CORRYTON, Tenn. — Deep in the woods near House Mountain State Natural Area, you’ll find an agricultural relic that looks more like an old train than a tractor. The Russell brand steam-engine tractor ...
Passing on a two-lane road can be a harrowing experience, even without oncoming traffic. Passing in a 21-ton machine that only makes an estimated 16 horsepower is another matter entirely, but ...
Spectators watch steam tractors going around during the 73rd Annual Reunion of the National Threshers Association at the Fulton County Fairgrounds in Wauseon, Ohio, June 22. The Blade/Kurt Steiss Buy ...
Anderson and his recently completed 150 steam engine pulled four other steam tractors up a 15-percent grade with no problem. The 150 Case was built back in the early 1900s. Less than 10 were made and ...
POWELL — Steam-engine tractors had a relatively short lifespan in terms of the length of time they were in use on American farms. But steam engines still live on in farm lore and in the hearts of many ...
TRACTOR START-UP WEEKEND 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 27-28 Mehmke Steam Tractor Museum, 8244 U.S. Highway 89 $5, kids 12 and under free You might say the Mehmkes are collectors. It ...
Built to last and as big as a dinosaur, it was obsolete before it left the factory in 1920. Nonetheless, with huge wheels and a gay canopy with a red fringe on top, the Huber "steam traction engine" ...
Dec. 29—Smoke billows from the stack of the steam-powered tractor as it chugs along, sounding like a train locomotive. At a top speed of just under 6 mph, the 150 Case Road Locomotive moves ...
CENTREVILLE — The Queen Anne’s Museum of Eastern Shore Life will feature its antique steam tractor during August, as it does each year to coincide with the Queen Anne’s County Fair. You must be logged ...
This past weekend brought one of the delightful late-summer festivals of the Mid-Atlantic: the Maryland Steam Show. For four days, farm equipment experts, tractor fanciers, and mechanical tinkerers ...