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by JDmonty
Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:59 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Progress on my Little Engines "C.P. Huntington"
Replies: 19
Views: 18801

Re: Progress on my Little Engines "C.P. Huntington"

Attached is an article on the modifications I made to my engine to get traction and improve tracking capability. The pictures go with the article. The photos probably don't mean much unless one is intimately familiar with the kit, but this is for the benefit of anyone building the engine to save the...
by JDmonty
Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:54 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Oil Firing 3/4" Scale
Replies: 21
Views: 10188

Re: Oil Firing 3/4" Scale

A link to a video of my C.P. Huntington showing the oil burner in action on a dyno stand. Link to my facebook page, hopefully it works. https://www.facebook.com/joseph.monty.3/videos/vb.100001561789815/1036054206456629/?type=2&video_source=user_video_tab The firebox on this engine in 5"x4&q...
by JDmonty
Fri Feb 16, 2018 12:38 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Progress on my Little Engines "C.P. Huntington"
Replies: 19
Views: 18801

Re: Progress on my Little Engines "C.P. Huntington"

Happy to say my C.P.Huntington is still alive and kicking after 40+ years, a new boiler and a half a dozen rebuilds/redesigns, and a few spectacular crashes. Extensively modified from the original Little Engines design, but it runs and pulls (though it prefers a level, if not "negatively graded...