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The south african condenser locomotives - Class 25C - were very succesful in technical terms. They could run up to 600 miles without the need of getting watered. The problem was that they were maintenence nightmares. There was also an experiment with german class BR 52 with condensing tenders. Dunno however how many of them were built. The another approach was Franc-Crosti system where exhaust steam was used to preheat feedwater - this also proved "right", but technically complex. Which didn't stop Italians from using many of such locos. Overall however this "reuse" of exhaust steam often didn't justify the expense.
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