CORRYTON, Tenn. — Deep in the woods near House Mountain State Natural Area, you’ll find an agricultural relic that looks more like an old train than a tractor. The Russell brand steam-engine tractor ...

Passing on a two-lane road can be a harrowing experience, even without oncoming traffic. Passing in a 21-ton machine that only makes an estimated 16 horsepower is another matter entirely, but ...

Anderson and his recently completed 150 steam engine pulled four other steam tractors up a 15-percent grade with no problem. The 150 Case was built back in the early 1900s. Less than 10 were made and ...

Spectators watch steam tractors going around during the 73rd Annual Reunion of the National Threshers Association at the Fulton County Fairgrounds in Wauseon, Ohio, June 22. The Blade/Kurt Steiss Buy ...

POWELL — Steam-engine tractors had a relatively short lifespan in terms of the length of time they were in use on American farms. But steam engines still live on in farm lore and in the hearts of many ...

Perched on a wagon at the heart of Vista’s Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum sits Rube Nelson’s 1895 Russell steam tractor. With its broken boiler and dust-caked wheels, it may look like a worn-out ...

In the late 1800s, farmers on Delmarva began a transition from horse-drawn implements to a new innovation in a fast-evolving industrial age. That new invention was the steam-powered tractor, which was ...

Advances that helped the introduction of steam-powered cars and that could be adopted for steam tractors included using paraffin instead of coal to heat the water. The liquid fuel needed less space ...