The final day of the event, which is sponsored by the Southwestern Ohio Tractor and Power Association, is today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with tractor games, a garden tractor pull, pull starts a cornhole tournament and kiddie pedal pull contests and games.
A raffle will also take place today, with the grand prize winner receiving an Oliver 60 tractor.
Saturday night was highlighted by a combine demolition derby and a spark show, during which several steam engines spewed fire sparks from their flumes for an antique fireworks show of sorts.
“We have exhibitors from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky here for this,” said event President Steve Wells of Seven Mile. Vice Clayton Lightfield, of Reily Twp., said the event is similar to a classic car show. Exhibitors spend thousands of dollars on their antique tractors, with Schneider’s probably the oldest piece of machinery on the fairgrounds.
“This steam engine is probably worth at least $40,000,” Schneider said, “but to me, it’s absolutely priceless. It’s not like you can take a trip down to the auto parts store to get parts for these, but there’s machine shops that still can make most of what you’ll need.”
Schneider runs it, but the steam engine is owned by the Jerry Kramer family of Richmond, Ind.
“I’m just the lucky one who gets to run it,” he said. “I grew up running engines like this. To me, it’s quite an honor to be the one doing this.”
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