Steam Traction Archive
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January 1994
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The engine is a bastard Advance built by the Advance Rumely Company
Fond Memories of Kitten Engine #191
Dave Sampson always wanted a steam engine to take to engine shows
An Early Power Take-Off Experiment
Aveling and Porter steam powered reaper was built in Rochester
Look Closely and See The Cable Winch
A harrow is attached in between the front and rear wheels, and in front is a steel roller pulverizer with cable on each end
Reflections From Indiana
Ralph had a machine shop and was mayor of Assumption for a number of years
Rumely Expo '93, or ... Boy, Did Ya See Them OilPulls!???
The Rumely Expo series is presently promoted by a loose-knit steering committee
Henry Naber's Threshing Rig
The rear wheel of a separator appears exceptionally wide, maybe with as much as a 12 inch tire
Spence Portable
The engine was built in 1883 by the Ohio Valley Agriculture Works of Martins Ferry, Ohio
No Soot in the Flues Yet!
Collecting gas engines for thirty-two years
My Biggest Toy Weighs 70 Tons!
In 1976 a group of Madison businessmen acquired an 0-6-0 Lima built switcher
It's Like Magic, Antique Engines
There is Ivan and Betty Baxter's 1912 Rumely with the railroad lantern for a headlight
Whistle In The Winter
Howard Miller brought his power eater generator to put a load on the engine.
Steam Engines I Ever Saw!
Reminiscenses:
Belt-Wheel Wreck at the Plant of the Tennessee Fiber Company
Heavy pieces of cast-iron hurled from the bursting wheel badly damaged the building
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Dodge Taylor began his life with steam engines in 1930
POST CARD
18 HP Model U Peerless, engine number 8446 is owned by Milten
March 1994
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Back to the busy threshing machine, all fascinating motion with pulleys of all sizes and speeds.
STEAM PLOWING
The first actual success in steam plowing in America
The Little Engine That Could
The 29-Ton Rusted Hulk That Often Appeared As Though It Never Would.
The Engine Hall of Fame
Port Huron built an engine, Wayne McManis' joy and pride
Models Of All Kinds At Expo
Annual North American Model Engineering Exposition held last April in Wyandotte
Henry Straub Threshing Run
TREMONT, ILLINOIS
4TH ANNUAL Red Power Round Up
2nd Annual Show Me IH, held at the Missouri River Valley Steam Engine Association Show.
Painting A Kitten
Summer Festival sponsored by the Sisters of St. Benedict.
GOLDEN HARVEST
The Columbia Plateau Grain Empire
1919 Minneapolis
The engine was originally purchased by a group of twelve Mennonite farmers in the Rushville
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Bill was a member of the Small Engines Antique Club at Atkinson, Illinois
Steam Gauge Collecting AN AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE
The Buffalo-Springfield Gauge also helped to fill a special position in my collection.
POST CARD
The one on the wheels seems to be happy!
May 1994
SOOT IN THE FLUES
All steam engines are good even if some are better than others.
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The steam generators can be made vastly more reliable, more simple and needing only a fraction.
The Passing of a Steam Giant
Our steam engine world lost a giant with the passing of Joe E. Richardson.
Another Engine Saved FROM THE GRAVEYARD
The engine was easy to get in time again and that helps a lot, too.
Midwest Old Threshers
Over 100 steam engines were on the grounds for the reunion.
1993 Central States Threshermen's Reunion
The 45th annual reunion of the Central States Threshermen's Reunion began Thursday morning September 2, 1993.
The Liddell Engine That Could
The engine was purchased around 1935 and ran a planer and sawmill most of its life.
Grandfather's Greyhound
The Greyhound has been restored and was on display at the Oklahoma Steam Threshing Association Show.
Editor's Note
A Terrible Boiler Explosion and Its Lesson, taken from the December 16, 1897 issue of American Machinist.
A Terrible Boiler Explosion and Its Lesson
A most disastrous boiler explosion occurred on the afternoon of November 22d at the Graves Elevator Works
King Steam's Gallant Knights
A steam engine is no simple toy but a mind-boggling assemblage of intricate working parts.
Historical Construction Equipment Association's Annual Convention
It will offer tons of dirt moving, ground breaking, earth shaking antique onstruction equipment.
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Mr. Anderson was the original incorporating mayor of Smolan.
Frederick & FriendIce Sleds
Oscar had designed and built a steam engine for an automobile.
HOMEMADE CALLIOPE
About twenty years ago Turner E. Kirkland decided to make a steam calliope.
July 1994
Steam Engine Tales
Case steam engine was used to fill silos and pull a buzz saw.
FORTUNA Redwood Autorama
Over 600 custom, classic and antique cars lined the streets of Fortuna for the admiration of car lovers.
Tuscarawas Valley Pioneer Power Association
30th anniversary show, held August 20-22, 1993 at the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds
Lombard Iron Works and Supply Company
Lombard family have figured prominently in the life and development of Augusta.
The Historical Engine Society's 23RD SHOW
The Society was formed in 1970 by area engine buffs.
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Shock loader was wrecked in 1925
Men & Machines I Once Knew
Gibbens bought a large tractor for the job.
Report on the 45th Annual Reunion of the Pioneer Engineers' Club of Indiana
The Rumely Collectors had a total of fifty exhibits, ranging from a huge model E Oil Pull to a tiny Rumely Do All.
A Threshing Memory
The machine's engine had a high pressure boiler, compound cylinder and enclosed cab.
Canadian Museum Salutes Historical JOHN GOODISON THRESHING COMPANY
The Lambton Heritage Museum collection of Goodison sale literature and machines
Bill Lamb's REMINISCENCES
Bill has an enviable wealth of knowledge and anecdotes concerning steam power
GOLDEN ROLL
JOHN D. SANGER was a World War II veteran serving with the Army Air Corps in North Africa and Italy.
POST CARDS
The Tuscarawas steam show's water wagon with Doran Widder and family's team of horses.
September 1994
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Engine has a Marsh steam pump behind the crank disc
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Fairbanks which has a large collection of steam winches and stationary steam engines
SOOT IN THE FLUES
The first engine was equipped with 25 HP Geiser boiler and engine mounted on the frame.
LaBelle Engine Works
The boiler was lowered into a new steel ashbox
FULL STEAM AHEAD
Lyle, grew up using similar steam-driven tractors to thresh wheat on their farm in the 1930s
RINGLING BROTHERS
Case Engine
An Old Timer In SWITZERLAND
As Switzerland produces a large amount of lumber and it seems that in every town there is at least one sawmill
Otto's Russell
Otto Heffelmire bought a small Russell steam traction engine at an auction
LaGrange, Ohio, Engine Club's 23rd Anniversary Show
23rd annual LaGrange Engine Club Show in Wellington, Ohio, on September 18 and 19, 1993
A Darke County Tale
Petroleum is the only other naturally-occurring liquid compound existing in millions of tons on earth
Heading For Home
Merlin Smart has been holding annual steam threshing bees on this farm for the last quarter century
OZARK Steam Engine Association
A very large boiler that runs a hundred horsepower Brownwell engine
FIRING WITH WOOD
The deadplate in the front of the firebox is probably 13 inch deep and is the width of the firebox
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Jim loved airplanes, not just any airplanes, but experimental and unusual aircraft
November 1994
SOOT IN THE FLUES
Boiler was in the mill and the mill burned to the ground
Early Russell Steam Traction Engine
The Early Day Gas Engine and Tractor Association
The Burnsville Steam Compression Station
The Burnsville steam station was still a well designed installation with sufficient capacity
Muddy: But No Smoker
The Oklahoma Steam Threshing and Gas Engine Association, Inc., held their annual show in Pawnee
A Short Discussion of Engine Reversing Linkages and Their Operation
The actual port openings will depend on the type linkage in use and the specifics of the valve design
We Burned The Last Of The Old Stump Fence
The old pine stumps really were a main source of wood for threshing when it was done with steam
A Hoosiev Town and Her Engines
Pine Village provided the center of life, hard work, and promise for its citizens in the early 1900s
53 SOUTH: PATAGONIA
The land this far south is better suited to sheep, and some cattle raising rather than crops such as wheat
Minnesota Steam Engine Association Steam-Up
The annual steam-up of the Minnesota Steam Engine Association
Anna Mae
Anna Mae Branyan, who was writing for Stemgas up to the day she died August 11, 1994
THE GOLDEN ROLL
Ohio Valley Antique Machinery Show at Georgetown
POST CARD
The 1994 Oklahoma Steam Threshing and Gas Engine Association show