Sunday, September 27, 2015

Kory Anderson is trying to recreate the 150hp Case road locomotive (world's largest traction engine, 1904) from the engine cylinder out to the wheels, the goal is to host the CASE expo 2016 James Valley Thresher show


http://kory-anderson.com/korys-blog/



http://jamesvalleythreshers.com/storiescase150.htm



The first 40 x 150 HP Case steam engine was developed and built at the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company Engine Works at Racine, Wis., in late 1904.

It was sold to a silver mine in New Mexico, where it didn't last long due to inferior metals of the age, and was abandoned at the mine, then scrappers tore it apart for WW1 salvage, all but the boiler. That became a water tank for cattle at a nearby windmill, then was donated by the farmers widow to the Leoti Kansas Case dealership, which passed through different company presidents until one sold off all the old metal, and that boiler became a drainage ditch culvert, but finally was moved to the Hickory Oaks Farm at Davis Junction, Ill.  the permanent site of the North Central Illinois Steam Power Show and Operational Agricultural Museum.

the 2nd sat in bad repair at the rear of a blacksmith shop in Colby Kansas after pulling a large 50-bottom Oliver plow for the war effort in a sugar beet field. It was scrapped after 1918 to help pay for it.

3 4 and 5 went to Geogia, Kansas and a New York rock quarry. Of the 9, none remain. Scrapped for WW1 seems to have been their end, as they weren't useful very long due to poor metal alloys of that era not holding up to heavy use in the gears carrying lumber and freight loads up to 50 tons.

They were 25 feet long, 10 wide, and had 8 feet tall rear wheels

http://www.farmcollector.com/steam-traction/the-legendary-150-hp-case-steam-traction-engine.aspx


9 comments:

  1. Up to date information at jamesvalleythreshers.com about the progress Kory Anderson is making on the re-creation of the Case 150. Also the J I Case Heritage Foundation 2016 Expo, and more history of the original Case 150 road locomotive.

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    1. there isn't anything up to date there. I know, I just looked. There isn't anything new from when I posted this 3 months ago. I wish there was, as I did spend some time trying to make this a very complete and up to date post so my readers would get the best information about the Case 150. But, Jamesvalleythreshers.com isn't providing any information about Kory's progress. It's the same "stand by to wait and see" that was there 3 months ago.

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    2. Finally news!

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  2. Anonymous1:15 AM

    has the engine been finished yet its 2017.

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    1. I have no idea. I'll look around and see... did you click on the links? They might already have updated info!

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    2. There doesn't seem to be ANYTHING new on the internet about it. Maybe he's going to take a dozen years or more to build it.

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    3. Finally, news!

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  3. It's done.
    https://www.facebook.com/events/133566784119843/

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    1. Thanks! I'd had this on my mind the past couple days but got completely overwhelmed with other stuff

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