Steam locomotives at the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in Britain undergo a very complete rebuild at their fantastic shops. Terrific film from 1938 and glimpse into a great past
+agviator well I promise you there are at least a 2 dozen, do you know how many steamers still run in tourist railroads and musiums, there are over 100, such locos, and more then even just a handful at the steam shop in wyoming for the union pacific, there are not tons like there were back in the day but there are many places that can tear one down and put one back togather, and there are boiler makers that make steam equiptment still today, so while only a few dozen maybe there are more then just 10 in the usa alone, that dont count the uk, canada, germany, or the nordic contries or switzerland.
agviator - I believe your statement that "there are probably not 10 people left in the Western world that know the art of rebuilding a steam loco" to be incorrect? For example, might I point you in the direction of the UK 'Tornado' - A totally new build - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Peppercorn_Class_A1_60163_Tornado, from scratch, within the last 7 years? In addition, the firm of Riley of Bury, UK - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley_and_Son are currently responsible for completely rebuilding A3 Class 'Flying Scotsman' - back to mainline work for the National Rail Museum, as well as many other steam locos of major importance in the history of steam. These are just 2 examples of current building work of major importance to UK Steam build and restoration work, being carried out in the UK. I am sure there are other Countries who might have similar programmes of restoration, at the very least? Might I suggest that you look at the links that I have supplied, and perhaps do a little more research before you make a statement that is completely misleading and incorrect?
+Christopher Brockbank There is also a scheme run by Pete Waterman at Crewe. In addition, the South Devon Railway does a lot of restoration work. The guys who built Tornado are now building the most powerful steam locomotive ever to have been built in Britain, the P2. The LMS patriot project is another one.
