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POWER PLANTS OF THE PAST

By Jones

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I thought G.E.M. readers might be interested in Power Plants of the Past which is a project that began about 3 years ago when my brother, Kenneth, agreed to restore a truckload of engines for display in my old Reo truck. It was supposed to take about a year but wasn't actually ready for display until the third summer after we started. Even now there is more to do but, at last, we can enjoy showing our engines. Our first showing was at the Antique Power land Annual Steam-up near Brooks, Oregon. We fit 24 engines into our display and can run each one without moving it although the air gets a little blue if too many are run without outside exhaust connections. We tried to select a variety but found the choices difficult because Kenneth's main collection at Engine Haven in Vale, Oregon, includes about 200 engines.

When on display, the bac...

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