This is an old steam engine tractor that sits in an elegant flowerbed at the nearby city park. In North America the term steam tractor usually refers to a type of agricultural tractor powered by a steam engine, used extensively in the late 1800s and early 1900s.Glancing through the Community Section of Sunday's newspaper I discovered there will be at least three antique tractor and engine shows or festivals during the next three weekends in my area.
I remember growing up and going with my Dad to a local Arts and Crafts Fair every July 4th. While there we almost always bought homemade applebutter and maybe ate grilled corn on the cob or funnel cakes. We always knew we could find Dad by the old engines watching the men make them run and having to yell over the noise they made in order to talk. I guess he instilled in me the appreciation I have for the machines and an era long gone.
I guess Kenny Chesney might have it right - maybe us country girls do think tractors are sexy!
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