It was full steam ahead Sunday at the fairgrounds in Forest

It was full steam ahead Sunday at the fairgrounds in

The 66th Western Ontario Steam Threshers Association’s “reunion” was held on the weekend at the fairgrounds in Forest.

The annual celebration of steam engines and antique tractors drew crowds Friday, Saturday and Sunday for demonstrations, vendors booths, a daily pot of homemade bean soup boiling over an open fire, entertainment and Parades of Power where engines and tractors made their way around a track at the fairground.

The reunion dates back to 1957 and an event held at a Corunna-area farm with several Sawyer-Massey steam engines and a John Goodison steam engine on display.

More than 500 people attended that first year and the meetings continued and were later held at fairgrounds in Brigden before moving to Forest several years ago.

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Geoff Scholes, of Forest, gathers fuel for a 1909 John Goodison steam engine, manufactured in Sarnia, at the Western Ontario Steam Threshers Reunion Sunday at the fairgrounds in Forest. Photo by Paul Morden /The Observer
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Vintage tractors line up for the Parade of Power during the Western Ontario Steam Thresher Reunion Sunday at the fairgrounds in Forest. Photo by Paul Morden /The Observer
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Jeff Searson of Sarnia adjusts a 1923 Waterloo steam engine Sunday at the Western Ontario Steam Threshers reunion at the fairgrounds in Forest. Photo by Paul Morden /The Observer
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Jeff Searson of Sarnia drives a 1923 Waterloo steam engine Sunday during the Western Ontario Steam Threshers Reunion at the fairgrounds in Forest. Photo by Paul Morden /The Observer
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Vintage Massey-Harris tractors are displayed Sunday during the Western Ontario Steam Threshers Reunion at the fairgrounds in Forest. Photo by Paul Morden /The Observer
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Brian Jackson, left, and Lucas Emilio ride a half-scale model of the Goodison 1918 steam engine at the Western Ontario Steam Threshers Reunion Sunday at the fairgrounds in Forest. Photo by Paul Morden /The Observer
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Spectators cross the track ahead of the noon Parade of Power Sunday during the Western Ontario Steam Threshers Reunion at the fairgrounds in Forest. Photo by Paul Morden /The Observer

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