Gas Engines
The hobby of collecting antique engines, past and present.
1884 Schleicher-Schumm
By the Gas Engine Magazine staff
Only a handful of 4-cycle engines made in the U.S. have survived, including this 7hp Schleicher-Schumm.
1910 National Gas Engine
By the Gas Engine Magazine staff
Watch a 1910 National gas engine imported to Italy from France run in Castelnovo di Sotto.
Daughters and the Safety Vapor Engine
Submitted by Fred Hickerson
We dug into the archives and found a photo of a Safety Vapor Engine sent in by a reader from the 1970s. Where is the reader and the engine now?
A Briggs & Stratton Engine Still at Work
Submitted by Dave Irey
An old Briggs & Stratton, manufactured around 1950, saves the day after it’s put to use in a flooded yard.
Help with Identifying “Milker” Engine
Submitted by Marlyn Jennings
A reader’s father seeks assistance in identifying his engine, which says only “Milker” on the water tank and shows no serial number.
Patent Page: The Brayton Cycle Engine
By the Gas Engine Magazine staff
The Brayton engine is claimed to be the first commercially successful engine of purely American design.
Working Worthington Gas Compressor Engines
Information and photographs thanks to Bryan Cosby
A reader shares Worthington gas compressor engines from the past housed in an Oklahoma pumping station.
Fun Facts: John Deere E Trivia
Submitted by Jim White
Five ledgers hold the history of the John Deere E engine line as Jim White informs us.
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