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	: There was a time when every toy store carried small steam engines. But not any more. [[Caldwell Industries]] feels that from the youth will come the machinists and engineers of tomorrow. They carry a complete line of electric and alcohol fueled toys.		: There was a time when every toy store carried small steam engines. But not any more. [[Caldwell Industries]] feels that from the youth will come the machinists and engineers of tomorrow. They carry a complete line of electric and alcohol fueled toys.

			== Passign of Otto Matlock ==

			The following notice appeared in [[Live Steam Magazine]], December 1971:

			: Otto (Bill) Matlock, age 64, of Luling, Texas passed away on September 9th, of an aneurysm. He and his son, John, had formed [[Caldwell Industries]] in 1968 to supply the Live Steam hobby and was looking forward to retiring from the oilfield work in which he has spent most of his life and devoting his time to the new business.

	== Open Column Launch Engine ==		== Open Column Launch Engine ==

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	* [[Live Steam Magazine]], February 1973		* [[Live Steam Magazine]], February 1973
	* See "Building <i>Victoria</i>" for a smaller open-column engine, [[Live Steam Magazine]], July/August 2016		* See "Building <i>Victoria</i>" for a smaller open-column engine, [[Live Steam Magazine]], July/August 2016

			== Advertisements ==

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			File:Caldwell Industries Popular Science Advert Jan 1976.PNG\|Caldwell Industries advertisement in Popular Science, January 1976.
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	== Catalogs ==		== Catalogs ==

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	* http://www.john-tom.com/MyPlans/SteamPlans3/RiverQueenEngine/RiverQueenPlansInstruction.pdf		* http://www.john-tom.com/MyPlans/SteamPlans3/RiverQueenEngine/RiverQueenPlansInstruction.pdf
	* [http://books.google.com/books?id=GtUDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Popular Mechanics, February 1973, pp 162-163]		* [http://books.google.com/books?id=GtUDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Popular Mechanics, February 1973, pp 162-163]
	* Live Steam Magazine, February 1973		* [[Live Steam Magazine]], February 1973
			* See "Building <i>Victoria</i>" for a smaller open-column engine, [[Live Steam Magazine]], July/August 2016

	== Catalogs ==		== Catalogs ==

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	: The open column launch engine was very simple. It consisted of various pieces of cut bar stock (no castings) and some nuts and screws. I showed the kit to my uncle. He was working for a machine shop at the time. He ordered a kit and built it. Then he built a scaled up model 4x the size of the original. Both ran very well on compressed air.		: The open column launch engine was very simple. It consisted of various pieces of cut bar stock (no castings) and some nuts and screws. I showed the kit to my uncle. He was working for a machine shop at the time. He ordered a kit and built it. Then he built a scaled up model 4x the size of the original. Both ran very well on compressed air.

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	File:Open Column Launch Steam Engine 1973 02 p162.PNG\|Caldwell Industries' Open Column Launch Engine, from Popular Mechanics 1973, page 1962.		File:Open Column Launch Steam Engine 1973 02 p162.PNG\|Caldwell Industries' Open Column Launch Engine, from Popular Mechanics 1973, page 1962.
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	* [http://books.google.com/books?id=GtUDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Popular Mechanics, February 1973, pp 162-163]		* [http://books.google.com/books?id=GtUDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Popular Mechanics, February 1973, pp 162-163]
	* Live Steam Magazine, February 1973		* Live Steam Magazine, February 1973

			== Catalogs ==

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			File:CaldwellIndustries CraftsmanshipCatalog1978.jpg\|Caldwell Industries 1978 Craftsmanship Catalog.
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	About 1972 [[Caldwell Industries]] introduced a new product they called The Open Launch Engine, or River Queen Engine. It was a simple, single cylinder, single action engine consisting of standard stock equipment (no castings).		About 1972 [[Caldwell Industries]] introduced a new product they called The Open Launch Engine, or River Queen Engine. It was a simple, single cylinder, single action engine consisting of standard stock equipment (no castings).

	Daris Nevil wrote:		[[Daris A Nevil]] wrote:

	: Sometime around 1975 I saw an ad in a magazine for [[Caldwell Industries]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luling,_Texas Luling, Texas]. It was an ad for a small open-column steam launch engine. I was intrigued, especially because it was cheap, around $20. I ordered one of the kits. A catalog came along with the kit. I was fascinated by the models in the catalog, especially a set of castings for a 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive in O gauge. I didn't know a thing about castings, machining or building steam engines, but I wanted to do it.		: Sometime around 1975 I saw an ad in a magazine for [[Caldwell Industries]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luling,_Texas Luling, Texas]. It was an ad for a small open-column steam launch engine. I was intrigued, especially because it was cheap, around $20. I ordered one of the kits. A catalog came along with the kit. I was fascinated by the models in the catalog, especially a set of castings for a 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive in O gauge. I didn't know a thing about castings, machining or building steam engines, but I wanted to do it.

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			* [http://ibls.org/files/drawings/1972/RiverQueenPlansInstruction.pdf "River Queen Open Column Launch Engine Kit Plans", Edelstaal Technical Institute]
	* http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/threads/39408-PM-Feb-1973-quot-Tiny-Steam-Engine-quot-Anyone		* http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/threads/39408-PM-Feb-1973-quot-Tiny-Steam-Engine-quot-Anyone
	* http://www.john-tom.com/MyPlans/SteamPlans3/RiverQueenEngine/RiverQueenPlansInstruction.pdf		* http://www.john-tom.com/MyPlans/SteamPlans3/RiverQueenEngine/RiverQueenPlansInstruction.pdf
	* [http://books.google.com/books?id=GtUDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Popular Mechanics, February 1973, pp 162-163]		* [http://books.google.com/books?id=GtUDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Popular Mechanics, February 1973, pp 162-163]
	* Live Steam Magazine, February 1973		* Live Steam Magazine, February 1973

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	== Open Column Launch Engine ==		== Open Column Launch Engine ==

			About 1972 [[Caldwell Industries]] introduced a new product they called The Open Launch Engine, or River Queen Engine. It was a simple, single cylinder, single action engine consisting of standard stock equipment (no castings).

	Daris Nevil wrote:		Daris Nevil wrote:

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	: There was a time when every toy store carried small steam engines. But not any more. [[Caldwell Industries]] feels that from the youth will come the machinists and engineers of tomorrow. They carry a complete line of electric and alcohol fueled toys.		: There was a time when every toy store carried small steam engines. But not any more. [[Caldwell Industries]] feels that from the youth will come the machinists and engineers of tomorrow. They carry a complete line of electric and alcohol fueled toys.

			== Open Column Launch Engine ==

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	: The open column launch engine was very simple. It consisted of various pieces of cut bar stock (no castings) and some nuts and screws. I showed the kit to my uncle. He was working for a machine shop at the time. He ordered a kit and built it. Then he built a scaled up model 4x the size of the original. Both ran very well on compressed air.		: The open column launch engine was very simple. It consisted of various pieces of cut bar stock (no castings) and some nuts and screws. I showed the kit to my uncle. He was working for a machine shop at the time. He ordered a kit and built it. Then he built a scaled up model 4x the size of the original. Both ran very well on compressed air.

	~~== Open Column Launch Engine ==~~

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	: The open column launch engine was very simple. It consisted of various pieces of cut bar stock (no castings) and some nuts and screws. I showed the kit to my uncle. He was working for a machine shop at the time. He ordered a kit and built it. Then he built a scaled up model 4x the size of the original. Both ran very well on compressed air.		: The open column launch engine was very simple. It consisted of various pieces of cut bar stock (no castings) and some nuts and screws. I showed the kit to my uncle. He was working for a machine shop at the time. He ordered a kit and built it. Then he built a scaled up model 4x the size of the original. Both ran very well on compressed air.

			== Open Column Launch Engine ==

			<gallery widths="300px" heights="300px">
			File:Open Column Launch Steam Engine 1973 02 p162.PNG\|Caldwell Industries' Open Column Launch Engine, from Popular Mechanics 1973, page 1962.
			File:Open Column Launch Steam Engine 1973 02 p163.PNG
			</gallery>

			* http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/threads/39408-PM-Feb-1973-quot-Tiny-Steam-Engine-quot-Anyone
			* http://www.john-tom.com/MyPlans/SteamPlans3/RiverQueenEngine/RiverQueenPlansInstruction.pdf
			* [http://books.google.com/books?id=GtUDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Popular Mechanics, February 1973, pp 162-163]
			* Live Steam Magazine, February 1973

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	[[Category:History]]		[[Category:History]]
	[[Caldwell Industries]] was a supplier of live steam castings, plans and parts.		[[Caldwell Industries]] was a supplier of live steam castings, plans and parts.

			== CALDWELL INDUSTRIES FORMED ==

			From [http://steamtraction.farmcollector.com/Farm-Life/NEWS-ITEM-March-1969.aspx?page=2#ixzz1yXEpiNQH Steam Traction Farm Collector, March 1969]:

			: In the first half of 1967 Bill and John Matlock made a discovery. Something that they wanted was readily available in England, but not in the United States. By July, a full scale investigation was in progress. Over a year later in September, 1968, [[Caldwell Industries]] of Luling, Texas had been formed and was publishing their initial catalogs.

			: There was a time when every toy store carried small steam engines. But not any more. [[Caldwell Industries]] feels that from the youth will come the machinists and engineers of tomorrow. They carry a complete line of electric and alcohol fueled toys.


	Daris Nevil wrote:		Daris Nevil wrote:

	: Sometime around 1975 I saw an ad in a magazine for [[Caldwell Industries]] of Luling Texas. It was an ad for a small open-column steam launch engine. I was intrigued, especially because it was cheap, around $20. I ordered one of the kits. A catalog came along with the kit. I was fascinated by the models in the catalog, especially a set of castings for a 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive in O gauge. I didn't know a thing about castings, machining or building steam engines, but I wanted to do it.		: Sometime around 1975 I saw an ad in a magazine for [[Caldwell Industries]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luling,_Texas Luling, Texas]. It was an ad for a small open-column steam launch engine. I was intrigued, especially because it was cheap, around $20. I ordered one of the kits. A catalog came along with the kit. I was fascinated by the models in the catalog, especially a set of castings for a 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive in O gauge. I didn't know a thing about castings, machining or building steam engines, but I wanted to do it.

	: The open column launch engine was very simple. It consisted of various pieces of cut bar stock (no castings) and some nuts and screws. I showed the kit to my uncle. He was working for a machine shop at the time. He ordered a kit and built it. Then he built a scaled up model 4x the size of the original. Both ran very well on compressed air.		: The open column launch engine was very simple. It consisted of various pieces of cut bar stock (no castings) and some nuts and screws. I showed the kit to my uncle. He was working for a machine shop at the time. He ordered a kit and built it. Then he built a scaled up model 4x the size of the original. Both ran very well on compressed air.