In 1914, this Nichols and Shepard 20-70 engine was purchased new
by C. E. Sykes. Sykes’ son, John sent us the photo, taken by
Marion Wagner. Sykes lives at 536 Linden Apt. 406, Long Beach,
California 90802.
The engine is currently owned by James Johnson of Dane,
Wisconsin, who is shown at left in the photo. Next to Johnson are
Vaden Stroud of 319 East 16th Street, Hutchinson, Kansas 67501
was the operator of this Foden steam-powered truck owned by Jim
leake of Muskogee Oklahoma at last summer’s Fifth Annual
Terning Steam and Gas Engine Show in Valley Center, Kansas. The
British-made truck has been restored and only one part has been
changed-the hard rubber tires have been replaced with pneumatic
ones As far as anyone knows Leake’s truck is the only one of
its kind in the United States. Photo by Jim Morris of the
Hutchinson News
