A 1909 J. I. Case, 15 HP; simple engine number 22279, owned by
the Batterberrys of Burlington, Washington.
Kevin is on the deck and James is with his trusty dog Homer by
the front wheel.
‘This engine has had little use and is in excellent
condition.”
Pictured is Ted Worrall of Loma, Montana. Ted visited New
Zealand in January, 197S. The engine he is driving is a 1/3 scale
model Burrell built by Hughey Rainey of Ashburton, New Zealand.
The recent ratification vote on the Panama Canal treaty revision
has focused attention on this symbol of our national achievement in
the engineering world. In view of this, my passage through the
Canal enroute to the Pacific to photograph the solar eclipse was
indeed very timely.
It was particularly gratifying to see that after all of these
years another symbol of our heritage, the steam powered derrick,
was still active. At each of the locks there were several of these
locomotive cranes. I saw two that were ‘hot’ and working.
This one, though, ‘cold’ at the moment, was in a position
that I could get a good angle from aboard the FAIR WIND. We were in
the Pedro Miguel locks at the time.
STEAM IS STILL USEFUL
We always welcome pictures and stories that show how steam is
being used today for a variety of purposes, and here’s one that
fits the bill.
This shows a Stanley Steamer in use as a tourist attraction in
Woodstock, Vermont. Don Bourdon, owner and tour guide, is shown at
the wheel of his newly restored 1913 Stanley, a 12-passenger
‘Mountain Wagon.’ It succeeds a 9-passenger 1911 Stanley,
which had been used to give tours to Woodstock village visitors in
summer and fall since 1963. With Bourdon on an inaugural spin are
(left to right) Jean-Robert Mamin, Robert Slayton, Sally Goodsell
and Doris Slayton. Tours start at Woodstock Inn. Courtesy Philip
Camp Associates, Woodstock, Vermont 05091.
