Home What´s New   Search this site   About this site   About R & T   Overview   History   Membership   The Whistle   Photo Albums   Reg. Events   Special   Articles   Visitors Info   2008 Schedule     Tractor Pulls   Regulations   Register form   Exhibitor Info   Gift Shop   Organization   Officers&Dir's   Committees   Volunteer Corner   What is it?   Contacting Us     October 2, 2000		Photo Album 2000 Spring Steam-Up - May 12-13, 2000   Click on any link below to see the photo, or Start Here and click the "Next Photo" link on each page to page through all photographs in order. You can return to this page from any of the photo pages. (These large photos range from 35kb to 60kb, so some may take a while to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection.)   The Stationary Engines The Steam Museum Building Some of the many operational stationary steam engines The operating 1902 Watts Campbell Corliss Steam Engine is one of the most popular stationary engines The Corliss - 18" bore, 48" stroke is rated 365 HP at 75 RPM and weighs 32 tons The Corliss - The flywheel alone is 12' in diameter and weights 8 tons The smaller 1894 Wetherill Corliss Steam Engine The 1900 vertical boiler hoisting engine built by American Hoist & Derrick A triple expansion non-reversing marine engine waiting for restoration (Built in 1904 by Herreshoff Boat Works in RI) A steam powered electric generator One of the steam engine volunteers works on one of the display engines A Walking Beam Steam Pumping Engine of the type used to supply feedwater to the boiler of an 1860's type Mississippi paddle wheeler One of the gas stationary engines in the Large Gas Engine Building Steam Traction Engines The steam traction engines live in this building when not running around the grounds This Goodison has been pulled from the steam traction engine building by the R&T International cat The lineup of steam traction engines is quite a site All makes and sizes, each with its own concept of the best design of the age All of these engines and more are fired up and driven for the Steam-Up and the Reunion in August Dave Adams feeds the Rough and Tumble Peerless Dave waits for the fire to build and the steam gauge to show some pressure The Peerless is beautifully restored and painted The Peerless is a product of Pennsylvania The 1908 Avery always attracts attention due to its boiler-over-engine design and fully enclosed cab The Avery is also unusual because of its worm and gear steering mechanism The Avery Bulldog Stoking the Avery's fire The Avery waits for the steam to build The Avery is a favorite on the Baker Fan The Avery's two cylinders really put out on the Baker Fan The Avery consumes a lot of coal and water while on the fan Ivan Zimmerman's boys and his two cylinder 1926 Frick which Ivan sold a few days after the event A beautifully restored Frick Ready to roll on the Frick The 1910, 75 HP Case gets some TLC from Jeff Doucette Roy Herr's vertical boiler custom steam tractor The specs on the Herr-Bilt Steam Tractor The Herr-Bilt's cab The Nace's Sawyer Massey cooling down for repairs Waiting for the Sawyer's boiler to drain The Sawyer's smoke box The Sawyer's huge boiler takes a long time to completely drain The Sawyer has a two-stage engine Dave Adams hooks up the relatively small Peerless to pull the 44,000 lb Sawyer Dave backs the now drained Sawyer onto the grass Josh Nace under the Sawyer replacing the inspection plate's blown gasket Refilling the Sawyer's boiler Kerosene and Gas Tractors Several Rumely's were on hand A Rumely tours the grounds A Rumely's rocker arms A beautifully restored Farmall F20 Cranking the flywheel to start an early John Deere An unstyled John Deere "B" waits to plow A styled John Deere "A" waits for its turn The plowing "A" has pushed a few hay wagons in its time A John Deere 630 is joined by an ancestor Plowing Traction engine plowing a stone's throw from the modern tractor trailers on Route 30 Several tractors are plowing simultaneously A traction engine plowing crew of three work as driver, fireman and plowman A ground level view of traction engine plowing Butch Biesecker crosses the plowing field to help out with a traction engine A John Deere 830 Diesel hunkers down for plowing The styled John Deere "A" made several passes through the field A Frick and the JD 830 plowing Rear view of the plowing JD 830 Diesel The JD 830 looked like it was out for a Sunday drive Waiting for the Frick's plow to be cleared More plowing by the old and "new" Another Frick takes a spin with the plow The Steam Powered Saw Mill and the Keck-Gonnerman The Saw Mill is one of the favorite live demonstrations at Rough and Tumble Ivan Zimmerman prepares to square off a large log Adjusting the log for its next pass while being squared off The large blade takes a big slice Butch Biesecker had his immaculate Keck-Gonnerman powering the saw mill The beautiful artwork on Butch's Keck-Gonnerman When the safety valve pops every now and then, it's pretty spectacular View from the Keck, towards the saw mill pulley The front of the Keck as it powers the mill The Railroads Another favorite is the Shay Steam Railroad which encircles the R&T grounds The Shay has two vertical cylinders on each side The crankshaft drives worm and gear drives at the axles Another popular attraction is the Little Toot miniature steam railroad The Little Toot pulls several cars with room for lots of kids, young and old The Little Toot engine is a fully functional scale model of the big boys Miscellaneous Scenes Which of these threshing machines will we see at the August 2000 reunion? The R&T Ladies Auxiliary provided delicious food for visitors Cutting sausages prior to cooking in the steamer (powered by an old vertical boiler) Steam Rollers that actually run on steam are also featured at R&T The huge Geiser (Peerless) waits for its next outing
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