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The Winton Diesel

Abandoned in a Quarry/ A 500 HP, Six-Cylinder Winton Diesel Gets a Needed Nudge and Roars Back to Life

By Woody Sins

Long view of the Winton, all 14,778 cubic inches of it

Winton's valve train features four valves per cylinder with paired opening

engine controls, with injector pump at bottom center

direct-coupled Westinghouse generator.

It couldn't have been a better day, especially for mid-November in the Northeast and after one of the coldest Octobers on record, as a group of "Engine Nuts" gathered at an old gravel quarry to witness an extraordinary event. There, in the dark confines of an old powerhouse, sat a 500 HP Winton diesel. And to the delight of all who were there, Dave Johnson, Corfu, N.Y., was about to start the old engine and show us the fru...

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