California Gold Engine Show

• Kim Kestler & Nel Deardorf with Kim's 4 hp Standard



• Dave Kestler adjusting the ignitor on his Zenith engine



• Joe and Bill Peterson trying to figure out which maniac put BEER next to Bill's 7 hp Western



• Hercules engine, built in San Francisco, shown by Anton Affentranger. Note the marvelous assortment of Union engines in the background.



• Regan Vapor Engine, made in San Franciso, shown by Greg Prokopchuk



• Regan tag



• Union hoisting engine, shown by Anton Affentranger



• Hadwen Swain engine, shown by Ken McCrary



• Mink engine, built in Fresno, shown by Stan Lopes. This engine was used to crush ore.



• Bill Baldwin, chef extraordinaire, creator of the Saturday evening feast.



• Bill Peterson & Ed Cooksey



• Globe engine, shown by Gene Stewart. Although built by Globe, this engine has a Union shop number.



• Standard engine, shown by Dennis & Evelyn Williams



• Atlas Imperial compressor engine, shown by James Johnson



• Hicks marine engine, 6 hp, built in San Francisco, shown by Joe Fregeau



• Schilling engine, shown by Jerry Clark



• Standard stationary engine, shown by Larry Snow. This was the smallest size Standard made.



• Kevin Moose explaining the ignition system of this HORIZONTAL Standard engine.



• Standard engine, electric start, shown by Larry Snow. This engine was used to charge batteries in a Wells Fargo telegraph office.



• Two cylinder Standard engine shown by Anton Affentranger



• Kelley Garcia hard at work



• Greg Wakeman & Kim Kestler with Greg's 6 hp Union hoisting engine



• Kelley Garcia & Robert Critz



• Sheila "Paparazzi" Panzone



• Commercial engine, Type C, shown by Kelley Garcia & Rob Skinner. This engine was used in an oilfield in Brea, California.



• Western engine, made in Los Angeles, shown by Ed & Mary Cooksey



• Hicks marine engine, three cylinder, shown by Jerry Burak



• Dan Panzone and Jerry Burak



• Union engine shown by Mike and Chris McKinney



• Best engine shown by Greg Johnson. This engine originally ran on crude oil, which was heated in the elaborate exhaust stack.



• Kitchen crew hard at work



• Dick Bouma, Anton Affentranger & Ken McCrary running Anton's Mink engine



• Unknown marine engine. This engine was a basket case and reassembled by the Affentranger brothers.



• Commercial, Type A engine shown by Anton Affentranger. This is the only gas fueled Type A known to exist.



• Golden Gate hoist engine shown by Anton Affantranger



• West Coast engine shown by Anton Affantranger



• Close up of the Golden Gate. From the left is the exhaust valve, wipe ignitor trip, intake valve and governor



• Union engines shown by Anton Affantranger



• Buzz Stetler and Charlie Parrish with Buzz's Golden Gate engine



• Palmer & Rey engine shown by Buzz Stetler, built circa 1896



• Imperial marine engine shown by John Ribley



• Hicks stationary engine shown by Allen Bulger



• Schilling engine shown by Jerry Clark



• Standard engine, three horse, shown by Jimmy & Pam O'Hagan



• Kelley Garcia, Ron Haskell, Larry Madole watching over Mark Panzone's Corliss engine



• Corliss engine, built in San Francisco, shown by Mark Panzone (waving)



• Standard compressor engine, shown by Ron Haskell. This engine was badged by Western and was used to produce starting air on a large Western engine.



• Josephine and Dan Panzone, our video producers
  Hint: Get their video



• Rich Burney and his Doak engine



• Rich making some fine adjustments



• Kelley likes cows, cows like Kelley. These are Brown Swiss.



• Nosey cow. The cows are quite curious.



• Big cow. This Holstein is expecting her calf at any time.



• Corliss engine, shown by Kim Kestler



• Bill Hazzard, Anton Affentranger and Kim Kestler adjusting Anton's 12 horsepower Samson



• Anton Affentranger, Roger Kreibel, Dave Kestler, Keith Billett, Greg Wakeman & Kim Kestler getting the Samson ready to run.



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