Spring Steam-Up is a special event each year at Rough and Tumble. It's time to get the steam engines out of hibernation and fire them up. It's the only time of the year that you'll see many of them doing real work when they do some plowing. I attended this year's event on Friday, May 10 and took many photos. Steve Sharp and Charlie Zuck attended on Saturday, May 11 and provided me with some great photos, many of which are included in this photo album. I want to thank them for all of us for contributing their photos. Photo credit is indicated below each photo. 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 97 photographs in order.   You can return to this page from any of the photo pages.   Remember our Tips on viewing Photo Albums   Miscellaneous Scenes of the Day Steam Traction Engines Gas Tractors Plowing Demonstrations The Galloway Home-Built

• Unloading some small steam - A scale model Frick
• Unloading some middle size steam
  Amos Zimmerman's 1/2 scale Case
• Unloading some really big steam - an Aultman Taylor
• Nevin Myer gets the sausages started outside the R&T kitchen
• R&T's 1929 Linn Halftrack Model "25D"
• Some typical personal transportation for kids at R&T
• A collection of grownup personal transportation
• Eric Samuelsen provides personal transport
  on his dad's Galloway powered home-built
• A large pile of tree trunks is ready for saw mill demonstrations
• Brian Mann adjusts his 1896 8 hp Reid
  This engine was run for the first time in 30 years a week before the Steam-up.
  Designed to run in still air, the flame easily blows out.
• Bill Hazzard helps Brian Mann get his 1896 Reid started
• They eventually got it running and pumping
• Brian Mann monitors two 4 hp Eclipse engines
  manufactured by Myrick Manuf. Co.
• The engine is rated at 4 hp at 450 rpm,
  Eclipse serial number 663
• The other Eclipse has serial number 355
  and sports a new cooling schroud
• Early Friday, the Shay is pulled from it shed and fired up
• Dennis Hornberger checks and lubes
  the Shay while it builds steam
• Each of the Shay's cars gets a lube job, too
• The Shay starts off on one of its first runs of the day
• Maynard Shirk plays his newly built steam calliope
• AJ Hamilton tends the firebox of Maynard's calliope
• The seven bottom plow makes its way to the field
  for the plowing demonstrations
• Prehistoric tracks? The plow field was criss-crossed
  with these signs of antique tractors
• A visitor watches and listens to two hit and miss engines
• The 15 hp circa 1910 Dieter was out and running
• Brian Mann's 1896 Reid is still pulling its weight
• Another old engine cools itself the old fashion way
• A 1931 Harley Davidson was featured inside
  the entrance to the Auto Haus
• Blacksmith Shop Raffle Winner Sylvia Stephens
  shows her prize spoon crafted by Larry Long

• Butch Biesecker arrived in top hat to fire up his Keck Gonnerman
• Butch loads his coal box, still in top hat
• AJ Hamilton gets ready to light up his 1920
  two cylinder 60 hp Frick that was just featured
  on the cover of the July/August 2002 issue of
  The Iron Men Album Magazine
• David Kroa loading wood into his 1909 Frick
  which he got last year as his first tractor.
  Dave's grandfather had owned a Keck-Gonnerman.
• Jonathan Werning is pulled from the shed in R&T's 1908 Avery
• Filling the Avery boiler with water via a hand hole
• Butch Biesecker and Jonathan Werning try to find
  the source of a knocking in the Avery's right cylinder
• Hooking up the hose to fill a Frick's boiler
• Norman Gay arrives at the tractor line in the 1925 23-90 Baker
• You can tell by the long shadows and the lack
  of smoke that this photo of the tractor line-up
  was taken early in the day
• The Emerson Brantingham (E-B) builds fire
• Two large rollers wait in the shed
• A small Case steam engine waits for fire
• A brace of Bakers getting water
• That's Jeff Doucette waiting in the 21-75 Baker
• The E-B is in great condition
• The E-B's combination flywheel, clutch and
  pulley are on the left side
• The E-B's cylinder, connecting rod and serial number 17544
• David Kroa's 1909 Frick features an oil lamp
  and spark arresting stack
• David's Frick has an 8x10 one cylinder engine
• The reversing mechanism and governor belt pulley
• Later in the morning, smoke over the
  tractor line shows pressure is building
• The Avery waits by the coal bin
• Butch Biesecker's Keck Gonnerman powers
  the Baker fan to the delight of many
• It must be noon whistle time!
  Left to right/ Baker, Frick, Keck Gonnerman, E-B

• While this day featured steam, the many gas tractors
  in the tractor shed were available for viewing
• Several John Deere keep company with a huge Case
• Other tractors packed into the tractor shed
• An International Harvester Mogul Type "C" in the tractor shed
• Association president Louie Frantz's 1925 Huber "Super 4"
• Climbing aboard a Caterpillar TEN
• This home-built tractor was running in a circle by itself.
  It seemed as though it could go on forever.
• A McCormick-Deering I-12 sits in the sun
• An original Hart-Parr 18-36, serial number 30910
• Driver's view of the Hart-Parr
• A Farmall F-30
• A Farmall F-12 with narrow front
• Another Farmall F-12, this one with new paint and a wide front
• Mixing red and green
• A small but immaculate Rumely takes in some sun

• The 1925 23-90 Baker pulls the seven bottom plow
• Norman Gay drives the Baker with Barbara Bireley
  along for the ride
• Most of the plows clogged frequently with chickweed
  Note the second bottom from the left
• Clearing the plow
• Dave Adams on the Adams' 1895 8x10 Frick
• The Adams' Frick had to deal with the same chickweed
• The Frick returning with the three bottom plow
• It was a beautiful day for plowing
• Phares Stauffer heads out on his John Deere 520
• Phares had very little trouble with the chickweed
• Butch Biesecker's Keck Gonnerman
• Butch had less trouble than most with the chickweed
• Butches engine on the return run
• Joe Stolfus on this the Rumely Oil Pull had problems with his plow
• The other Rumely Oil Pull had steering problems
• Pete Downes made a round-trip plowing with his Frick
• While his son Eric plowed with the Galloway home-built,
  Allen Samuelsen tried plowing with his
  Aultman Taylor.
• Unfortunately, Allen had no traction with his worn
  drive wheels and had to be pulled from the field
  by Norman Gay on the Baker
• Eric Samuelsen had much better luck than his dad
  and made a round-trip on the home-built Galloway.
  Note the built-in saw mill.
• This Willys came out to have a go with a disc.

• Oops. The Galloway powered home-built was a bit
  heavier than Allen had thought. He got it off safely.
• The tractor is powered by a 5 hp Galloway, Ser# 26203,
  hit and miss engine manufactured in Waterloo, IA.
• That's a Chevy transmission....
• and a Model T "construction" kit.
  Note the saw blade on the front right
• Allen drew quite a crowd with his tractor.
• Allen was really enjoying his first outing with the Galloway
• Allen's son Eric provided personal transportation
  with a home-built trailer
• Eric had a very impressive full round-trip
  in the plowing demonstration

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