♪♪ The power output of the steam engine was revolutionizing economies around the world. Factories drew workers from the countryside into ever-growing cities.

An Andover man is hoping to break a world record by pulling a 50-bottom plow using a rebuilt 150-horsepower Case steam-powered tractor at the James Valley Threshing Show in Andover this weekend ...

His steam-powered traction engine – the term tractor didn’t exist yet – was noted to be impractical and not a replacement for horses, but it did start and run.

Steam engines were the main power for threshing machines until the 1930s, when gasoline-powered tractors took over the landscape. The last steam thresher to operate in Rollag was put to rest in 1937.

Meet John Froelich, the oldest son of German immigrants, who was born in Iowa in 1849. The grain mill operator tinkered away on a gasoline traction, the tractor, that changed global agriculture.

Then, the steam whistle might call the men back to the field where they were at it often until after dark. Like all historic periods, steam powered threshing eventually disappeared. Nick Foster of ...

Born of the steam engine boom of the Industrial Revolution, the first steam-powered tractors were produced in the early 1900s, essentially eliminating a farmer's reliance on horses and oxen to ...

The National Museum of American History has 14 full-size tractors and numerous scale models in its collection, not to mention photographs and other related objects. Each tractor in the collection ...

Years ago, the world's first steam engines paved the way for the technological advancements that we see today. Let's take a look at how they worked.

The annual Fourth of July parade in Peacham is a celebration of Vermont agriculture. Dozens of tractors rolled through the town Thursday, showcasing generations of farmers.