Steam Traction

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Published on March 1, 1964
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Here is a picture of an 8 HP engine made by the Wantage Engineering Co., Wantage, Berkshire, England. This engine required a new smoke box door. You can just see the tubes, but was otherwise in good order.
Here is a picture of an 8 HP engine made by the Wantage Engineering Co., Wantage, Berkshire, England. This engine required a new smoke box door. You can just see the tubes, but was otherwise in good order.
Ed Vogel
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THE SALMON TRACT was opening up and this was the first passenger train to arrive at Hollister. The date was Oct. 2, 1909. The pioneer engine hauled six coaches over rails which were brand new. The line still exists today, stretching from Twin Falls to Wel
THE SALMON TRACT was opening up and this was the first passenger train to arrive at Hollister. The date was Oct. 2, 1909. The pioneer engine hauled six coaches over rails which were brand new. The line still exists today, stretching from Twin Falls to Wel
Ed Vogel
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SPARKS FROM OLD PLUGS
SPARKS FROM OLD PLUGS
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GROUND LEVELING was a task in the early days when new land owners went to work preparing for the first crop. This picture of a 'six horsepower' leveler was taken on the Twin Falls tract. Although the man is not identified, his one-room home and
GROUND LEVELING was a task in the early days when new land owners went to work preparing for the first crop. This picture of a 'six horsepower' leveler was taken on the Twin Falls tract. Although the man is not identified, his one-room home and
Ed Vogel
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Henry found this scene on an attic near New Paris, Pa. He says he knows nothing about it, or who is on it, but had hopes that perhaps some of our readers could identify it. - Anna Mae
Henry found this scene on an attic near New Paris, Pa. He says he knows nothing about it, or who is on it, but had hopes that perhaps some of our readers could identify it. - Anna Mae
Ed Vogel
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Here is a picture of Huber Company's heavy plow and contractor engine. 1909.
Here is a picture of Huber Company's heavy plow and contractor engine. 1909.
Ed Vogel
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Pictured is the old Continental, 1906, 'New Star' Fire Engine, manufactured by the Ahrens Fire Engine Co., Cincinnati, Ohio that was brought out of retirement after 25 years to pump water from a creek into the city's filtration plant in 1952. Th
Pictured is the old Continental, 1906, 'New Star' Fire Engine, manufactured by the Ahrens Fire Engine Co., Cincinnati, Ohio that was brought out of retirement after 25 years to pump water from a creek into the city's filtration plant in 1952. Th
Ed Vogel
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A Grand Trunk Western Railroad engine which left the tracks at Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1956.Sure looks like a mess to me would take more than a crowbar to pry it upright. - Anna Mae
A Grand Trunk Western Railroad engine which left the tracks at Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1956.Sure looks like a mess to me would take more than a crowbar to pry it upright. - Anna Mae
Ed Vogel
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The Reeves model which I built in 1952. The rear wheels are ten inches in diameter. It runs nicely on sixty pounds of steam.
The Reeves model which I built in 1952. The rear wheels are ten inches in diameter. It runs nicely on sixty pounds of steam.
Ed Vogel

Here are some more of the pictures sent to us by Ed Vogel of
Buhl, Idaho … taken from the Centennial edition of the Times
News.

EQUIPMENT FOR USE in construction of the Salmon dam was hauled
to the site by this ‘land’ steam engine. The heavy and slow
engine pulled a great load of materials along behind. In the early

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