Steam Engines
Steam Engines
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5/1/2013 10:14:17 AM
Steam-driven cart, the
Minnesota Mad Hatter, showcases good old American ingenuity
4/5/2013 3:12:02 PM
See video of Terry Spahr's Gaar-Scott model steam engine making homemade ice cream in a Country Freezer ice cream freezer.
1/14/2013 12:17:10 PM
Learn the basics on steam engine operation by attending a steam school in 2013.
8/8/2012 3:01:10 PM
Collector finds and restores a Gaar-Scott portable steam engine after visiting at the Pioneer Engineers show in Rushville, Ind.
8/8/2012 2:34:05 PM
Ransom Olds has left his mark on the auto industry, and it all started with a steam-powered horseless carriage.
5/25/2012 4:04:44 PM
Important points to consider when bringing a cold boiler up to pressure
5/25/2012 2:48:12 PM
Couple veers off course in pursuit of 1913 Case steam traction engine
4/26/2012 9:04:57 AM
Steam plowing moves past John Fowler’s two-engine system of steam cultivation
3/22/2012 5:17:58 PM
A look at steam plowing in the fields of Great Britain in the mid-1800s, and how it differed from steam power in the U.S.
3/20/2012 10:35:17 AM
1911 Marshall Britannia steam engine settles in U.S. after jaunts to Chile, England and Ireland
1/19/2012 3:25:49 PM
British engineer Edward T. Wright left his mark on the road roller industry in the United States.
1/19/2012 12:21:14 PM
1905 Kelly-Springfield Road Roller bonds generations
12/16/2011 11:17:48 AM
For a new hobby this year, try steam school to learn all about steam traction engines.
11/18/2011 4:15:53 PM
A 1915 Marshall steam tractor was the restoration project of one Welshman with a fascination for steam power.
10/26/2011 10:29:43 AM
Steam Master: Scale model or full-sized steam engines, Gene Gay has seen it all.
9/19/2011 3:19:52 PM
A rare and unusual Blumentritt steam traction engine from the collection of James Sylling.
9/19/2011 2:54:37 PM
A look at steam threshing in 1875, from the Pacific Rural Press
9/19/2011 2:38:23 PM
The short-lived sustainable harvest: Straw burning portable steam engines filled the bill for early mechanized harvests in California.
8/24/2011 9:38:49 AM
Honoring Maynard Westgaard with a final ride on an old steam engine, his restored Case steam tractor.
5/19/2011 10:37:12 AM
Union Pacific steam locomotive no. 844 is celebrating its 50th year of retirement by going on the Little Rock Express, traveling from Kansas City to Little Rock.
5/17/2011 4:07:44 PM
Oliver Evans’ innovations in steam powered transportation, like the Orukter Amphibolos, were revolutionary.
1/17/2011 3:05:27 PM
At the turn of the last century, steam threshing rings brought steam engines to communities and put an asterisk on the history of industrialization.
9/30/2010 3:24:59 PM
John Eaton, president of The Oil Well Supply Co., wrote a history of oil well machinery in 1907. This fascinating history traces the earliest attempts to extract oil in Titusville, Pa., up to the "modern" drilling rigs of his day.
7/20/2010 11:52:45 AM
Wessels collection showcases scale model steam traction engines, including a water wagon, threshing machine and a Case steam traction engine.
5/21/2010 10:15:56 AM
Since the 1880s, the Yaegers have been farming with steam in Montana.
5/14/2010 1:47:11 PM
Steam-power era explored in class led by Robert T. Rhode at Northern Kentucky University.
5/7/2010 2:02:16 PM
Steam Traction magazine may change with the times, but focus on engines remains constant.
4/21/2010 4:33:59 PM
There’s not much known about this early Ames steam engine except it has a poor boiler design.
4/1/2010 4:45:20 PM
A 65 HP Case traction engine article is corrected, while another Case appears in article about the “Joyland 65.”
2/8/2010 4:12:03 PM
Professor Robert T. Rhodes incorporates his love of steam traction engines and American agriculture history into his professional life.
2/4/2010 12:27:32 PM
Larry Mix and his son, Joe, brought a 1923 20 HP Advance-Rumely to the Michigan Steam Engine and Threshers Club 48th Annual Reunion.
1/26/2010 2:55:28 PM
Scale Huber return flue project in workshop may never see an end, but it’s nice to ponder its potential.
1/15/2010 5:02:22 PM
England’s Great Northern Steam has built a new steam traction engine. There hasn’t been a new U.S. steamer since 1940’s 25 HP Kitten.
12/28/2009 2:11:19 PM
Clubs set schedules for continuing education programs in 2010.
12/17/2009 3:45:29 PM
Jerry Swedberg hopes that teaching kids how to build steam engine models will get them interested in the steam hobby.
12/9/2009 11:31:55 AM
The Great North American Steam Tractor and Farm Collector Show Directory are books all steam engine and equipment enthusiasts will enjoy.
12/8/2009 4:20:40 PM
A 16 HP 1906 Advance gets attention from Jakob Somerville, 13, at the 2007 Michigan Steam Engine and Threshers Club show.
9/24/2009 2:13:52 PM
When Philander P. Lane opened his first small machine shop in downtown Cincinnati, in 1850, he owned only three machine tools. Ten years later, he was one of the most noted and distinguished industrial representatives of the city. In 1852, Lane took a partner, Joseph T. Bodley. While Lane promoted the company, Bodley saw to the manufacturing. Together they developed the firm into one of the most successful and important manufacturing companies in Cincinnati’s early history.
9/24/2009 1:52:42 PM
Some call it steam fever. You know that feeling the majority of people who read Steam Traction get in the summertime at the first whiff of coal, steam and cylinder oil. Symptoms include grease under the fingernails, sore muscles from hauling coal and chopping wood, and the ear pain from the groan of stiff metal filling the air. It always appears about the end of May and disappears somewhere about the end of October. At least that’s the way it was for my son Specialist Aaron Bixler of the 224th Iowa National Guard Engineer Battalion, Company C, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, until his deployment in September of 2003 and October 2004.
9/22/2009 4:20:53 PM
“How did they rate the horsepower of steam engines compared to internal combustion engines?”
9/16/2009 4:32:43 PM
Todd L. and Lavere Miller own this single-cylinder, double-geared, independent-mounted Farquhar traction engine.
9/15/2009 12:07:49 PM
As National Board of Boiler & Pressure Vessel Inspectors eyes possible revision to National Board Inspection Code, steam community should embrace “preservationist” label.
8/6/2009 9:55:33 AM
The original poems that were basis for Christian Williams' 12-song folk album Songs of the Iron Men.
6/30/2009 3:35:17 PM
Michigan man pours heart and soul into artwork.
6/22/2009 9:47:53 AM
The late Harold Fleisch lives on in his engines.
4/28/2009 3:43:10 PM
Twelve steam farming poems become an album of American folk music.
4/14/2009 4:31:08 PM
A waterlogged steam engine gets a second lease on life.
4/13/2009 12:53:54 PM
After 70 years, a 65 HP Case is pulled from its muddy grave.
2/23/2009 10:06:20 AM
Participants thresh up a storm at record-setting event.
1/29/2009 3:58:23 PM
Canadian collector discusses a life with steam and his personal Case collection.
1/29/2009 2:53:27 PM
The Hoffman family in Ebenezer, Saskatchewan, Canada keeps steam tradition alive with their 1917 17 HP George White.
1/29/2009 2:33:29 PM
Collector has a lot of questions regarding his small, stationary steam engine.
12/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Midwest Collector's Passion for Steam Engines and Equipment Creates an Amazing Collection
12/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Letting Off Steam
December 2008
By Richard Backus
For many of us, the winter months are fast approaching. As the days shorten and the evenings grow longer, the glorious days of last summer, days of reunions and threshing, of steaming and plowing, seem all that much sweeter.
Fortunately, as we all kno
12/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Looking for Clues to Mystery Engines
12/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Listing of Steam Schools for 2008
10/9/2008 2:05:23 PM
Two photographs, courtesy Steve Davis, documenting the aftermath of the steam engine accident between Thomas Chorley's Geiser Peerless traction engine and the electic trolley on the Syracuse & Auburn line in New York on the morning of Aug. 11, 1916.
10/9/2008 1:43:21 PM
The saga of Case No. 26701: a 1912 75 HP single-cylinder, double-acting steam engine.
10/9/2008 12:21:18 PM
Douw D. Williamson’s steam plow, the Thomson Road Steamer, couldn’t handle American soil. Nor could Oliver Hyde’s American Overland Steamer, based on Robert Thomson’s engine.
10/9/2008 12:18:25 PM
The Williamson road steamer in America – Part 1
10/9/2008 11:51:34 AM
Single-cylinder Steam Engine Remains Part of a Collector’s Stash
10/9/2008 11:48:32 AM
There are only two D. June portable steam engines known: One is in the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, and the other is at the Auglaize Historic Village and Farm Museum near Defiance, Ohio.
10/9/2008 11:17:14 AM
Family Finds their Kitten’s Roots
10/9/2008 9:31:15 AM
Minnesota Club's Steam Attraction Features Rare 1887 Engine
10/9/2008 9:22:16 AM
Fifty Years Ago, “Steam Engine Joe” Rynda Salvaged a 30 HP Huber: Today, it's Up and Running
10/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Marion, Ohio was home to two early steam engine companies: The Marion Manufacturing Company and Huber Manufacturing Company.
8/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Gary Yaeger recalls 10 favorite steam engines.
7/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Nichols & Shepard built on a foundation of quality
6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Wally Biernacki built a perfectly-scaled model steam engine using plans from a full-scale Case.
4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
42-year-old dream becomes reality in a half-scale Case steam engine.
2/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Let's Talk Rusty Iron: Sam Moore examines the proliferation of uses for steam-powered machinery on the farm in the late nineteenth century.
12/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Collector remembers stationary steam used to drag logs with a model steam donkey.
12/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
A Pair of Steam Rollers Highlight Case's Role in Road Building
12/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Harold Ottaway's famous engine of the 1950s comes out of hiding after 43 years in the round-top barn at Joyland Amusement Park, Wichita, Kan.
12/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
A Spectacle of Steam Engines from Overseas
12/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Looking for Clues to Mystery Engines
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Behemoth Engine Adds to Cachet at Old Threshers Reunion
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Steaming Over a Century at Dream Machines Show
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Case Catalog Illustrates Mounting and Gearing September 2007 By Steam Engine Staff The sectional cut herewith illustrates how the boiler of the
Case engine is suspended on springs and carried in front of the
rear axle and countershaft. This is a notable feature of the Case
engine. In order that you may bett
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
12-by-12-inch simple-cylinder
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Rare Photo Found at Milford Promont House Museum
9/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Looking for Clues to Mystery Engines
6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Fleming Brothers Recreate Weimer Blower Engine
6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
New Model Traction Sixteen - Horse - Power June 2007 By Steam Engine Staff • We wish especially to call your attention to our new model
sixteen-horse-power traction. • The general design of the engine remains the same. We have
changed the proportion of the gearing which increases the drawing
capacity. • Th
6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
The First New Traction Engine of the 21st Century
6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
A Surviving 16 HP Wood Steam Traction Engine
6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Looking for Clues to Mystery Engines
4/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
A century-old Aultman and Taylor sawmill once owned by the Ross family is still going strong at an Illinois show.
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Horse-drawn Rumely portable steam engine pulls the seniority card.
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
2/3-scale Model Reeves March 2007 By Steam Engine Staff John Gallahue is in the middle of creating a 2/3-scale model of
his Reeves 16 HP steam traction engine and hopes to have it ready
for this September's Mt. Pleasant show. "I want to get it done and my father-in-law, who is 87, wants to
see it run," John
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Part One: The Saga of Case No. 26701
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Case Steam Roller Production
March 2007
By Steam Engine Staff
The first 10-ton Case steam roller was serial no. 15901, built in 1905. The first 12-ton roller appeared as serial no. 20649 in 1908. The 10-ton size proved most popular, as shown by annual production statistics:
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Fighting a Fire for Old Friends March 2007 By Steam Engine Staff Absarokee, Mont., seems like a long way away from Oregon, and
without a specific reason to go there I don't think anyone would
happen upon this little town. In the summer/fall of 2006 I was
working as a pilot for Erickson Aircrane, a large fire
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Generational Hobby March 2007 By Steam Engine Staff Having attended his first Mt. Pleasant show while dating, it is
no surprise that John Gallahue and his family (wife Tara, daughter
Cortney and son John III) continue to attend the annual Mt.
Pleasant Midwest Old Threshers Reunion. John III has especially t
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Record of Ownership March 2007 By Steam Engine Staff Remarkably, John Gallahue has a complete record of owners for
his 1917 Reeves 16 HP, serial no. 8017. • 1918: First purchased by a group of farmers at Tama, Iowa • 1945: Clifford Vaverka, Tama, Iowa • 1965 (approximately): Wilbur Skaar, Alameda, Calif. •
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Marrying into a steam family develops a lifelong passion for the hobby
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Smith Steam Engines Powered Australia's Sawmills
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Looking for Clues to Mystery Engines
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Steam Engine Details March 2007 By Steam Engine Staff 1890 60 HP Erie Flywheel: 54-inch diameter, 12-1/2 inches wide Pulley: 32-inch diameter, 10-1/2 inches wide Bore: 9-inch Stroke: 12-inch Serial no.: 13848 Pressure: 150 psi Circa 1885 5 HP Star Flywheel: 30-inch diameter, 2 inches wide Pulley: 3
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Steam-powered Mill brings History Back to Life
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