Wednesday Windage: Shot 15 Times, Shot Back, Survived!

R.I.P Dolly

Tuesday Torque: 10 HP Baveu Engine

 Merle found this one on Facebook, and I cannot find it on YouTube at all! This must be an extremely rare breed of engine. It's brief, so look close and fast to pick up the details that we like to see.  Many Thanks, Merle!

Be Like The Ant

 We aren't fiddling around. Winter is coming!

Back To The Old Grind!

Weekend Steam II: Vintage Shots Of Number 2 Mogul

 Number 2 and Number 6 Mogul locomotives came to Mt. Pleasant in the early 1960s as the first engines for the Midwest Central Railroad. Number 6 is the larger engine, and it still sports its original cabbage stack. Number 6 has gone through extensive restoration and is the primary people mover.  Number 2 was also a cabbage stack loco, but it was changed to a diamond stack early on, probably just for variety's sake, to distinguish the engines from one another. Number 2 was used for many years to pull trains around the grounds at Old Threshers, but has been down for many years, in need of major boiler work.  Here's a shot of Number 2 around 1970. 

The grounds have been rearranged since this photo. This is on the north end, just south of the north depot. The traction engines were all on this end of the grounds at that time, and threshing was done here. You can see some kids playing in a straw pile, and a stationary baler is barely visible, peeking out of the straw. 

Here's Number 2 in 1985. I think this is just about the end of the run of Number 2. Rebuilding it has been a topic for many years.  I hope one day it happens. 

Weekend Steam: Kinsey Chime Whistles

 Thanks, Merle!

Corn Harvest Has Begun!

Easy Black Oak Snag.

Wednesday Windage: Budget Friendly Plinker

 Thirteen round magazines! Eighteen round mags avaialble! Illegal in Illinois because of the threaded muzzle. 

 

Tuesday Torque II: IHC Titan Prairie Tractor At Pinckneyville

 This video is from 2025, and I am sure there will be new ones showing up on YouTube in the near future. This tractor is darn near priceless. It is extremely rare, but the Threshermen run it at every show. Vid by Someplace Or Another.