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National coverage, Guinness certifications, and industry recognition for the most extraordinary steam engine reconstruction in history.
Supercar Blondie — one of the world's largest automotive and engineering media platforms with over 20 million followers — featured the 150 Case in a viral video that introduced Kory Anderson's achievement to a global audience of car and machine enthusiasts.
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Farm Progress — the leading national publication for American agriculture — covered the 150 Case's Guinness World Record plow pull in Andover, South Dakota, bringing the story of Kory Anderson's 12-year reconstruction to millions of farmers across the country.
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Equipment World — the construction and heavy equipment industry's most-read publication — reported on the 150 Case's historic Guinness World Record achievement, recognizing the machine's engineering significance to the broader heavy equipment community.
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Interesting Engineering — a global science and technology platform reaching over 10 million readers — profiled Kory Anderson's 12-year journey to rebuild the 150 Case, framing the project as one of the most remarkable individual engineering achievements of the modern era.
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Official Guinness World Records Certificate · Anderson Industries · Webster, SD · 2018
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records officially certified the 150 HP Case Road Locomotive as the world's largest steam traction engine — the first of two Guinness certifications recognizing the machine's historic scale and Kory Anderson's extraordinary reconstruction.
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A second Guinness World Record was set in Andover, South Dakota, when the 150 Case pulled 24 plow bottoms — the most ever pulled by a steam traction engine — before a crowd that had gathered from across the region to witness history.
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Industry & Regional Coverage
Casting Source — the authoritative trade publication for the metal casting industry — featured the foundry work behind the 150 Case reconstruction, profiling the extraordinary large and complex castings that made Kory Anderson's rebuild possible.
Read ArticleSteam Traction — the definitive magazine for steam engine enthusiasts and restorers — published an in-depth feature on the 150 Case project, documenting the technical challenges and milestones of Kory Anderson's reconstruction for the most dedicated audience in the steam world.
Read ArticleThe National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors — the authoritative body overseeing boiler safety in North America — featured Kevin and Kory Anderson in a Q&A examining the engineering, safety certification, and boiler construction behind the 150 Case's historic restoration.
Read ArticleA second National Board feature exploring how the 150 Case project bridges historic steam engineering with modern boiler inspection standards — and what the machine's revival means for the future of pressure vessel craftsmanship in America.
Read ArticleLocal coverage of the historic Andover, South Dakota plow pull where the 150 Case set its second Guinness World Record — pulling 24 plow bottoms before a crowd that had gathered from across the region to witness the attempt.
Read ArticleEquipment World named the 150 Case among the top five vintage equipment stories of 2023 — recognition that placed Kory Anderson's achievement alongside the most significant antique machinery discoveries and restorations of the year.
Read ArticleSouth Dakota's rural electric cooperative magazine published one of the earliest in-depth profiles of the 150 Case project, capturing the story of a South Dakota family's determination to resurrect a machine that the world had given up for lost.
Read ArticleThe Bigfork Eagle covered the release of Billy the Lost Boiler — Kory Anderson's children's book inspired by the 150 Case — exploring how the story of the world's largest steam tractor is now reaching the next generation of young engineers and dreamers.
Read ArticleThe antique power and threshing show community has documented the 150 Case project with exceptional care. These independent archives represent the deep enthusiasm of the steam power community for this historic achievement.
The Door County Antique Power Club maintains a dedicated reference page on the 150 HP Case project — one of the most detailed independent documentation resources for the engine's history, specifications, and reconstruction, compiled by antique power enthusiasts.
View ArchiveThe James Valley Threshers Association — one of the premier steam and antique power organizations in the Midwest — documents the 150 Case project on their official site, recognizing its significance to the threshing show community and the broader history of American steam power.
View ArchiveThe Albert City Threshermen's 2025 official show guide featured the 150 Case as a centerpiece attraction — a recognition by one of Iowa's most storied threshing organizations of the engine's status as the defining machine of the modern steam show era.
View ArchiveThe Agricultural Machinery and Antique Quarterly published a historical analysis of the original Case 150 HP Road Locomotive — providing essential context for understanding what Kory Anderson rebuilt and why the machine's original disappearance made its resurrection so extraordinary.
View ArchiveFeature Coverage — 2018
Engineers & Engines Magazine published a feature on the 150 Case project in 2018. Original article and full publication details are being verified. This entry will be updated with a direct link once confirmed.
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Six chapters. Twelve years. Every casting, every bearing, every setback and breakthrough — documented in Kory Anderson's own words.
