PlacesPages: Antique Powerland, Brooks, Oregon

I originally posted the Antique Powerland PLACES page on my website on November 23, 2007 and last updated it on December 18, 2009. I have now added pictures and information from the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up.

(NOTE: This website is NOT affiliated with Antique Powerland; see www.antiquepowerland.com for current info)

At first, I wasn't sure how to categorize this page, as it certainly crosses over between my website's various areas, as it includes railroad equipment, classic cars, and an event: the Great Oregon Steam-Up. But basically, Antique Powerland is a place, and that told me where this page belonged. This page involved a lot of internet research, and I visited far more sites than I can list in paragraph form. I have linked to these sites throughout the page, and many are also listed at the bottom. Additional information was also taken from Wikipedia.

Antique Powerland is located in Brooks, Oregon. It is a 62-acre property that is home to a group of museums and historical groups, all dedicated to preserving various types of power generation and transportation technology. Antique Powerland is best known for the holding the annual Great Oregon Steam-Up during the last weekend in July and the first weekend in August. Most of the pictures on this page were taken during the Great Oregon Steam Up on August 4, 2007. Unfortunately, I filled my camera's memory cards before I went through the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum or the Antique Caterpillar Machinery Museum and before I passed by the Willow Creek Railroad, so I didn't have any pictures of them, but they are all well worth visiting. On August 3, 2008, I came to the Steam Up again and photographed the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum, made a video while riding the trolley, and took some other photos. I attended the Steam Up again on August 1, 2009 and photographed, among other things, the Antique Implement Society's stationary engines, the Antique Caterpillar Machinery Museum and the Willow Creek Railroad.

Great Oregon Steam-Up 2007
Great Oregon Steam-Up 2008
Great Oregon Steam-Up 2009
Great Oregon Steam-Up 2010

Military Vehicles at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Military Vehicles at the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up

Brooks Historical Society

Western Steam Fiends Association Steam-Powered Sawmill

Stationary Engines in the Hilands Building
Stationary Engines

Portable Steam Engines, Traction Engines & Tractors
J. I. Case Traction Engines & Tractors
Russell & Company Traction Engines
Geiser Manufacturing Company Peerless Traction Engine
M. Rumely Company Traction Engines & Tractors
Aultman & Taylor Traction Engines & Tractors
Advance Traction Engine
Austin Manufacturing Company Steamroller
A. B. Farquhar Company Portable Steam Engine
Cockshutt Farm Equipment Co. Tractors
Minneapolis-Moline Tractor
Deere & Company Tractors
Holt Manufacturing Company Tractor
International Harvester Co. Tractors
Allis-Chalmers Tractor
Samson Iron Works Sieve-Grip Tractor
Heer Engine Company Tractor
Parrett Tractor
Porsche-Diesel Tractor
Lamborghini Tractor

Antique Caterpillar Machinery Museum
Caterpillar Origins
Early Gas Caterpillars
Road Graders
Diesel Caterpillars
Caterpillars 1934-WWII
Postwar Caterpillars

Oregon Electric Railway Museum
Portland Traction “Broadway Car” #813
New South Wales Government Tramways Tram #1187
Blackpool Corporation Tramways Tram #48
British Columbia Electric Railways Interurban Car #1304
Serviço de Transportes Colectivos do Porto Tram #210
Portland Street Railway "Council Crest Cars” #503 & #506
Portland Electric Power Company Interurban Car #1067
East Side Railway Snow Sweeper #1455
Los Angeles Railway H-Class Streetcar #1318
Hong Kong Tramways Tram #12
Mt. Hood Railway & Power Company Interurban Car #1191
Tacoma Railway & Power Company Streetcar #326
San Francisco Municipal Railway PCC Cars #1118 & #1159
San Francisco Municipal Railway Light Rail Vehicle #1213
Trolleybuses
Freight Motors
Diesel Locomotives
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Caboose #713
Portland General Electric Bull Run Flume Work Train
Misc. Railroad Equipment

Western Steam Fiends Railway Derrick SPMW #7020

Pacific NW Chapter of the National Railway Hist. Soc.
Portland Terminal Railroad Alco S2 Diesel Locomotive #36
Southern Pacific Flanger #328
Jordan Spreader #4057

Oregon Fire Service Museum at the 2007 Steam-Up
Oregon Fire Service Museum at the 2008 Steam-Up
Oregon Fire Service Museum at the 2009 Steam-Up
Oregon Fire Service Museum at the 2010 Steam-Up

Northwest Vintage Car & Motorcycle Museum
Classic Cars at the 2007 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Classic Cars at the 2008 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Classic Motorcycles at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Classic Cars at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up
More Classic Cars at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Northwest Vintage Car & Motorcycle Museum Building
Classic Cars
Motorcycles & Race Cars
Classic Cars at the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up

Pacific Northwest Truck Museum
White Trucks
Republic Trucks
Moreland Truck
Maxwell Trucks
Gersix & Kenworth Trucks
Reo Truck
GMC Truck
Samson Trucks
Doane Truck
Dearborn Truck
Federal Trucks
Klieber Truck
Mack Truck
Ford Trucks
Chevrolet Trucks
Dodge Trucks
Yellow-Knight Truck
Fageol & Peterbilt Trucks
Freightliner & Western Star Trucks
Diamond T Trucks
Autocar Trucks
International Truck
MacDonald Truck
Four Wheel Drive Truck
Oshkosh Truck
Murty Brothers Truck
Paymaster Truck
Miscellaneous Displays

Pacific Northwest Logging Museum

Willow Creek Railroad at the 2009 Great Oregon Steam-Up
Willow Creek Railroad at the 2010 Great Oregon Steam-Up

The history of Antique Powerland dates back to the founding of the Western Steam Fiends Association in Colton, Washington in 1951. The first Steam-Up was held in 1952 at a members farm in Colton. In the late 1960s, the Steam-Up was held in Woodburn, Oregon, and later Gervais, Oregon. Western Antique Power Inc. was formed in December 1969 and leased, and later purchased the 62-acre property that is now Antique Powerland. The first steam-up was held on the new site in 1970. Branch 15 of the Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association was formed here in 1971. The Willow Creek miniature railroad was added in 1975. The historic Brooks railroad dept was moved to Antique Powerland in 1986 and became the home of the Brooks Historical Society. The Oregon Two-Cylinder Club began displaying John Deere tractors at Antique Powerland in 1987. The Pacific Northwest Truck Museum came the site in 1988. The Oregon Fire Service Museum was established in 1993. The Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society moved to Antique Powerland in 1996. Other organizations involved with Antique Powerland include the Antique Implement Society, the the Northwest Blacksmith Association, The Oregon Tractor Pullers, the Willamette Valley Model Railroad Club, and the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.

For more information, read Steam Traction Magazine's history of the Western Steam Fiends.

Antique Powerland Links:
Antique Powerland
Branch 15: Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association
Oregon Vintage John Deere Museum
Antique Caterpillar Machinery Museum
Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society
Pacific Northwest Chapter: National Railway Historical Society
Oregon Fire Service Museum
Northwest Vintage Car & Motorcycle Museum
Pacific Northwest Truck Museum
Pacific Northwest Logging Museum
Willow Creek Railroad
Northwest Blacksmith Association