Steam Traction Archive
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January 1955
Earlene
The matter up with Elmer and he seems to think that that would be an expensive venture""
STEAM ENGINE DRAWINGS
The drawing may be of any engine""
The Nichols & Shepard Excello Separator and the Reason For Building It
The wheat crop on the Salina Block was short in 1923""
LIFTING FINGERS
Aultman & Taylor made a separator called the Dixie and another the Globe""
A LETTER FROM ENGLAND
The engine acted as a show-piece""
STEAM THRESHERMEN ASSOCIATION
Threshers will be classed according to the capacity of the machine""
ONE GRAND JUNE MORNING
A steam engine to the purchasers home at the corporation limit""
""EXHAUST ECHOES""
The whole thing was more perfect design both in engines""
First EXHIBITION & SHOW A DECIDED SUCCESS
The first Exhibition and Show of the Old Settlers and Threshermen's Association""
'OLD DUTCHMAN' TELLS STORY OF STREET RAILWAYS
The Street Railways were once a wonderful way for to travel""
LETTERS
Himsele An Editor""
POST CARDS
The Plasterers are great steam engine fans""
SIMPLE TRACTION ENGINES
Tabulated results of actual performance of engines ""
March 1955
Earlene
HI LADIES!""
LETTERS
The Old Settlers and Threshers Association""
NEWARK, OHIO CITY OF 5 ENGINES
The Newark Machine Shop""
Steam Directory
Listing of steam engines""
REPORT OF THE ANTIQUE ENGINE AND THRESHER ASSOCIATION,Inc
The 4th Annual Reunion of the Antique Engine and Threshers Association""
My Memmos of the fifth annual reunion OF THE OLD SETTLERS & THRESHERS
Visitors and owners busy unloading their participants of entertainment""
RUINS OF A VERY OLD ENGINE
The old stationary has a rather interesting history""
""EXHAUST ECHOES""
From the Days of the Steam Plowing Age""
MODEL BUILDERS SECTION
Live steam engine shop made""
Pioneer Engineers Club
A nice lunch stand was one of the highlights""
The McClure-Waddill Threshermens Reunion
During the day grain was threshed with eight different steamers""
POST CARDS
The Sullivan Reunion""
May 1955
Earlene
The National Thresherwomen sponsor a ""Hobby Lobby"" each year""
HISTORY of the AVERY COMPANY
The gasoline tractor engines were of the opposed cylinder design""
Steam Engine Drawing Contest
The winning drawing was done by Miss Judith Sabo of Detroit""
PIONEER THRESHERMEN'S CLUB
The Pioneer Threshermen's Club has provisions for two types of memberships""
FOURTH ANNUAL REUNION OF THE OLD TIME THRESHERS AND SAWMILL OPERATORS
The fourth annual Reunion and Steam Show""
An Aggressive Thresherman
The blades are mounted on a 2"" steel shaft with double row ball bearings""
MODEL BUILDERS SECTION-
The engine is a 4-4-4 with a 3x4 bore and stroke""
THE NOMINAL HORSE POWER OF ENGLISH TRACTION ENGINES
The method of indicating the size of traction engines by the nominal horse power""
SOME CANTON MONITOR HISTORY
The Monitor engine to operate a threshing machine""
Canton Monitor History FROM HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY, OHIO
The independent steam pump for supplying and emptying the boiler""
Northeastern Wisconsin Steam Club
The first annual meeting of the Northeastern Wisconsin Steam Club""
POST CARDS
The Tri State Branch of the Antique Engine and Thresher Association""
July 1955
Traction Engine
The exact date of manufacture""
In Honor of Elmo Mahoney
The old Avery Company""
I REMEMBER
The labor saving and speedier operation""
Pioneer Threshermen' s Club
Old time engineers and threshermen""
PENNSYLVANIA ENGINES PARADE IN KANSAS
45-year old steam tractor shown""
MODEL BUILDERS SECTION--
The Michigan Live Steam Club""
LETTER
A pitcher for a rig owned by Bowen-Koepke & Mielke""
AN OLD ENGINE
The factory and the steering gear""
EXPERIENCES FROM THE MONTANA PRAIRIES
Cross-Compound Reeves engine""
THE TRACTION ENGINE RALLY AT PICKERING
The steam engine fans in England""
POST CARDS
The National Threshers Association""
September 1955
MY EXPERIENCES AS AN ENGINEER
Superintendent of the Mennonite Home Mission""
MY EXPERIENCES AS AN ENGINEER
Fair View Church""
LETTER
FILLS A NICHE""
LETTER
THAT CERTAIN FEVER""
STEAM TRACTOR MODEL
Wheat fields of the Dakotas""
TRACTOR ENCYCLOPEDIA
Agricultural photographs""
11TH ANNUAL REUNION OF THE National Threshers Assn., Inc.
Williams County Fairground""
HISTORY of the GRAIN BINDER
International Harvester Co.""
JUST TOO HEAVY
Queen of the Hot Rods""
Early Threshing Days
Obsolete machinery""
SLIGHTLY CRACKED
Whiskey Creek""
""SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE""
Canada the land of the North lights glow""
""MET UP WITH THE ALBUM""
Case Minneapolis""
THE LADIES PAGE
Oatmeal Cake""
For The Ladies
STEAM ENGINE LOVERS""
POST CARDS
National Traction Engine Rally""
POST CARDS
Cooper-Bessemer Corp.""
November 1955
LETTERS
Circumstances Alter Cases""
POLAR TURNS TO STEAM
Steam engine and boiler can be picked up around here without too much trouble""
THRESHERMENS REVIEW 1907
Martin, son-in-law of Wager, was the field boss and is seated in the buggy""
MODEL BUILDERS SECTION-
The wheels are from an old sweeper, the tank is brass from an old water pump""
REPORT OF THE Rough & Tumble Engineers Reunion
The Groffdale Steam Hobby Association had charge of the miniature and hobby engines""
FIRST THRESHERMENS REUNION EVER HELD IN CANADA
Museums are incorporated under the Western Development Museum Act""
Tractor Page-
All gas engines this model Fuller & Johnson was one of the best""
Preserving The Boiler
The cylinder oil and graphite are not mixed before putting into the boiler""
ILLINOIS THRESHERMEN'S JUBILEE
The local collection of steam engines consists of three 20 hp""
EARLY STEAM ENGINE EXPERIENCES
The boiler was the open bottom fire-box type""
ACQUIRING A MINNEAPOLIS ENGINE
Engine was used on the now abandoned gold mine about 25 years ago""
The Song of Steam
Harness me down with your iron bands""
EXPLOSION SCARE
Boiler is down to the frying pan level""
A VARIED EXPERIENCE
80-year-old Dog Power machine was built in the state of Vermont""
THE OLD FARMER AND ""OLD BETSY"" CONVERSE
The straw around the engine handy for the fireman""
POST CARDS
Baker pulling a Gaar Scott Mill of the friction drive type""