The real reason we drove to Andover was to see the first public display of this Case 150-HP Road Locomotive. Statistics: 25' long, 10' wide; rear wheels are 8' tall and the front wheels reached my shoulders. Kory Anderson began his research on this machine as young person and decided he wanted to bring it back to life. That meant accessing the drawings from Case and using his mechanical engineering degree to build this machine. "Mahogany molds for the parts would be cast at Dakota Foundry in Webster, SD. The services of an Amish boilermaker in Ohio would be secured (West River Electric, p 8)." This machine pulled a 24 bottom plow for a demonstration.
Water tank for this machine holds about 500 gallons. 2750 pounds of coal can be carried and it can pull a 50 ton load up a 10 percent grade. Unloaded, a 40 percent grade can be scaled. Pictures do not do this machine justice. It cost over a million dollars to build while its original cost was right around $4000.
West River Electric, September 2018, p. 8-9.
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