Weekend Steam Bonus: Big Rumely

This Rumely is one of the big engines at the Western Minnesota Threshers Reunion at Rollag, Minnesota.  There are also a bunch of gas and kerosene prairie tractors at this show. 

Weekend Steam: Steamboating!

Merle picked a good one!  Thanks, Merle!

Face Down

Eye surgery today.  Susan's left eye developed macular holes and repair work has been done.  She has to stay face down for three days, but that is better than her retinal surgeries twenty years ago when it was six weeks.  Her bad eye will now be her good eye, but she should be able to see pretty well.

This Video Will Give You Collector Itch!

So, this guy's neighbor says an excavator has been sitting in his woods for sixteen years, and he wants it to leave.  What a deal, if you have the skills to pull it off!

Ruger's Auctions To Benefit The Light Foundation and The USA Shooting Team

                                                                           $2005
There are a couple of good ones again this week!  The Mini-14 was not a cataloged item, and is an example of the Minis that Ruger made for the Oklahoma State Patrol.  (NOT Ohio, as in the writeup.  A correction is included on the GunBroker page just above the description.)  Interest is high, so take a deep breath before CLICKING HERE or on the photo.

                                                                             $660
The price appears to be a bit more tolerable on this new P90 Decocker in .45 ACP.  CLICK HERE to read all about it and to place that winning bid.

Tuesday Torque: 125 HP De La Vergne Engine...

...at Rollag, Minnesota.  They acquired this engine in 1976.  The flywheels are 9 feet in diameter! This video is the second upload.  It is in Hi Def, and I added a shot of the exhaust stack at the end.

IHC M and Feed Mill at Rollag, Minnesota

                                      Back To The Old Grind!

Looks Like Fall To Me

The Sun won't cross the Equator until the wee hours of the morning, but today, the sun had crossed over to the south side of our east-west county blacktop.  Close enough for me!

Weekend Steam: Engine 353 At Rollag

Engine 353 is a standard gauge 0-6-0 and it pulls carloads of happy people all through the Labor Day weekend show every year.  No Charge for riding!  I recommend you be there on Friday if you wish to ride, because on Saturday the lines are long.

Nearly On The Centerline

Dark time is soon coming.