1/4 Scale Case Traction Engine
First steaming.
First steaming.
John's in charge up the grade. 33 degrees ambient makes for a nice steam plume.
this is of the morning of my birthday party making icecream, i also had built a baker fan to load down the engine to demonstrate the working ...
Completed in 2008, a 4 inch scale Case 45hp traction engine - nearly seven feet long and weighing in at around half a ton.
This 1/4 scale (3" to the foot) model was built in the late 1950s by Fred Ott. Here it is fired up and running on steam.