Thursday, March 14, 2019

1957 Minneapolis-Moline 335

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There are automotive aficionados who will say that 1957 was a banner year for car design. I don’t know about that but looking at this Minnea...
Friday, March 1, 2019

P & N Boxcab Locomotive # 5103

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I wonder how many residents of the Carolinas today know that the Piedmont of NC and the Upstate of SC had high speed electric rail service b...
Thursday, February 14, 2019

N.M.P. Co. Hurricane Jr. Lawnmower

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The business card he handed me read, Kirk Kahler, “Vintage Garden Tractor & Horse-drawn Farm Equipment Collector”. Fair enough, he does ...
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Friday, February 1, 2019

A 1913 16 HP Aultman-Taylor Traction Engine

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Cornelius Aultman got an early start on his career. At the age of fourteen he went to work with an uncle as an apprentice millwright. For re...
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 ...