Steam Traction Archive
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January 1982
SOOT IN THE FLUES
John is a retired engineer and instructor of locomotive inspection.
Some Experiences & Reminiscences of an 'Old Thresher' Recipient
Old Threshers and Settlers show was my father, L.W. Huff of New Sharon, Iowa.
HISTORY OF A THRESHING BEE
The show is always full of wonder and excitement for everyone.
Steaming Tobacco Beds
The purpose of steaming is to kill weeds and sterilize the soil.
STEAM ENTHUSIASTS LEARN FROM VETERAN
Bob and Kathy are also looking for a small boiler and engine to run a small generator
THE BLUEGRASS STEAM AND GAS ENGINE ASSOCIATION SHOW REPORT
Curtis and William Currens of Salvisa, Kentucky showed a fine trailer of restored engines at the show.
THE EDITOR'S COLUMN
Anna Mae Branyan, who writes her well known column for IMA
TO THE LADIES
ILVA HOFFER: A 'PIONEER WOMAN.
TRACKING DOWN JACOB PRICE
Jacob Price was really a pioneer in farm machinery production.
CROW FAMILY CARRIES ON THE STEAM TRADITION
Crow Family with steam collecting and with IMA.
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Steam power had been used extensively on the family farm.
Unclassified Photos
Unidentified or unlabeled photographs
CLEAR DAYS AT CANANDAIGUA
The saw mill, at the Canandaigua show is powered by the 1917.
POST CARDS
The applebutter is made in a wooden barrel.
POST CARDS
American tender for railroad engines
The Wind on Grandpa's Knob
Windmill was erected on a mountain top in Vermont known locally as Grandpa's Knob.
TUSCARAWAS SHOW
Bernice Lillie was designated Queen of the 1981 Show.
BUREAU VALLEY REPORT
The fourth annual Bureau Valley Antique Engine and Tractor Show was held July
Models For Half A Century Plus
The Coles' Power Models business, founded over 50 years ago by Charles A.
MEMORIES
The engine was sitting between the house and barn on the paved lane.
NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS STEAM POWER SHOW A GREAT SUCCESS!
Wheat threshing was a first at Hedtke's Hickory-Oaks Farm during the show.
ONTARIO'S THRESHING MACHINE INDUSTRY
Authoritative account of machines made in Ontario.
March 1982
ROAD LOCOMOTIVE SOCIETY
The Road Locomotive Society, founded in 1937 in Great Britain
MIGHTY ENGINES AT ONTARIO MUSEUM
The museum covers six generaleras.
THOMAS J. WOODARD'S ADVANCE- RUMELY
Advance Rumely is a good engine sound boiler and gearing like new.
KEITH STERNBERG'S CASE
Keith B. Sternberg is the only traction steam engine in San Juan County.
EMIL WALLACH'S ADVANCE-RUMELY
Emil L. Wallach have put new flues in and repainted it the original colors to Rumely Oilpull.
100-YEAR-OLD RUSSELL STEAM ENGINE AND THE MAN WHO PUT IT TOGETHER THE SECOND TIME
Marge Ross worked for five years finding the parts for his Russell engine
MODEL MAKING A REWARDING HOBBY FOR OREGON RETIREE
Honcharenko has built the Oil Pull tractor.
MORE BOILER EXPLOSIONS
Some of the boilers used on traction engines
Steam Power Circular Saw
Usually a flutter wheel was used to power a saw
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Nona enjoyed going to the Maryland Steam Historical Society Show in Arcadia.
STUMP TOWN
Rogers in charge and music led by Mrs. Anna Burton and the Stumptown Quartet.
THE DON GWALTNEY STORY
Country music station issue an invitation to the Don Gwaltney wheat threshing.
GET IN TOUCH!!!
LIVE STEAM
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Walt was a tough old man of 87 or 88 when we first got acquainted
SCOTT-CARVER THRESHERS ASS
18th annual steam and gas engine festival held by the Scott-Carver Threshers Association
POST CARDS
The Supreme best showman's engine in England.
May 1982
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The engineer on this Frick engine looks very bored with the whole thing
ANTIQUE FARM SHOW OSCAR'S DREAMLAND
The parade at Oscar's was stupendous
LET'S HONOR INVENTORS AGAIN!
The importance of honoring inventors was voiced by J. Paul Lyet
HISTORY AT A GLANCE
The New England states personalities who left a mark on early agriculture and country living
TRIPLE GREAT UNCLE
The Kitten steam traction engine was the product of the Kitten Machine
TERNING FAMILY SHOW
Tom and Lois Terning's 1981 show
Great Dorset Steam Fair
The Great Dorset Steam Fair held near Stourpaine in Dorset County
HUGE SNOW ENGINE FOR ROUGH AND TUMBLE
The Rough Tumble Engineers Historical Society of Kinzers
Steam power & the Circular Saw
The White River Lumber Company of Enumclaw
THE GOLDEN ROLL
The Tri-State Antique Engine & Threshers Association at Bird City
COVER STORY
Attractions that Oscar Cooke has gathered at Dreamland
July 1982
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Reunion Season in full swing
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
AFRICAN QUEEN moved out into the harbor under steam for the first time since 1976
Examining the cornish engine
The Cornish engine was a most unusual machine
THE LAST BIDDER
The Mohlings knew nothing of the engine's history
RECOLLECTIONS OF C. AULTMAN AND COMPANY
An excellent engraving of the Canton Monitor portable steam engine
CAST IRON SEAT NEWS
Cast Iron Seat Association, edited by Dick Leill
PATENT MODELS by THE THOUSANDS
Cliff Peterson, a civil engineer who collects patent models
PUMP HOUSE STEAM MUSEUM
Steam Museum in Kingston
ROAD ROLLER LANDMARK
The Road Roller Association
Steam Memories
The year 1916 was a dry one in eastern Kansas
A STEAM FAN LIVES HERE
LeRoy Jinnings uses a set of governors to hold up his mailbox
DAVID DEARBORN RESPONDS
Dave has written to tell us more about the Kitten
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Clarence spent many volunteer hours restoring many of the large gas tractors
AMERICAN THRESHERMAN ASSOCIATION SHOW
Fontana serves as a second assistant engineer on a steam turbine tanker
POST CARD
The engine was displayed at the first annual Mad River Steam & Gas Show
CONNECTICUT YANKEE STEAM & GAS SHOW
Connecticut Yankee Steam and Gas Engine Association held its 4th annual show in Warren Woods Park
September 1982
SHOOT IN THE FLUES
Advance Rumely traction engine being restored at Berryville
JEWELL COUNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TEETER TOTTER
The teeter-totter is a heavy timber platform
THE RESURRECTION OF Steam Locomotive #353
Engine made by the American Locomotive Works in 1921
MINESOTA LICENSING
A license to operate steam farm traction engines, portable and stationary show engines
16th Annual
The Slow Tractor Race again attracted many spectators during each morning of the show
AUCTION REPORTS ARE ON THE WAY
The auctions are a growing development in this hobby
THE SAWYER & MASSEY CO.
The Sawyers became very active, enlarging the business to make steam engines
2nd ANNUAL Sunflower Pioneer Power Association SHOW
The Sunflower Pioneer Power Association was organized early in 1981
THE REBIRTH OF A keystone Skimmer Shovel
The manufacture of the Keystone shovels began here in 1914
AMERICAN FARM TOOLS
BOOK REVIEW
Engine Show at Buckley, Michigan
A new mill was built and was powered by electricity
SHOW HELD AT RUSHVILLE, INDIANA
Lawrence Porter threshed wheat twice each day with his Gaar Scott outfit
WILLIAMS GROVE UPDATE
The annual Williams Grove Steam Engine Celebration
THE GOLDEN ROLL
FRANK E. STEELE passed away April 8, 1982
RIVERBEND STEAM & GAS SHOW ALLENDALE, MICHIGAN
Advance gathered around the sawmill and slab-wood pile
POST CARD
The tractor is an old Lambert riding mower
November 1982
SOOT IN THE FLUES
O & S was the trademark of Orr & Sembower
ENGINE #102
We found the engine in the spring of 1972 on a farm near Brussels
OWL'S HEAD AUCTION
The auction also netted about $15,000 for the Owls Head Transportation Museum
Memories of a FARM BOY
Joliet 4-hole spring sheller and a 9 HP Galloway gas engine
STEAMING AT ONE HALF SCALE
The old Russell lost its life in the WW II scrap drive
STEAM MEMORIES
Steam engine pulling the threshing machine
PAUBLO ACTIVITIES
The first P. A. M. Reunion in 1979 ended a drought
LESUEUR COUNTY PIONEER POWER SHOW
The LeSueur County Pioneer Power Show was held August 28 through 30, 1981
WESTERN MICHIGAN OLD ENGINE
The 8th annual show was held at the Fred Donohue Farm in Ludington
RICE COUNTY STEAM & GAS
7th annual Threshing Show was held on the Malecha Bros
EARLY DAY #17 IN MISSOURI
The 25th Silver anniversary of the Pioneer Harvest Fiesta, Inc. held at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds
THE GOLDEN ROLL
LLOYD S. CROYLE was thresherman and sawmiller from the age of 14
SYMPOSIUM TO BE HELD IN CHEVY CHASE
A symposium sponsored by the Associates of the National Agricultural Library
TUSCARAWAS VALLEY
17th Annual Tuscarawas Valley Pioneer Power Show
CARRINGTON PARK RALLY
Carrington Park is one of a series of rallies approved by the NTEC
HOW TO KEEP A PREACHER HAPPY
A couple of years ago, in the deep, dark center of Pennsylvania
POST CARD
Steaming up at Bird City