Download or read book Selection of Papers by L.D. Porta Volume 2 - Adhesion, Compounding and the A1 Proposal written by L. D. Porta and published by Advanced Steam Traction Services Limited. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second of 3 volumes of technical papers by the Argentinean engineer L.D. Porta describing various aspects relating to the "modernisation" of steam locomotives. Most have been transcribed from handwritten manuscripts that have never been published before.This second volume contains three technical papers relating to Adhesion, Compounding and Porta's proposal for the Tornado project, all of which should be of interest to the 21st Century steam community. It is hoped that much may be learned from them.