And for those of us in the Northeast: https://newsm.org/ I had the pleasure of visiting that one with my ham radio club
Frank -----Original Message----- From: Shoppa, Tim via cctalk <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2025 1:53 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Shoppa, Tim <[email protected]> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Tesla's Forgotten Founder Speaks Out - Exclusive w/ Martin Eberhard Frank wrote: > I wasn't around back then ;) But I think the big problem with steam > tractors was since they were so heavy they would sink into the > fields. I don't think that was an issue really solved until gas > powered tractors came around. We're getting off topic but I want to interject that if you want to see operating steam tractors, stationary steam engines, and lots more, get to Mt Pleasant Iowa RIGHT NOW for the annual Old Thresher's Reunion which starts TODAY. I note that when the Old Thresher's Reunion first started in 1950, the steam tractors being run there were only 40-50 years old, not too dissimilar to how an Apple II or PDP-11 is today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs4L2nSqCL4 https://www.oldthreshers.org/other-events/steam-school/ Tim N3QE
