Steam Engine Line Up for 2016

ICLIDA

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The line up of steam engines is all set for the Great Minneapolis Line Expo to be held at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion at Rollag, MN Labor Day weekend. There may be others that show up that we don't know about, but as of now there will be 20 MTM steam engines at the show. We are sure that this will be the largest gathering of MTM steam engines that has ever been put together at a show.
Here is a partial list of some of the unique engines that will be there. The oldest operating engine, the LAST engine built, the only operating tandem compound return flue engine, a double cylinder engine that was one of the original double smoke stack engines, an engine that still has all of the original gear oiling system intact, two engines with consecutive serial numbers, a double cylinder, double counter shaft engine, the only remaining 45 HP single tandem compound. There will also be a full fine up of MTM gas tractors as well as Twin City tractors and of course lots of Minneapolis Moline tractors.
If you don't have plans for Labor Day weekend you should be making plans to get to Rollag to see this spectacular display of MTM equipment.
 
The line up of steam engines is all set for the Great Minneapolis Line Expo to be held at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion at Rollag, MN Labor Day weekend. There may be others that show up that we don't know about, but as of now there will be 20 MTM steam engines at the show. We are sure that this will be the largest gathering of MTM steam engines that has ever been put together at a show.
Here is a partial list of some of the unique engines that will be there. The oldest operating engine, the LAST engine built, the only operating tandem compound return flue engine, a double cylinder engine that was one of the original double smoke stack engines, an engine that still has all of the original gear oiling system intact, two engines with consecutive serial numbers, a double cylinder, double counter shaft engine, the only remaining 45 HP single tandem compound. There will also be a full fine up of MTM gas tractors as well as Twin City tractors and of course lots of Minneapolis Moline tractors.
If you don't have plans for Labor Day weekend you should be making plans to get to Rollag to see this spectacular display of MTM equipment.

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The line up of steam engines is all set for the Great Minneapolis Line Expo to be held at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion at Rollag, MN Labor Day weekend. There may be others that show up that we don't know about, but as of now there will be 20 MTM steam engines at the show. We are sure that this will be the largest gathering of MTM steam engines that has ever been put together at a show.
Here is a partial list of some of the unique engines that will be there. The oldest operating engine, the LAST engine built, the only operating tandem compound return flue engine, a double cylinder engine that was one of the original double smoke stack engines, an engine that still has all of the original gear oiling system intact, two engines with consecutive serial numbers, a double cylinder, double counter shaft engine, the only remaining 45 HP single tandem compound. There will also be a full fine up of MTM gas tractors as well as Twin City tractors and of course lots of Minneapolis Moline tractors.
If you don't have plans for Labor Day weekend you should be making plans to get to Rollag to see this spectacular display of MTM equipment.
wow!!!
 
I just wanted to take some time to thank everyone who helped with the Minneapolis Expo. One of the things we kept saying is "if everyone does something, nobody will have to do everything". This was truly a group effort and everyone helped out where they could. Another thing we had was the theme of "From Steam to Modern Machine". We wanted to include the 3 companies the merged to become Minneapolis Moline, but it was not intended to be just a MM Expo, but rather a Minneapolis Line expo. Based on the turnout of steam engines, prairie tractors and gas tractors I think we did an OK job.

At one of our early meetings I made the comment that at the last Minneapolis Expo in 2002 the MTM people really didn't even know it happened. I got the response of "did you participate?" That comment really hit home with me because I had to admit to myself that I had not participated. I realized that for any of our expo's to succeed, everyone has to participate to make it a success. If you are expecting someone else to do all of the work so you can play with your toys, it will fail. Everyone has to do their part to make an expo a success. This was my first time being involved in an expo and I can say that it is a lot of work. You find out in a hurry who is willing to help and who is just along for the ride. Fortunately for this expo we had lots of people step up and do their part, no matter how small or big a part they may have done.

I don't want to start naming names about who did what as I am sure that I would forget someone who did a vital part to make the expo but they know who they are and what they did. One things we tried to do was to make this expo informative and educational so our visitors got to learn more about the exhibits. I hope that the signs we made for the engines, tractors and threshing machines, and the banners we had made added to the educational aspect of the show.

So thanks again for all the people who helped make this such a great show.
 
It really was impressive and the work all of your group did really showed Tom. There was an outstanding representation of every size and kind of equipment from every area of "The Great Minneapolis Line"!

Congratulations to all involved. It was years in the making!
 
I thought the expo was very well done. I really appreciated the signs by the steam traction engines and the big old fuel powered tractors. They were rare & we could know how rare. They were different from each other & we could read and compare how they differed. For those of us who did not know everything about the Great Minneapolis Line it was an informative/educational display. The signs might not have to be as large or showy (I did like them though) but any information, even if typewritten on an 8&1/2 x 11 sheet of paper is always appreciated by me and I would think also so by others. Great job people-the EXPO was great!
 
One more thought-directly from ICLIDA's post----IF EVERYONE DOES SOMETHING, NO ONE WILL HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING. I love that thought. Tattoo it on your arm. Or at least tattoo it on your brain. It doesn't just apply to working on an EXPO. It is also a good thought for the humdrum boring ongoing jobs we do for the show all year long.
 
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