copy can order an update. The update includes 200 pictures, many of which do not ship with the program. Updates include an "Update Wizard", which transfers pictures and sound clip links to the update from your current copy before overwriting it. Thus, you needn't worry about losing your picture collection with each update.
"Surviving World Steam Locomotives" sells for U$32.95. To read more about "Surviving World Steam Locomotives", or to order a program or
update CD-ROM, please visit my website at
http://www.pernet.net/~james1/us_steam .
Thanks to Michael Bahls, Dr. Jason Beringer, Richard A. Bowen, John Bowers, Larry Brinkmeyer, Patrick M. Cassell, Matt Conrad, Jean Francois
Couëdou, Geoff Coward, Sean Cullen, Dennis Dalla-Vicenza, Wouter J.K. De Weerdt, Raymond Dewley, Marc A. Dubout, Dave Dye, Neil J. Edwards, Ray Gardiner, Richard Glueck, Trevor Heath, Kelly Iverson, Dave Lathrop, David Longman, Port Huron Museum, Robert Regan, Graham Roberts, Six Flags Over Georgia, Brad Smith, Rob Sterne, and Scott Wickert for the latest round of photographs.
*** "Surviving World Steam Vehicles" has been updated for May 2003 ***
"Surviving World Steam Vehicles" is the second CD-ROM in the "Surviving World Steam" series. It was first released in November 2001; and has been updated for May 2003.
It now includes 9893 vehicles (up 110 since the last update in November 2002), 400 photographs, and one Quicktime Movie. No one knows how many
steam vehicles remain; my best guess is that this represents 85% of the total worldwide.
"Surviving World Steam Vehicles" sells for U$32.95. To read more about "Surviving World Steam Vehicles", or to order a copy, please visit my website at
http://www.pernet.net/~james1/steam_tr .
Thanks to Gary Boomgaarden, Allen Bupp, Linda Butler, the Chain Engine Group, Lie Tjeng Chiao, Jean Francois Couëdou, Geoff Coward, Sean Cullen, Stephen Daws, Lehrke Dean, Raymond Dewley, Rob Dickinson, Alan Dunderdale, Dave Dye, Neal J. Edwards, George Erhart, Jim Gardiner, Ray Gardiner, Trevor Heath, Heather Anne Hefner, K.R. Hough, Marc W. Jackson, Richard Jenkins, Blake Malkamaki, Jacob Merriwether, Paul Pavlinovich, Bob Poli, Derek Rayner, Graham Roberts, James Roberts, Paul Rogalsky, Paul Sharpe, Mark Shulaw, Brad Smith, Richard Sternberg, Lee Michael Keith Thake, Ian Thomson, Dick Tombrink, Wouter J.K. De Weerdt, and Dr. David West for their help and for most of the photographs included in the CD-ROM.
*** "Steam Lizards" Group update for May 2003 ***
"Steam Lizards" are direct acting reciprocating steam pumps. They were built by dozens if not hundreds of builders worldwide such as Worthington and G&J Weir. They make up many of the world's last working steam engines; with thousands still at work in chemical plants, refineries, boilerhouses, and other locations worldwide. They are still in production by a handful of companies worldwide.
To produce a CD-ROM of all surviving "steam lizards" would be impossible. Who knows how many are still at work behind the security fences of facilities worldwide, in the holds of ships (both steam and diesel), in private hands, and undocumented in the back corners of museums. Furthermore, one must take "live steam" pumps (or pumps for live steam equipment) into consideration as well, since the only difference between "full" and "live steam" is size.
So, instead of a CD-ROM, I have formed a group on Yahoo pertaining to "steam lizards". It is located at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/steam_lizards
Response to date has been very good for such a narrow subject matter. A total of 66 members belong to the group to date, second only to
"Surviving World Steam Locomotives" in total users. The online "survivor's database" contains 400 pumps, nearly twice as many since November 2002. There are now roughly 270 photographs, both contemporary and historical, in the Photos section. A good selection of links is also available in the Links section.
The file section includes plans for live steam size vertical simplex and duplex pumps. It also includes a "Steam Lizards" poster (in the form of a jpeg file), and other useful documents. The "Steam Lizards" poster can also be ordered as a 15" x 11" poster on the order page at
http://www.pernet.net/~james1/us_steam/ordering.htm
New for May 2003 is a picture on the Steam Lizard Group home page contrasting a Cameron (USA) simplex pump still working at Wringinanom
Mill on the island of Java in Indonesia with an 1876 drawing of a Cameron pump from a magazine. Although a 125 years separate the two, the
similarities are striking. (Rob Dickinson has also given a preview of the "sugar lizards" found in the sugar mills of Java, Indonesia on his
"International Stationary Steam" website.)
Membership is free, and open to anyone; thanks to everyone who has joined to date. I also would like to thank the ASC Port Neches SBR Plant, Michael Bahls, Fred Crammond, Raymond Dewley, Rob Dickinson, Dave Dye, Neil J. Edwards, Brian Fritz, Ray Gardiner, Norman Heath (Museum of Power, Langford, Essex), Kelly Iverson, Hume Kading, Paul Kurilecz (Age of Steam Museum, Dallas), Will Jordon, Terry Lane, S.C. "Doc" Lewis (Heber Valley Railway), Bill Little, Jesse Livingston, Mike McKnight, Keith Messent, Bob Poli, Rick Rowlands (Tod Engine Foundation), Paul Sharpe, Southern Forest Museum & Research Center, John A. Taubeneck, John Thomson, Dale Ward (McNeill Street Pumping Station), and John M. Whitlock for their help and support to date.
*** "Surviving World Steamships" has been updated for May 2003 ***
"Surviving World Steamships" is the third CD-ROM in the "Surviving World Steam" series. It includes:
· Vessels propelled by a steam engine and boiler
· Vessels propelled by a steam turbine and boiler
· Vessels propelled by a steam turbine and nuclear reactor
The vessels in the database include working, preserved, and stored examples. Steamboats and steamships which are grounded or derelict in shallow water are included as well. Vessels which are sunk in deep water will not be included; only those that are visible without diving. It was first released in November 2002; and has been updated for May 2003.
It now includes 1751 vessels (up 100 since the intitial release last November), 140 photographs, and one Quicktime Movie. It is thought that
this total is 72% of the estimated 2500 steam vessels worldwide. (Steamboats as small as steam launches are included, and make up most of
the missing vessels.)
"Surviving World Steamships" sells for U$32.95. To read more about "Surviving World Steamships", or to order a copy, please visit my website at
http://www.pernet.net/~james1/steamship .
Thanks to John & Joy Ackrill, Ray Barnes, Bergesen d.y. ASA, Bill Billett, David Brierly (San Diego Maritime Museum), Blair Burkhardt (San Diego Maritime Museum), Daren Byrne, Jean Francois Couëdou, Geoff Coward, Sean Cullen, Neil J. Edwards, David Engholm Collection, T.J. Gaffney, Ray Gardiner, Richard Glueck, Eduardo & Jose A. Gomez Guinda, Steve Haverty, Ian MacFarlane, Ted Miles (San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park), Military Sealift Command, John Neville, Gary Ouderkirk, Phillips Petroleum Co., Lee Rusetzke (Steamer Columbia Foundation), Jeff H. Schurr, Paul Sharpe, the United States Navy, Franz
VonRiedel (Zenith Tug), and Conny Wickberg (Sterna Bulk) for their help and photographs contributed to the CD-ROM. If you would like your museum or organization to be represented by a photograph of your vessel, please feel free to send it to me at james1@pernet.net.
*** "Surviving World Steam" User Guide has been expanded ***
The "Surviving World Steam" User Guide started out as a companion to the "Surviving World Steam Locomotives" CD-ROM. Like the "Educational
Guide" last November, the User Guide has now been expanded to cover the entire "Surviving World Steam" project, and is based on years of
providing support to "Surviving World Steam" users.
The Table of Contents is as follows:
Chapter 1 - Installing Surviving World Steam CD-ROMs on your Computer
Chapter 2 - Getting Started
Chapter 3 - Keyboard Commands
Chapter 4 - The Surviving World Steam Program Menus and Tool Bar
Chapter 5 - How to Use Surviving World Steam Programs in Your Research
Chapter 6 - Adding New Pictures and Sounds to Surviving World Steam
Locomotives
Chapter 7 - Getting the Most Out of the Steam Lizards Group on Yahoo
In addition, both the "Educational Guide" and "User Guide" are now available in color. The "Surviving World Steam" User Guide sells for
U$12.95.
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In closing, I want to once again extend a warm "thank you" to everyone who has supported "Surviving World Steam", either through sending
photographs or data, or by purchasing a CD-ROM, or both. Over 100 CD-ROMs have been sold to date; and the "Surviving World Steam" master database contains 31,000 steam survivors from 154 countries and over 2200 photographs to date. Without the input of dozens of users and references worldwide, none of this would have been possible. If you have
any questions, please feel free to contact me.
-James Hefner (Hebrews 10:20a)
JDH Consulting
james1@pernet.net
Surviving World Steam Project
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