Steam Engines
Steam Engines
7/26/2010 12:00:33 PM
Purchasing and restoring an Oil City Boiler Works/South Penn cross-breed engine became an adventure for one antique gas engine collector and his engine club – Part 6.
6/21/2010 2:38:17 PM
Rice County Minnesota Steam & Gas Engines club volunteers complete Advance-Rumely Universal steam traction engine restoration.
4/1/2010 3:41:51 PM
A Case 65 HP steam engine emerges from Joyland Park in Wichita, Kan., receives restoration and joins Oklahoma Steam Threshing & Gas Engine Show.
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.
9/25/2009 3:26:41 PM
I thought that the readers of Steam Traction might be interested in knowing more about what was happening in the photo on the back cover of the September/October 2005 issue of Steam Traction where I was photographed on a Baker 21-75 HP.
9/3/2009 1:48:00 PM
Great Northern Steam in England has completed the first of a batch of new steam engines, based on the Foster Wellington machine from 1904.
8/27/2009 12:10:14 PM
Steam engines – Case, Reeves, Huber and Baker engines – suffered through the Franklin Flood of 1913, as well as contributed to Ohio town’s reconstruction.
8/4/2009 2:22:37 PM
Tips and tricks for restoring and repairing antique tractors, gas engines and steam traction engines.
10/9/2008 1:43:21 PM
The saga of Case No. 26701: a 1912 75 HP single-cylinder, double-acting steam engine.
1/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Southern Engine & Boiler Works steam engine powers restored Wommack Mill in Missouri.
9/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
How much do you know about the fusible plug on your steam traction engine?
9/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
As collectors, our labor of love forces us to properly repair gas engines, which often means pouring babbitt bearings.
3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Some may consider it obsolete technology, but steam engine resotration has proved profitable for a company in Indiana
11/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Story of the steam engine restoration of the Minneapolis traction engine shown in the movie "The Friendly Persuasion"
9/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
A new water tank and contractor's fuel bunkers for a 65-horsepower Case engine
7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Detailed restoration of New Giant steam traction engine takes patience and skill from experienced steam man
1/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Penberthy injector for a steam traction engine lost and found, repaired and returned to service.
7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
The restoration of a 1919 22-68 HP Sawyer Massey steam traction engine.
12/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Using Copper to Weld Cast Iron
1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Restoration of a 1902 16 HP Advance steam traction engine.
9/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Instructions on how to make babbitt metal from 1866 issue of The Scientific American.
11/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
An iron wheel in a hedgerow behind the Cumming Nature center in Honeoye, New York turns out to be a Woodbury steam engine
7/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
The Ohio Valley Antique Machinery group shares the story of their efforts to restore a Bucyrus steam shovel in time for their annual show.
9/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Using the Bilgram diagram to calculate the dimensions for the valve of the working cylinder.