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Then came Ward Kimball, that amusing fellow who not only has a collection of three foot gauge railroad equipment but also fire engines and other fire equipment as well. There you can really climb up into them, fell the throttle, ring the bell, blow the whistle and roll along on his 3 foot gauge with delight in your heart. Ward is reclaiming a half dozen pieces of narrow gauge equipment which to me seems like a lifetime job but he says that the boys give him a hand and they really move along when they get going. His fire kit, of course steam, is all polished up and brought to its original shape as when brand new. I can imagine the many hours spent on these laborious tasks of reclaiming fire engines. How Ward finds time to play with the «Fire House Five» (Plus 2) orchestra, no one can tell but it certainly is a «hot» band and really worth listening to. Whereas I am a trumpeter in our own Rotary Orchestra I was greatly interested in Ward’s efforts in his musical group. I certainly enjoyed hearing a couple of records and also appreciated a gift of half a dozen more.

Join the International Brotherhood of Live Steamers

The International Brotherhood of Live Steamers is an historic body of Live Steam hobbyists that goes back to the year 1932 when it was first founded by the late Charles Purinton (Carl) in Marblehead, Massachusetts in the U.S.A.

The IBLS provides the following benefits to its members:

• Register Live Steamers and assist them in whatever manner required to get the information related to our great hobby that they are in search of.

• The IBLS maintains critical standards for the hobby, including wheel standards, track standards, coupler and safety chain standards, and boiler safety information.

• The IBLS continuously records the history of the live steam hobby. To accomplish this I collect printed material related to the hobby (see IBLS Library). The IBLS also harvests live steam related web pages and keeps an archive of defunct websites.

• IBLS offers Library checkout privileges to members.

• Hundreds of articles can be found on the IBLS Website. These articles provide standards, definitions, building tips and more from dozens of authors. This is currently the main asset of the organization.

• When you sign up you get a membership card and a patch!

So don’t delay, click on the link above and join the fun of live steaming!

Happy steaming! Daris A Nevil, [email protected] Secretary, North American Region

Early Railroads

When Tom Miller was a boy, he built his first model locomotive with his dad. From then on he was hooked! Now a Master Model Builder, Tom designs and builds 2.5-inch scale live steam models for his own 20-acre layout. Built around a 7-1/2 inch track gauge, Tom’s exquisitely scaled locomotives and rolling stock raise the bar for live steam layouts.

The following videos were produced and published by Model Railroad Hobbyist. You may have to «Save As» and use a video player application to watch them.

• Tom Miller — Live Steam Operation 1
• Tom Miller — Live Steam Operation 2

In 2012 Tom ran advertisements in Live Steam Magazine offering to sell the railroad. In answer to questions about his health he wrote:

Fortunately, I am not dying or in ill health other than getting older than dirt. I am also not in any financial trouble. Still waiting for the other shoe to drop in that regard. I did buy a second home near Sedona Arizona where I now live 6 months of the year. I still enjoy railroading and so do my grand kids. However, it is time to let someone else take stewardship of what I have created. I intend to keep my locomotives and run them at club railroads around the country unless the new owner insists they go with the property. After all they are just stuff and I could build other and different locomotives. As to the question of price, it is not stated in the ad because it would vary with what the buyer wants. Some things must go with the property and others could be moved. But as someone stated it is in the millions. Around 4 million to start. At that price I don’t expect the place to sell for several years and that is just fine with me. I still enjoy running both layouts. However, I am not going to live for ever and you have to start sometime considering letting it all go. Hope this clears things up a little. See you around the tracks. Happy Steaming, Tom

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Contents

A little acreage and a lot of pride for the Pacific Northwest Live Steamers by Harry S. Harvey and Alice Basil Along a branch of the Molalla River, two miles east of Molalla, Oregon, lies Shady Dell Park, four acres of timber and track belonging to the Pacific Northwest Live Steamers. Harry Harvey, originally of Portland, Oregon, acquired the first acre early in 1954, when, with the help of other Live Steam railroad enthusiasts (Eddie Maas, Alf Clancy, Ernie Middugler, Walter Beebe, Ted Hohimer, George Burton, Gene Mole, Tome Nicholson and others), he laid about 1000 feet of 1 inch scale aluminum track. They added another aluminum rail two years later, making a dual 4-3/4 inch and 7-1/2 inch gauge track. In 1958, Harry acquired an adjoining acre of land, and he and his friends extended the tracks over the second acre. Two years later a disastrous flood wrapped the light aluminum tracks around the trees and washed out the bridges. Not easily discouraged, the group replaced the rail with 3/4 inch by 3/4 inch steel flat bar pressed into rabbited ties and replaced the fills and bridges. The Pacific Northwest Live Steamers Association was formed in 1963 as the group continued to add to the diminutive railroad. Harry Harvey made a gift of the track and facilities to the Club, which in turn arranged to purchase the real estate. In 1975, the purchase of two adjoining acres brought the park to its present four acre size. Track size has multiplied, as well, with 4000 fee of dual 4-3/4 inch and 7-1/2 inch gauge mainline, 1000 feet of single 7-1/2 inch mainline and 1500 feet of service track now in use. The members have, collectively, seventy steam, four electric, and five gas-driven locomotives, three cabooses, and numerous luxury Pullman cars for riding gondolas. To fuel the locomotives, the Club has air, deironized (Ed: de-ionized?) water, coal, stove and diesel oil. The Club’s 1-1/2 inch scale work train carries a Lincoln arc welder, three rock dumping cars, a track sweeper, ties and tools to maintain a remarkable inventory at Shady Dell Park. They have a four-stall roundhouse, a ten-stall roundhouse, a seven track car house and steaming bays. The bridges, all over water, include a 40 foot steel and concrete bridge and a 38 foot wood and concrete bridge (both two-track), a 150 foot steel and concrete trestle, and an 18 foot replica of Burlington Northern Crooked River Bridge in Eastern Oregon. Three turntables include one which is hydraulically operated. Along the track are two 1-1/2 inch scale and one 1 inch scale operating water tanks and two coaling towers. Eleven electrically operates switches control five tracks, loading stations, automatic operating block signals and automatic crossing gates, plus the bell and lights across the driveway. Harry Harvey has been acting as caretaker since 1978 when he moved from Portland to the Club at Shady Dell. There he operates a machine shop capable of building almost any 1-1/2 inch scale engine or car.

1972 Meet

The following photos are from a meet held in 1972. The slides are from an eBay auction, July 2019.

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 O Gauge Layout
• 3 Intro to Live Steam
• 4 Yankee Shop
• 5 Traveling Ambassador
• 6 See Also
• 7 References

The Friend Box Company was founded in 1884 by members of the Friend family, and did business at a factory in Danvers, Massachusetts (about 20 miles north of Boston, in Essex County), making rigid cardboard boxes such as jewelry boxes, cigar boxes, etc.

Lester Danforth Friend (also known as «L.D. Friend» and even just «L.D.F.») was born in 1895, and probably entered «the family business» as a teenager or as a young man. He served in World War I, and met Walt Disney sometime during the War. They were lifelong friends from that point on.

By the 1930s, it appears as if Friend Box Company was wholly-controlled by Lester Friend. Every story I’ve ever heard, from those who knew him, says that Lester Friend «owned» the box factory (but whether he was its President, or a major stockholder, or its «owner», is no longer known by any living members of the live steam hobby, as those who knew, are all deceased). Regardless of what position he held, Lester was «the boss» at the box company. (The Friend Box Company is still in business today, but is no longer owned by the Friend Family.

Classic Live Steam of Yesteryear

Our History: 1938-1972

The Friend Box Company was founded in 1884 by members of the Friend family, and did business at a factory in Danvers, Massachusetts (about 20 miles north of Boston, in Essex County), making rigid cardboard boxes such as jewelry boxes, cigar boxes, etc.

Lester Danforth Friend (also known as «L.D. Friend» and even just «L.D.F.») was born in 1895, and probably entered «the family business» as a teenager or as a young man. He served in World War I, and met Walt Disney sometime during the War. They were lifelong friends from that point on.

By the 1930s, it appears as if Friend Box Company was wholly-controlled by Lester Friend. Every story I’ve ever heard, from those who knew him, says that Lester Friend «owned» the box factory (but whether he was its President, or a major stockholder, or its «owner», is no longer known by any living members of the live steam hobby, as those who knew, are all deceased). Regardless of what position he held, Lester was «the boss» at the box company. (The Friend Box Company is still in business today, but is no longer owned by the Friend Family.

In 1938, Lester built the New England Live Steamers track on the property behind his box factory. It was a 2-1/2″ and 3-1/2″ gauge elevated («highline») loop of track some 600′ in length that went out to the bank of the Porter River, a tidal marsh, and then returned. On its return, it crossed a «high trestle» over part of the tidal marsh. This «High trestle» was about 8 feet off the ground.

Charlie Purinton, the son of Brotherhood of Live Steamers founder Charles A. «Carl» Purinton (1898-1999), has told me (John Kurdzoniak) that he and some local live steamers of the era (and several of Lester Friend’s employees of the box company) helped to build the NELS Danvers track, and that it was built in less than a month! Charlie was 16 years old at the time.

When I produced locomotives I had to contend with motors that topped out at 7,500 rpm. I still prefer enclosed gearboxes for smooth trouble free operation. My feeling — if it is good enough for the full size, it is good enough for our size. — Bill Koster

Steve Haupert posted on Yahoo Live Diesel Group, November 2016:

The engine was bought by my brother almost 40 year ago from Kosters, and drove it from the shop in Forida back to his home in Wisconsin. His son Dave and I build a 300-plus foot 1.5 inch scale railway, and it ran perfectly for many years. My brother died about 2 years ago and, when I heard they were selling his property, I got permission from my family out there to bring the loco, cars (all homemade) and track back to my home in Pennsylvania.

Bill Koster replied:

I will say, for a 40 year old locomotive, it looks good! I see it has had some modifications, such as the air horns. I believe I supplied it with a car horn inside the body. Your locomotive was one of a kind. I am thinking it had one motor to drive the front truck, but I could be wrong. I am also thinking that it was chain drive connected to the motor. The motors were war surplus, meaning they are now 70 years old. Apparently, from what you have said, I used 2 of our «standard» motors and gearboxes. At the time all I could find were those motors, .55 HP, 7,500 RPM. They were used in aircraft, to rotate the gun housings. They have 4 wires, two for the field and two for the armature. We wired the motors through their reversing relays and I believe a circuit breaker. This is why they are separate. If one circuit fails, you still have the other circuit, so one motor could still run. Since the motors are between the wheels, you must remove a wheel to get to the motor. The wheels are either pinned or have a set screw holding them on the axle. Those are Bethlehem sideframes. I bought my first 7 1/2 inch equipment from them in a visit to Bethlehem in 1963. I delivered the locomotive to your brother on one of my crazy trips. Saturday I set up in Columbia, TN. Sunday morning we stopped by Illinois Live Steamers in Chicago, Sunday afternoon Waukesha, 7 PM the ferry to MI, Monday at Village Press (Live Steam Magazine), then to Cadillac, St. Clair Shores, MI and on to Indiana before we called it a day! An interesting note. I wasn’t sure if I knew that much about motors before I started using them so I consulted with someone at the Livesteam meet. Turns out he was the designer who designed the traction motors for the Alco PAs. So I enjoyed discussing motors with him. He later visited my railroad in North Carolina and was impressed with the pulling power of my locomotives.

Ken Roeh posted photos of Koster’s Powered Switcher Trucks on Chaski.org, 2018.

Periodicals

Live Steam Newsletter

• 1961: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1962: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May-Oct no issues, Nov, Dec
• 1963: ___, ___, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, ___, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1964: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1965: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1966: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun-Jul no issues, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading

• 1967: Jan, Feb, ___, ___, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov/Dec
• 1968: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, ___, Jul, Aug, ___, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1969: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1970: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1971: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1972: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1973: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1974: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1975: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1976: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1977: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, ___, Dec
• 1978: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1979: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1980: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1981: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1982: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1983: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1984: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1985: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1986: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1987: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, ___, ___, Sep, Oct, ___, Dec
• 1988: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1989: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1990: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1991: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1992: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 1993: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 1994: Jan/Feb, _______, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 1995: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 1996: Mar/Apr, Nov/Dec
• 1997: Mar/Apr
• 1998: Sep/Oct
• 1999: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2000:
• 2001:
• 2002:
• 2003:
• 2004:
• 2005: Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2006:
• 2007: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2008: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2009: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, _______, Nov/Dec
• 2010:
• 2011:
• 2012: Nov/Dec
• 2013: May/Jun, Sep/Oct
• 2014:
• 2015: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2016: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2017: Jan/Fed, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2018: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2019: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2020: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2021: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2022: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2023: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec

Model Engineer

• Vol 119 No 2999 13 Nov 1958
• Vol 119 No 3001 17 Nov 1958

The Modelmaker

• 1924: Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov (Volume 1, Numbers 1 thru 6, bi-monthly)
• 1925: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, ___, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1926: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, ___, Oct, ___, ___
• 1927: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, ___, Nov, Dec
• 1928: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1929: Jan, Feb, ___, Apr, ___, ___, ___, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1930: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1931: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1932: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1933: Jan, Feb, Mar, ___, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, ___, Dec
• 1934: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul/Aug, ___, ___, Nov, Dec
• 1935: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, ___, Jun, Jul/Aug, ___, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1936: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun/Jul, Aug/Sep
• 1938: Feb/Mar, Aug/Sep, Oct/Nov 1938
• 1939: Oct, Nov, Aug-Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1940: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun

Modeltec

• 1984: May (first issue), Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1985: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1986: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1987: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1988: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1989: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1990: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1991: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, ___, ___, ___
• 1992: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, XXX, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1993: ___, Feb, ___, ___, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, ___, ___, ___, Dec
• 1994: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1995: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1996: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1997: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1998: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1999: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 2000: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun/Jul, Aug/Sep, Oct, Nov
• 2000/2001: Dec 2000/Jan 2001
• 2001: Feb, Mar/Apr
• 2002: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr

The Model Craftsman

• 1933: May, Jul, Nov
• 1934: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May-Jun, Jul-Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1935: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul-Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1936: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1937: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1938: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1939: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1940: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1941: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1942: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jul, Sep, Nov
• 1943: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec
• 1944: Feb, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1945: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov
• 1946: Aug, Oct
• 1947: Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Dec
• 1948: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1949: Jan, ___, ___, ___, May, Oct, Nov
• 1951: Apr
• 1952: Jan

The Live Steamer

• Volume 1, Number 1, January-February 1950
• Volume 1, Number 2, March-April 1950
• volume 1, Number 3, May-June 1950
• Volume 1, Number 4, July-August 1950
• Volume 1, Number 5, September-October 1950
• Volume 1, Number 6, November-December 1950
• Volume 2, Number 1, January-February 1951
• Volume 2, Number 2, March-April 1951
• Volume 2, Number 3, May-June 1951
• Volume 2, Number 4, July-August 1951
• Volume 2, Number 5, September-October 1951
• Volume 2, Number 6, November-December 1951

The Miniature Locomotive

• Nov-Dec 1952
• Jan-Feb 1953
• May-Jun 1953
• Sep-Oct 1953
• Jul-Aug 1953
• Nov-Dec 1953
• Jul-Aug 1953
• Jan-Feb 1954
• Mar-Apr 1954
• May-Jun 1954
• Jul-Aug 1954
• Sep-Oct 1954
• Nov-Dec 1954

The North American Live Steamer

• Volume 1, Number 1 (January 1956) through Volume 1, Number 12

Model Railroader

• Apr 1951
• Sep 1968
• Sep 1969
• Nov 1976
• Apr 1988

Winton Brown

Winton Brown founded the Winton Locomotive Works company in Danville, California in the early 1960’s. Winton was a mechanical engineer by trade. He brought as set of finely honed engineering skills to the company, designing his locomotives for maximum strength, maximum weight on the drivers and easy, modular construction.

The Winton catalog included a section simply entitled “Engineering Notes”. Behind that humble title lay 17 pages of notes, drawings, formulas and tables essential for designing and building model steam locomotives. In the 1960’s, if you were building a loco from scratch which wasn’t adaptable from a Martin Lewis design the Winton catalog engineering section was considered the bible and many used it to design parts of their locos, especially boilers.

Winton’s engineering data has been collected and published as Winton Brown Engineering Data.

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