Steam Traction Archive
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January 1983
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Engine was rescued from an animal fat processing factory in Aurora
'OLD NANCY'
Old Nancy is a 1905 Case steam traction engine which has hosts of admirers
MY FRICK ENGINE
Double cylinder engine was shipped to the Town of LeRay-Evans Mills
STEAMING TOBACCO BEDS
Steaming was the best way to prepare a plant bed
THE AUCTION
Over 600 items large and small went up at auction
Montgomery County Threshers
Montgomery County Old Threshers Association Show held August 20-22, 1982
1982 Rough & Tumble Show Report
A fair amount of old trucks, cars and fire engines came in Saturday
THE GOLDEN ROLL
CLARENCE D. ESCHENBRENNER, age 76, passed away July 3, 1982
TRAUGER'S OLD TIMERS DAY
The sawmill was powered by a 60 HP Advance Rumely engine
BUILDING MODEL SPOKED WHEELS
Construction of a model of a typical agricultural machine
STEAM POWER SHOW
NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
STEAM PIONEER
Oliver Evans designed and built the first engine driven by steam, which he called the Orukter Amphibolus
Gwaltney Wheat Threshing Held
The Don Gwaltney farm is located between Hiddenite and Taylorsville
A Model Engineer's Viewpoint
Clarence Stills on of Rochester with his raft of beautiful engines
POST CARD
22 HP Huber, built in 1920 and owned by Harold Blair and Dean Dillaman
March 1983
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The wooden front wheels are not that unusual for an engine
Effingham and the Summer People
The Effingham which operated on Schroon Lake in the Adirondack Mountains
THE MACDONALD THRESHER COMPANY LIMITED
The two MacDonald Brothers carried on the business as the MacDonald Manufacturing Company.
CHARLIE'S ENGINE CREW
Charlie always had room on the engine he was operating for young people
American Locomotive Builders
A SHORT HISTORY OF AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE BUILDERS IN THE STEAM ERA
REUNION 1982
The Story of the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion
THE GOLDEN ROLL
The National Thresher's Women's Association and served as president of the group for many years
STEAMING With Billy Byrd
Billy Byrd, telling the true stories of the past and present of rail roading
Lombard Steam Log Hauler
Named a National Mechanical engineering Landmark
Kitten Reports on Kitten
The Kitten sound as though it has TWO engines. He calls it tricky design in the valve system
TWO STEAM PUMPS OFFERED FREE
The State of New Jersey is offering two steam-driven Fairbanks-Morse Underwriter Fire Pumps
WESTERN MINNESOTA STEAM THRESHERS REUNION 1982
WESTERN MINNESOTA STEAM THRESHERS REUNION 1982
May 1983
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The front of the machine carries twin headlights and in some models, twin horns.
RUBENS MASKINHISTORISKA SAMLINGAR
The Rubens collection of portable steam engines is unique.
1982 STUMPTOWN STEAM THRESHERS SHOW REPORT
Henry Niemiec was the slow engine champion in the antique category
Indiana State Fair Pioneer Show Preserves American Agricultural Heritage
Pioneer Farm Show has become the most popular attraction on the State Fairgrounds
RANDOM RAMBLINGS
The club has an annual show held in conjunction with Seven Ponds One Day Harvest
A Reminiscence
Gasoline operated machines started coming in the farmers started to complain about hauling the coal
RELIC OF ANOTHER ERA
Stockmaster won the Leroy Baker Trophy for the best restored steam traction engine
THE MODEL MINNEAPOLIS
Minneapolis steam engine built in a year's time between 1981 and 1982
Tri-State Historical Steam Engine Association Holds 26th Annual Exhibition at Hookstown, Pa.
Steam models and gas tractors and engines were in plentiful supply
CLUB HONORS KUESTER WITH U.S. FIRST
Kuester has long been active in steam preservation activities in the Midwest
The Big Wheelock Engine
The Wheelock was used in a zinc factory in La Salle
THE DAKE STEAM ENGINE
The big Reeves uses a Dake engine as the power steering device
THE INJECTOR AND PERPETUAL MOTION
Giffard is the inventor of the dirigible
THE GOLDEN ROLL
LAURENCE O. BOHLMEYER was an avid model engine enthusiast and did some real nice work.
POST CARD
Gas and Machinery Association Show which was held June 26 and 27, 1982
July 1983
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The town bought the old C.P.R. station from North Unity and donated it to our museum
TANNER AND DELANEY AT SHENANDOAH VALLEY
The recent discovery on the side of the Blue Ridge Mountain
Mehmke Museum Collection Grows
The Carl Mehmke is proceeding in the tradition
Illinois Show Grows
The Douglas County Historical Steam Festival located two miles West of Arcola
WISCONSIN CLUB'S BOOK NOW ON SALE
Eclipse portable steam engine which powers the shingle mill at club shows
Threshing Bee 1919
The year 1919 was the big day of the threshing bee
THE PAST IS ALIVE AT SOUTH BEND
Oliver was featured in the first temporary exhibit
NEW CLUB FORMED IN PERRYSVILLE
The highlight of the Club will be the display at the Skinner Farm Museum Gas and Steam Show
NEW BOOK FOR ANTIQUE BUFFS
Book Review
A Trip to See Some Engines
Joe has a large collection of antique equipment
BIG LOG small mill
Speed must be regulated by the size of pulley used on the saw mandrel
Young Engine to be Restored
R & T began as a thresher men's reunion in 1948
Scott-Carver Threshers Celebrate 20 Years
The planting and harvesting of this grain is done by Reuben Boettcher and Bill Sobiech of Jordan
The Golden Roll
MRS. ALLARD PETERSON was a former member of the North Central Wisconsin Steam and Gas Engine Club
POST CARD
Vaden Stroud was the operator of Foden steam-powered truck
September 1983
POST CARD
Steam traction engine was built in 1907 in Waynesboro
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Fully restored water pump engine raised from a great old paddle wheeler
BUCKLEY SHOW MICHIGAN
Buckley show was mostly a bunch of old engines out along the edge of Joe Rebman's woods.
INCLINE FEATURED AT KANSAS SHOW
Ternings Steam and Gas Engine Show one was greeted with an awesome looking structure looming high into the air
BOILER SAFETY MOVE UNDERWAY
North Dakota's code has a portion on steam traction engines and miniature boilers
225 B Bucyrus Steam Shovel
225 B was one of the giant steam shovels in the 1930's sporting a 6 cubic yard bucket.
The 12th Annual Fly-In
There were some 90 antique tractors and more that 400 gas engines
Ideas From Tri-State In Bird City, Kan.
The ideas are listed in the news letter issued in conjunction with the 30th annual show, July 28-31.
10th ANNIVERSARY FOR LESUEUR
125 tractors entered the lineup and many new gas engines were shown in the grove.
Cast Iron Seat Brings $1000 at Kansas Auction
Antique cast iron seat brought $1,000 at an auction held by Raymond Pillard at Marysville, Kansas
New Magazine: U. S. RAIL NEWS
United States Rail Corp. is listed as publisher
20 RARE CATS TO BE AT ROLLAG
Rollag is about 35 miles SE of Fargo Moorhead on Highway 32
A SPECIAL NEW IMA SUBSCRIBER
IMA subscriber through a most unusual situation
MID-MICHIGAN OLD GAS TRACTOR ASSOC. INC.
Threshing was done with Don McNaughton's and Mike Holder's 30-50 Oil Pulls, both nice tractors.
Country Ballad IV The Summer Threshing Run
That I was big enough to work with men As they went through the July threshing run
All The Big Engines Are Not In The West-How About This In The East!
The Russell was purchased from Zeno Hawk of Dover, Ohio.
Book Reviews
IMPORTANT NEW BOOK ON STEAM
1870 AGRICULTURIST Full of Nostalgia
The book was edited by Steven J. Rakeman and Donald Berg.
THE GOLDEN ROLL
He grew up at Clinton and came to Trenton in 1939
LINCOLN COUNTY OLD THRESHERS ANNUAL SHOW
One of the features of the show is Abe Lincoln
Smallest Steam Engine in the WORLD
This engine was exhibited along side of the mammoth Corliss steam plant that operated the generators
November 1983
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The John Abell factory in Toronto was purchased by the combination of Advance Thresher Co
Winnie Kern
The mill operation closed in 1967 and Winnie became a shop mechanic
MR. COOKE EXPLAINS PROPER USE OF THE SPARK SCREEN
PROPER USE OF SILK SCREEN
THRESHING OATS ON Lopez Island.
Elton uses the little engine to buzz wood and shows it at the Lynden Threshing Bee
SHOW SNAPSHOTS
The 1/3 Case and separator was owned by Clarence Skaling
Edaville Rail Road Show Oct. 1982
Steam from the roller which huffed and puffed alongside
Garden of Steam
A steam driven Case tractor, manufactured by the J I Case Threshing Machine Company
New Acquisitions at the Reynolds Museum
New engine for the museum is the 1885 Nichols Shepard portable
Wally E. Wood
Wallace E. Wood of Holiday, Florida is originally a mechanic from New York
THE GOLDEN ROLL
MRS. IRIS SWAFFORD, 65 passed away at McCullough Hyde Hospital on March 1, 1983
NEAR DISASTER
Howard Pearcy, Casey as he was known back in his threshing days
Model Flat-Belt Pulley Wheels
Prepare a billet of aluminum of sufficient size to make the pulley
TRAUGER'S OLD TIMERS DAYS
The Traugers Old Timers Day was held Aug 14th in Traugers Grov
When Steam Was King CASE Was, Too!
Steam traction engines were used mostly for belt work