I was busy fixing a cracked steam line a big part of the morning, so I didn’t have a whole lot of time to wander around…
http://s397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/Portersville%202010/?albumview=slideshow
Great pictures, Mik. Looks like a really cool event.
Ralph
‘Har ya goo’, as they say locally - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDGGc3zrc0o
Swavesey Cambridge steam rallye weekend - July 25th 2020
Enjoy!
tac
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Supporter of the Cape Meares Lighthouse Restoration Fund
There is a three day Steam Fair (today being the 2nd. day) being held on the outskirts of my home town. Poor weather yesterday but great today.
The usual events steam engines of many types and uses, tractors of varying ages, vintage cars and commercial vehicles including fire trucks and military (including former American) vehicles and the usual fun fair and side shows.
I had a very enjoyable day and was quite surprised to see a Geiser Peerless steam engine present. An interesting and unusual machine. A Stanley Steamer, which I have actually sat in, was also there.
I enjoyed your picture slide Mik - highly entertaining. Sorry I have no pics, my only ‘camera’ is my cell 'phone which as usual I never took with me.
Fun to look at, thanks.
Did something tonight I swore I’d never do. Another owner decided he wanted to pull with his traction engine… he was a bit, um… lit… so I got nominated to steer.
20HP Nichols & Shepard vs a stone boat with 20,600 pounds and change worth of weight. One of the finalists in the tractor pull had managed to bust an axle housing on his overly weighted down machine trying to move the same load. – I tried to tell Mark that he needed to hook a bit off center to help break the sled loose, but he insisted the old girl could start it square… 1st and second try it only moved it maybe 2 feet each time. 3rd try about 6 feet. Finally, on the 4th try, she decided to just dig in and walk away with it – possibly because I cut the front wheels a bit when Mark wasn’t looking (shame on me! hehehe). A bushel or so of sawdust we tossed in the firebox made for a nice column of sparks out the stack as she went down the track.
Would I do it again? Only if he insisted, and probably not with a stone boat. Transfer sleds are less shock to the gearing. You can’t see a darn thing off the left side of that engine (or what’s directly in front for that matter) for it’s honking huge crank guard right in your face – so driving wasn’t all that pleasant anyway…especially when everything is congested with tractors and spectators. It steers much easier than my engine, but you can see where you’re going much better with the undermounted.
Kim says the camera acted up, so she isn’t sure she got a pic, and I’m too tired to mess with them tonight anyway
Kim and half scale
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Pulling with the Nichols
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Steaming dinner
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Ginger, the steam engine dog
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