Anderson and his recently completed 150 steam engine pulled four other steam tractors up a 15-percent grade with no problem. The 150 Case was built back in the early 1900s.

After Case died in 1891, the company went through many changes. The company’s first equipment with gas engines came out in 1895, but they continued making steam tractors until 1927.

SHERIDAN — For nearly as long as he can remember, Kory Anderson wanted to see an original Case 150-horsepower steam traction engine road locomotive. Only a handful of the rare, ...

Melissa Alley looks at a steam-engine tractor July 7, 2017, at the Minidoka County Historical Museum in Rupert. The tractor, donated in the 1970s, was the first item donated to the museum.

“I grew up in the steam engine hobby, with mentors, friends and these guys taught me a lot,” Anderson said. When he was 10, he went to a Case expo in Rollag, Minn., and met Hedtke.

Pete also highlighted a Case 65 horsepower steam engine tractor (above) that sold for $15,000 at the same Minnesota auction where the Minneapolis 35-70 sold. “It’s just starting to become ...

“Numerous antique tractors, some with steel wheels, will be seen with the names of familiar makes like Allis - Chalmers, John Deere, Farmall, Oliver, Ford, Rumely Oil Pull, Case, and Minneapolis ...

Williams, owner of Williams Tractor, had taken the steam-engine tractor in on trade for a new Case tractor. Williams and the elder Paxton were good friends.