If steam and threshing blow your whistle, then this is the place for you. At SteamTraction.Com, we’re dedicated to bringing you the best stories and photographs of steam’s past and present.
With any piece of equipment this old there is bound to be an account on how it survived. Many times we remark, "If only this engine could talk, imagine the tales it could tell."
Drawing from a rich heritage of steam enthusiasts stretching back over 60 years, we’re constantly on the lookout for new books and stories that celebrate steam’s role in agricultural America. At SteamTraction.Com you’ll find access to the full archives of The Iron-Men Album, launched by Rev. Elmer Ritzman in 1950, and to Steam Traction magazine, which picked up the tradition laid down by Ritzman in 2003.
Better yet, at cu.SteamTraction.com you’ll find a rich treasure of photographs celebrating the glory days of steam, from original archive images – many of which are available for sale – to present-day views of farm shows hosted around the country. We’re regularly updating our galleries, featuring engines from Case, Baker, Farquhar, Avery, Holt, Gaar-Scott and Port Huron, just to name a very few.
The cu.SteamTraction.com galleries are unlike any resource for steamers on the web. And making them even better, you can be a part of it all by uploading your own photos from shows, restoration projects, engines you own – anything that’s part of the steam heritage.
We invite you to check back regularly for online show updates and reviews, and web-exclusive stories we’ll regularly publish here. Our latest articles include the full story of Joe Berto’s incredible restoration of a 1912 75HP Case found in the wilds of Montana and lovingly restored over the course of a few years. Plus we have two incredible photos sent by Steve Davis of the 1916 Geiser Peerless accident in Dando, N.Y.
