Rough and Tumble - 2008 Steam School

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 2010 Schedule Tractor Pulls Regulations Exhibitor Info Gift Shop Organization Officers&Dir's Committees Volunteer Corner What is it? Contacting Us October 2, 2000		Photo Album - 2008 Steam School Photos and Report by John Johnson Our Photo Albums section has photos of R&T's popular Steam School since the 2000 school, for which we have considerable descriptive material as well as over 100 photos. Since the 2001 school, "Dean" John Johnson has generously provided photos of each year's school with captions. School photos for all years since 2000 are linked by year from our Photo Albums page. 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 58 photographs of the 2008 school in order. You can return to this page from any of the photo pages. Remember our Tips on viewing Photo Albums Saturday Day 1 Steam School is taught by Rough and Tumble VP and Steam Traction Engine Chairman Butch Biesecker Our 2008 class was the largest class yet with 28 students Engines are lined up and ready for students Students are taught safety, operation and most important, water, water, water.. Butch brings the show and tell items to better explain steam devices to students After classroom, students gather in steam alley for hands on instruction Students view a boiler cut away to explain boiler thermodynamics Instructor Jim Conte speaks about how important boiler preservation is to an engine Butch brings students through the hot steamed ready to go engines Students then break into groups and run steam traction engines around the grounds Instructor Dave Capp introduces two students to his 1/4 scale Case Instructor Brian Mann watches over 3 students on a Case engine Instructor Sparkee Glenn hangs on while three students operate a Frick Long time Instructor Pete Downs watches another group of students Pete's group is all smiles as they chug around the grounds Little Toot ran both Saturdays as Instructor Donnel Allen looks on Instructor Allen Samulsen makes a fine adjustment to an oiler with his group of students Students Jeff and Deb Sweinhart get ready to take Dave Capps engine out Instructor Jonathan Werning has two ladies on the R&T Baker engine Fred Bencivenga instructs his group in the fine art of shoveling coal Time to go for water, with our high capacity pump we can fill tanks quickly Instructor Grant Huddle speaking with Student David Brown from Long Island, NY Students get a complete orientation on each engine before they operate them Little Toot has as many controls as the large traction engines Students enjoy taking the home built engine with a vertical boiler around the loop Saturday Day 2 Instructor Megan Glenn and her lady team prepare a cold engine for steam Student Jennifier Slaymaker cleans the long tubes of a case with the brush Instructor Rob Donley poses with his Nephew Trevor next to the steam roller Student Jeff Sweinhart who owns this beautiful Minneapolis Moline, readys it for steam school use and instructed students on operation of his engine Jeff Sweinhart and his wife Deborah pose in front of the massive steam engine The 45,000 pound Minneapolis has long tubes to clean, the roller is cleaned also Instructors and Sisters Megan and Sparkee Glenn look on as Deidra brushes the tubes A group of students gets Dave Capp's Case ready to run This year we were fortunate to have a record 5 women students participating in school None of the ladies minded getting dirty, part of operating a steam engine Instructors Scott Tasso in front and Dennis Hornberger behind ready the Shay with students helping prep the engine Little Toot is uncoupled and prepped with Instructors Dave Hohenwarter and Grant Huddle on the left Fires are started with scrap wood from the saw mill until the fire is hot enough to burn Coal The Ladies are ahead waiting to boil 500 gallons of water to make steam Our two youngest students at 14 are Trevor Donley and Deidra Bollinger Instructor Fred Bencivenga and student Cynthia Natoli both came from Long Island to enjoy the school Shay students are all smiles running a big railroad engine The Shay fills with water and is ready to leave the station with a Student crew Little Toot chugs around the lush Rough and Tumble grounds with Students Time for Steam Games. It also gets a little damp Students practice backing to a pole touching it but not knocking it over After a long day, the old PENN DOT Buffalo Springfield roller needs water The weather held out most of the day until a brief thunderstorm passes by Instructors stay dry in the saw mill while the students drive around A little shower did not stop the steam roller crew from drive time Instructor Rob Donley brought two dead lawn mowers for a diversion The 43,000 pound Minneapolis flattens the lawn mower Time to consolidate the two lawnmowers The Minneapolis is unstoppable End of the day, time to wrap up the school and discuss what was learned with a loud round of applause for all the volunteer instructors Steam School students proudly pose for their group shot Steam School Instructors also pose for the camera School wraps up with Steam School Administrator John Johnson handing out diplomas under shelter from late day showers Tips on viewing Photo Albums Since our album for Day 3 of Steam School 2000, we have been using a "load ahead" feature in our photo albums. If you use the "Next Photo" link at the top right corner of each photo, then it will pay you to continue looking at the current photo until the activity display in your browser indicates the browser is done loading images. Then, when you click "Next Photo", it will appear almost immediately, and the browser will start loading the next sequential image. To put it simply, wait for the browser to complete loading images before clicking the "Next Photo" button.
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