Tuesday, January 15, 2019

1 1/4 HP Type VJ Monitor Engine

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What was to become Baker Manufacturing Co. dates back to 1872 when Allen S. Baker and Levi Shaw began to develop a rotary steam engine. In 1...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2019

1936 Massey-Harris Challenger

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Massey-Harris introduced the Challenger model in 1936 in a bid to break into the lucrative row crop tractor market that had been dominated b...
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Saturday, December 15, 2018

The first ever Golden Mule Award

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Well here we are, the last post of 2018, where did the year go? This seems like a good time to look back at the events I visited and choose ...
Saturday, December 1, 2018

Collings Foundation Tour 2018

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On Thursday, October 25th I was working in my yard, cleaning up the debris from the latest storm when an unusual sound grabbed my attention....
Thursday, November 15, 2018

Gibson Garden Tractors

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In 1945 Soldiers by the thousands suddenly found themselves civilians again, and like troops headed home throughout history, they had only o...
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Thursday, November 1, 2018

H. K. Porter Fireless Steam Storage Locomotive

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Snugged into stall number 13 in the Robert Julian Roundhouse at the NC Transportation Museum is a real Thomas the Tank. Looking at it from t...
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Monday, October 15, 2018

Desjardin 5 /6 HP Engine

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Charles-Alfred Roy Desjardins began his business career as a shipbuilder. About 1865 he founded La Compagnie Desjardins at St. Andre - de - ...