"Pappy" 1917 CASE 75 Horsepower Steam Traction Engine "Kinetic Steam"

October 2018 Here is Video of "Pappy" 1917 Case 75 Horsepower Steam Traction Engine provided steam and motive power for the Kinetic Steam Works display at Roaring Camp Railroads. roaringcamp.com/
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A traction engine is a steam-powered tractor used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. The name derives from the Latin tractus, meaning 'drawn', since the prime function of any traction engine is to draw a load behind it. They are sometimes called road locomotives to distinguish them from railway locomotives - that is, steam engines that run on rails.
Traction engines tend to be large, robust and powerful, but also heavy, slow, and difficult to manoeuvre. Nevertheless, they revolutionized agriculture and road haulage at a time when the only alternative prime mover was the draught horse.
They became popular in industrialised countries from around 1850, when the first self-propelled portable steam engines for agricultural use were developed. Production continued well into the early part of the 20th century, when competition from internal combustion engine-powered tractors saw them fall out of favour, although some continued in commercial use in the United Kingdom well into the 1950s and later. All types of traction engines have now been superseded in commercial use. However, several thousand examples have been preserved worldwide, many in working order. Steam fairs are held throughout the year in the United Kingdom and in other countries, where visitors can experience working traction engines at close hand.
Traction engines were cumbersome and ill-suited for crossing soft or heavy ground, so their agricultural use was usually either "on the belt" - powering farm machinery by means of a continuous leather belt driven by the flywheel, a form of power take-off - or in pairs, dragging an implement on a cable from one side of a field to another. However, where soil conditions permitted, direct hauling of implements ("off the drawbar") was preferred; in America, this led to the divergent development of the steam tractor. This aside, American designs were far more varied than those of the British with different boiler positions, wheel numbers and piston placements being used. Additionally American engines often had higher top speeds than those of Britain as well as the ability to run on straw.

[@kptrains]

Cool to see the steam traction engine 👍👍

[@EdWhizAviationTrains]

Thank you for checking it out 👍😎

[@BAVBavarianAviationVideonews]

Amazing catch, very interesting to see such old machines😍 Thumbs up Ed👍😎

[@EdWhizAviationTrains]

Thank you so much for checking it out 👍😎

[@DomAZ]

"Pappy" looks great. Awesome👍

[@EdWhizAviationTrains]

Thanks so much Dom - 1917 WOW!

[@Andreas-Frank_Pohlert]

Very nice video my friend Ed.
Thank You and Thumbs Up.
Many Greetings
Andreas

[@EdWhizAviationTrains]

Thank you my friend 👍😎

[@backalleyrailroading2835]

That's a cool find Ed... Thanks for the share !!

[@EdWhizAviationTrains]

Thank you for stopping by 👍😎

[@ZRHSPOTTER-sw3ot]

Awesome Video

[@EdWhizAviationTrains]

Thank you so much 👍😎

[@WhizAviation1]

I saw a model of it in the trash. Who would throw that away?

[@EdWhizAviationTrains]

That is sad, did you keep it

[@WhizAviation1]

@@EdWhizAviationTrains i would but it looked too broken and dirty

[@EdWhizAviationTrains]

@@WhizAviation1 That's a bummer 😢😢

[@WhizAviation1]

@@EdWhizAviationTrains yeah..