all made from scratch, with a foundry and machine shop, the old fashioned way!
I recommend taking the video speed up to 2x
They were 25 feet long, 10 wide, and had 8 feet tall rear wheels
Each wheel weighs 6,500 lbs and the flywheel weighs 1,500 lbs.
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/09/kory-anderson-is-trying-to-recreate.html for the post when I leaned that Kory Anderson was going to build one, replicating the originals, of which none exist.
https://www.facebook.com/Anderson-Industries-LLC-115448931876302/
https://www.facebook.com/kory.anderson.14
For info on the unveiling: https://www.facebook.com/events/133566784119843/
Come join us at the James Valley Threshing Show, Andover, South Dakota, for the unveiling of the 150 Case Road Locomotive! The event will be the first public display of the engine and will include presentations and a ceremony recognizing all the people that brought this engine back to life.
https://www.facebook.com/jvthreshers/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMiJ6VSdJmZdUkxFZi1LPg
I'm guessing the won't carry a jack and spare. lol
ReplyDeleteThat is one clean tidy shop.
ReplyDeleteI think you have the weight and horsepower mixed up, in the title...
ReplyDeleteThis past weekend, I stopped in Canandaigua NY for the New York State Steam Associations Pageant of Steam...
Many steam tractors and old "oil pulls" roaming around and being out to work on threshers, hay balers, a saw mill, and a sled for tractor pulls...
I'll post a video to my FB page of a couple things I took shots of..
Good point. The wheels alone are only 7 tons.
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