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Anderson's Case 150 Unveiling

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Ken Christopherson

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Hello all. I know it may have been covered, and I posted over on the CASE forum.. But I wanted to put it up here. First, I am truly honored to have been a part of the 150 unveiling - even if it was just as a spectator. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and kudos to Kory and his entire team for seeing it go from dream to steam... And for inviting all to be a part of it.... I wanted to post a number of photos I took during the day, and also the link to the video I took of the unveil. I suffered some camera difficulties just as the unveil was happening, so I used my backup (cell phone) as much as I could to get everything to work out.... Ended up sneaking onto the 24-bottom plow to film during it's first pass... What an honor to ride behind such a machine on its' maiden voyage.

Kudos to Kory, and I hope you all enjoy. Can't wait to see it at ROLLAG next year!
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Case 150 Road Locomotive Unveiling
 
What is the actual location of this plowing? Was it a mile, a 1/2 mile or what in one direction? It looks so flat. I know there is a lot of flat land like that in SD, ND, MN and through out the Great Plains and the Corn Belt. Is the David Fie building in Andover?
 
It was in Andover, MN. I'm not sure the length of the field we plowed, but it was pretty long. It was flat as far as the eye could see!
 
It was amazing to watch this thing in action. A NEW steam engine - it was whisper quiet, and nothing rattled, chattered, etc. All you could really hear were the
freshly cut and machined gears ringing as they turned. Quite the impressive piece of work.
 
I have been following the build online for probably at least 3+ years. It was truly a massive undertaking, and kudos to Kory and his crew for pulling off such an amazing task. Photos don't do this machine justice on its' size - it is truly MASSIVE. The last photo is the machine next to a 110 Case. The one attached here is a rear view of the bunkers. 150 vs. 110. the 150 weighs about 75,000 lbs fully loaded with water and coal.
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The entire project took 10 years from dream to steam... And about $1.5 million invested. Kory started with the dream when he was 10 years old, and it was awesome seeing the dream turn to reality.
 
I'm not really into steam........

That being said I went.......

I saw.......

That tractor is FANTASTIC!

I'm not really into steam...that's the truth. But when I heard about it, and found out that it was only 3 1/2 hours away.....well I had to go and see it! Wife and I drove down Friday afternoon, spent the night in Aberdeen SD and went to the show Saturday morning. Unfortunately I'm having problems with a knee right now (waiting to get scheduled for a replacement) so we left at 1 PM. So we didn't get to see it plow. OH well, Rollag is only 80 miles! And I should have a new knee by then! The Andover show is small but well run IMO.

All I can say is that thing is Massive!

Ken, I did see some really odd looking guy while I was there......same one in some of your pics with the grey BWCA tee.

Rick
 
It was built entirely from scratch. The boiler itself was the original boiler from the first 150 built - the only 150 piece that still remained. The condition
of the boiler was beyond repair, so they removed the serial tag from the original boiler and built a BRAND NEW 150 Case from the ground up. New boiler, new
castings, new wheels, etc., etc., etc. It is my understanding the only original CASE parts they used (according to the announcer's statements during the
ceremony) were the preheater which was off of a Case 110 (the 150 used the same preheater), the governor assembly (also off a 110 which was shared with the
150), and the clutch lever (off a 110, had to be lengthened to be correct for the 150). The original boiler tag is the only original "150" piece on the tractor.

It was truly a task of TITANIC proportions to construct this full-size replica... Classified a replica because of the fact it is not an original engine, but in
fact new construction. Kory was able to obtain the original hand-drawn blueprints from the Case-IH archives, and that is where the dream began coming to
fruition.
 
It really was something cool to be a part of. Truly history in the making. I got a little video (if you watch the one I posted), of the 110 slowly creeping by
the 150 as it was nosed out of the barn steaming up... Almost like big brother and little brother that hadn't seen each other in over 100 years. Really kind of
neat.

As far as the guy in the BWCA shirt... He can be seen at many local MN shows... Usually he is getting in everyone's way trying to get video and photos...
Occasionally bugging people for a ride on equipment. <ROLL>

I hear he hasn't found anyone that trusts him to RUN their equipment yet, but he is always looking for his first... Victim. Going to Albany tomorrow, so we will
see..... :-D
 
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