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J.I. Case road locomotive replica - photo
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That's an awesome-looking monster machine!
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That's a farm tractor not a road loco.
EDIT---according to video it WAS designed as a road loco, but with those wheels it would destroy road surface like crazy.
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Originally Posted by
Unkle Fuzzy
That's a farm tractor not a road loco.
Thanks for the clarification. It looks awfully heavy for a farm tractor. Can you explain how you know it is one? Which features allow one to differentiate between the two?
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Primarily the cleated wheels.
That and Case is an American company and we didn't do road going locos at all that I've ever seen.
Here is the web site for the engine in the photo
https://150case.com/#:~:text=THE%201...e%20to%20life.
And since you were wondering, all up weight ready to work is 75,000lbs (34,000 kilos).
Here is a video of it doing what it was designed to do...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU_fshxE3Gk&t=1s
