Charles S. Purinton - Revision history

Dnevil: /* Other Photos */

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Other Photos

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	File:NELS CharliePurinton GeorgeDiamond BVBrocklin CapPurinton.jpg\|With Bill Van Brocklin's new 4-4-0 on the turntable, the guys look on. Charlie Purinton, [[George ~~Diamond~~]], Bill Van Brocklin and Cap Purinton. August 22, 1987 meet at Carl Purinton's Boxford Outer Belt track. Photo by Bob Hornsby.		File:NELS CharliePurinton GeorgeDiamond BVBrocklin CapPurinton.jpg\|With Bill Van Brocklin's new 4-4-0 on the turntable, the guys look on. Charlie Purinton, [[George Dimond]], Bill Van Brocklin and Cap Purinton. August 22, 1987 meet at Carl Purinton's Boxford Outer Belt track. Photo by Bob Hornsby.
	File:4 Generations of Purintons.jpg\|This shows four (4) generations of Purintons. Bob Hornsby took this at a live steam meet in Epping, New Hampshire. L-R: Charles S. with his grandson Zach (Cap’s son). Charles A. (Cap) and Charles (Carl) A. Purinton. June 16, 1984.		File:4 Generations of Purintons.jpg\|This shows four (4) generations of Purintons. Bob Hornsby took this at a live steam meet in Epping, New Hampshire. L-R: Charles S. with his grandson Zach (Cap’s son). Charles A. (Cap) and Charles (Carl) A. Purinton. June 16, 1984.
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Dnevil: /* Other Photos */

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Other Photos

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	File:NELS CharliePurinton GeorgeDiamond BVBrocklin CapPurinton.jpg\|With Bill Van Brocklin's new 4-4-0 on the turntable, the guys look on. Charlie Purinton, George Diamond, Bill Van Brocklin and Cap Purinton. August 22, 1987 meet at Carl Purinton's Boxford Outer Belt track. Photo by Bob Hornsby.		File:NELS CharliePurinton GeorgeDiamond BVBrocklin CapPurinton.jpg\|With Bill Van Brocklin's new 4-4-0 on the turntable, the guys look on. Charlie Purinton, [[George Diamond]], Bill Van Brocklin and Cap Purinton. August 22, 1987 meet at Carl Purinton's Boxford Outer Belt track. Photo by Bob Hornsby.
	File:4 Generations of Purintons.jpg\|This shows four (4) generations of Purintons. Bob Hornsby took this at a live steam meet in Epping, New Hampshire. L-R: Charles S. with his grandson Zach (Cap’s son). Charles A. (Cap) and Charles (Carl) A. Purinton. June 16, 1984.		File:4 Generations of Purintons.jpg\|This shows four (4) generations of Purintons. Bob Hornsby took this at a live steam meet in Epping, New Hampshire. L-R: Charles S. with his grandson Zach (Cap’s son). Charles A. (Cap) and Charles (Carl) A. Purinton. June 16, 1984.
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Dnevil: /* Running at W. H. Nichols Track */

2020-10-06T16:32:06Z

Running at W. H. Nichols Track

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	: Children seated on a small locomotive at a mini railroad station in Waltham, Massachusetts.		: Children seated on a small locomotive at a mini railroad station in Waltham, Massachusetts.

	: This railroad was built as a hobby by Mr. W. H. Nichols at his Nichols Machine Company in Waltham, Mass. Mr. Nichols was a pioneer in the hobby of building "live steam" locomotives. He built a multi-gauge track at his factory and hosted "meets" of the Boston Society of Model Engineers. The film clip shows his 7-1/4 inch gauge locomotive "Ella Cinders" pulling a trainload of people around the track. The locomotive was copied after one that Mr. Nichols remembered from his home in Canada on the Hamilton & Dundas Railway. The prototype was a "dummy" locomotive which had a streetcar type body built over the boiler. Mr. Nichols never finished that part, and ran the miniature locomotive with no cab at all. The model still exists, and is owned by descendants of Mr. Nichols. It was still operable into the 1990s, and is scheduled for a rebuild in the near future. The boy in the close-up and running the train in the film is [[Charles S. Purinton]].		: This railroad was built as a hobby by Mr. [[W.H. Nichols]] at his Nichols Machine Company in Waltham, Mass. Mr. Nichols was a pioneer in the hobby of building "live steam" locomotives. He built a multi-gauge track at his factory and hosted "meets" of the Boston Society of Model Engineers. The film clip shows his 7-1/4 inch gauge locomotive "Ella Cinders" pulling a trainload of people around the track. The locomotive was copied after one that Mr. Nichols remembered from his home in Canada on the Hamilton & Dundas Railway. The prototype was a "dummy" locomotive which had a streetcar type body built over the boiler. Mr. Nichols never finished that part, and ran the miniature locomotive with no cab at all. The model still exists, and is owned by descendants of Mr. Nichols. It was still operable into the 1990s, and is scheduled for a rebuild in the near future. The boy in the close-up and running the train in the film is [[Charles S. Purinton]].

	: "Charlie" was the son of the late [[Charles A. Purinton\|Charles A. "Carl" Purinton]], founder of the Brotherhood of Live Steamers and that group's secretary for many years. Carl built and operated many model steam locomotives over the years until his death at 101 in February, 1999. Charlie also was an avid live steamer and locomotive builder who constructed many model engines. He passed away in November, 2010. The man seen working on the engine in the film clip is W. H. Nichols himself.		: "Charlie" was the son of the late [[Charles A. Purinton\|Charles A. "Carl" Purinton]], founder of the Brotherhood of Live Steamers and that group's secretary for many years. Carl built and operated many model steam locomotives over the years until his death at 101 in February, 1999. Charlie also was an avid live steamer and locomotive builder who constructed many model engines. He passed away in November, 2010. The man seen working on the engine in the film clip is W. H. Nichols himself.
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	[[Charles S. Purinton]] wrote in [[Live Steam of Years Gone By]], page 13:		[[Charles S. Purinton]] wrote in [[Live Steam of Years Gone By]], page 13:

	: W.H. Nichols also had 7-1/4 inch gauge. The first in New England and the only one for many years. His locomotive was named <i>Ella Cinders</i> after a famous comic strip character of the times. The cylinders and feed pump came from a Stanley Steamer automobile, and the boiler was huge. A horizontal boiler of marine design with a cylindrical flue firebox. I can remember burning coal in this engine just once. Usually it was fired with [[Ford briquetes\|"Ford" charcoal briquets]] and this occasion was for a theater newsreel. The producers thought there should be smoke and with the Cannel coal there was lots of it! So much so that I was ill afterwards. Cannel coal and hot dogs; boy, was I ever sick!		: [[W.H. Nichols]] also had 7-1/4 inch gauge. The first in New England and the only one for many years. His locomotive was named <i>Ella Cinders</i> after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Cinders a famous comic strip character] of the times. The cylinders and feed pump came from a Stanley Steamer automobile, and the boiler was huge. A horizontal boiler of marine design with a cylindrical flue firebox. I can remember burning coal in this engine just once. Usually it was fired with [[Ford briquetes\|"Ford" charcoal briquets]] and this occasion was for a theater newsreel. The producers thought there should be smoke and with the Cannel coal there was lots of it! So much so that I was ill afterwards. Cannel coal and hot dogs; boy, was I ever sick!

	== Live Steam Hobby ==		== Live Steam Hobby ==

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Running at W. H. Nichols Track

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	: "Charlie" was the son of the late [[Charles A. Purinton\|Charles A. "Carl" Purinton]], founder of the Brotherhood of Live Steamers and that group's secretary for many years. Carl built and operated many model steam locomotives over the years until his death at 101 in February, 1999. Charlie also was an avid live steamer and locomotive builder who constructed many model engines. He passed away in November, 2010. The man seen working on the engine in the film clip is W. H. Nichols himself.		: "Charlie" was the son of the late [[Charles A. Purinton\|Charles A. "Carl" Purinton]], founder of the Brotherhood of Live Steamers and that group's secretary for many years. Carl built and operated many model steam locomotives over the years until his death at 101 in February, 1999. Charlie also was an avid live steamer and locomotive builder who constructed many model engines. He passed away in November, 2010. The man seen working on the engine in the film clip is W. H. Nichols himself.

			[[Charles S. Purinton]] wrote in [[Live Steam of Years Gone By]], page 13:

			: W.H. Nichols also had 7-1/4 inch gauge. The first in New England and the only one for many years. His locomotive was named <i>Ella Cinders</i> after a famous comic strip character of the times. The cylinders and feed pump came from a Stanley Steamer automobile, and the boiler was huge. A horizontal boiler of marine design with a cylindrical flue firebox. I can remember burning coal in this engine just once. Usually it was fired with [[Ford briquetes\|"Ford" charcoal briquets]] and this occasion was for a theater newsreel. The producers thought there should be smoke and with the Cannel coal there was lots of it! So much so that I was ill afterwards. Cannel coal and hot dogs; boy, was I ever sick!

	== Live Steam Hobby ==		== Live Steam Hobby ==

Dnevil: /* Minnie */

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Minnie

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	== Minnie ==		== Minnie ==

	In addition to designing and building <i>Seth</i>, Charlie also designed another 0-4-0 named <i>Minnie</i>, which is similar in design to the famous <i>Minnitoka</i>. Charlie began work on <i>Minnie</i>, and completed most of it.		In addition to designing and building <i>Seth</i>, Charlie also designed another 0-4-0 named <i>Minnie</i>, which is similar in design to the famous <i>Minnitoka</i>. Charlie began work on <i>Minnie</i>, and completed most of it. [[Daris A Nevil]] currently owns this locomotive and plans to finish it.

	The drawings for <i>Minnie</i> (and an erection drawing for <i>Seth</i>) is available here:		The drawings for <i>Minnie</i> (and an erection drawing for <i>Seth</i>) is available here:

Dnevil: /* Seth */

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Seth

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 File:CharliePurintons Seth 28May1989 at BoxfordMA.jpg|At his father's track in Boxford, this is Charlie Purinton's 4-2-0 freelance in 7-1/4 inch gauge. Its name is Seth. May 28, 1989. Photo by Bob Hornsby.
 File:CharliePurintons Seth at NickEdwards Eastbrook BigMeet October 19 1991.jpg|Charlie Purinton Had his 4-2-0 Locomotive "Seth" at the meet at Nick Edwards track in Nashua, NH, 19 Oct 1991.
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Dnevil: /* Byfield Highline */

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Byfield Highline

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	: This is me in 1987 running a 1 inch scale Hiraoka Climax built for 3-1/2 inch gauge track.		: This is me in 1987 running a 1 inch scale Hiraoka Climax built for 3-1/2 inch gauge track.

	The track is that of [[Charles S. Purinton\|Charlie Purinton]] in Byfield Massachusetts. It was built about 1970 and was at this location until about 2008. It was moved in about 2009 to Georgetown Mass. where it was used infrequently until about 2018. In 2019 it was moved to our property in New Hampshire where it will receive a much-needed rebuilding and be used again.		: The track is that of [[Charles S. Purinton\|Charlie Purinton]] in Byfield Massachusetts. It was built about 1970 and was at this location until about 2008. It was moved in about 2009 to Georgetown Mass. where it was used infrequently until about 2018. In 2019 it was moved to our property in New Hampshire where it will receive a much-needed rebuilding and be used again.

	: I was 15 years old in the picture.		: I was 15 years old in the picture.

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June 30th, 1973

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 == Nick Edwards Meet ==

Dnevil: /* Running at W. H. Nichols Track */

2016-07-03T03:07:45Z

Running at W. H. Nichols Track

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	: Children seated on a small locomotive at a mini railroad station in Waltham, Massachusetts.		: Children seated on a small locomotive at a mini railroad station in Waltham, Massachusetts.

	: This railroad was built as a hobby by Mr. W. H. Nichols at his Nichols Machine Company in Waltham, Mass. Mr. Nichols was a pioneer in the hobby of building "live steam" locomotives. He built a multi-gauge track at his factory and hosted "meets" of the Boston Society of Model Engineers. The film clip shows his 7-1/4 inch gauge locomotive "Ella Cinders" pulling a trainload of people around the track. The locomotive was copied after one that Mr. Nichols remembered from his home in Canada on the Hamilton & Dundas Railway. The prototype was a "dummy" locomotive which had a streetcar type body built over the boiler. Mr. Nichols never finished that part, and ran the miniature locomotive with no cab at all. The model still exists, and is owned by descendants of Mr. Nichols. It was still operable into the 1990s, and is scheduled for a rebuild in the near future. The boy in the close-up and running the train in the film is Charles S. Purinton.		: This railroad was built as a hobby by Mr. W. H. Nichols at his Nichols Machine Company in Waltham, Mass. Mr. Nichols was a pioneer in the hobby of building "live steam" locomotives. He built a multi-gauge track at his factory and hosted "meets" of the Boston Society of Model Engineers. The film clip shows his 7-1/4 inch gauge locomotive "Ella Cinders" pulling a trainload of people around the track. The locomotive was copied after one that Mr. Nichols remembered from his home in Canada on the Hamilton & Dundas Railway. The prototype was a "dummy" locomotive which had a streetcar type body built over the boiler. Mr. Nichols never finished that part, and ran the miniature locomotive with no cab at all. The model still exists, and is owned by descendants of Mr. Nichols. It was still operable into the 1990s, and is scheduled for a rebuild in the near future. The boy in the close-up and running the train in the film is [[Charles S. Purinton]].

	: "Charlie" was the son of the late [[Charles A. Purinton\|Charles A. "Carl" Purinton]], founder of the Brotherhood of Live Steamers and that group's secretary for many years. Carl built and operated many model steam locomotives over the years until his death at 101 in February, 1999. Charlie also was an avid live steamer and locomotive builder who constructed many model engines. He passed away in November, 2010. The man seen working on the engine in the film clip is W. H. Nichols himself.		: "Charlie" was the son of the late [[Charles A. Purinton\|Charles A. "Carl" Purinton]], founder of the Brotherhood of Live Steamers and that group's secretary for many years. Carl built and operated many model steam locomotives over the years until his death at 101 in February, 1999. Charlie also was an avid live steamer and locomotive builder who constructed many model engines. He passed away in November, 2010. The man seen working on the engine in the film clip is W. H. Nichols himself.

Dnevil: /* 2009 Club Meeting */

2016-06-15T16:08:55Z

2009 Club Meeting

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	[http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=80916 John Kurdzionak posted on <i>Chaski.org</i>]:		[http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=80916 John Kurdzionak posted on <i>Chaski.org</i>]:
	[[File:John K and Charlie P 2009.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px]]		[[File:John K and Charlie P 2009.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Charlie Purinton and John Kurdzionak, February 8, 2009, Marblehead, Mass.]]

	: Here's me with Charlie Purinton, Sunday Feb. 8th 2009, at a meeting of our local steam club (held in Marblehead, MA).		: Here's me with Charlie Purinton, Sunday Feb. 8th 2009, at a meeting of our local steam club (held in Marblehead, MA).