McCormick Threshing Machine circa early 1900s

I made the trek up the side of the Willow Creek Canyon to photograph a train on the Willow Creek Trestle.

I spent an hour waiting for the freight train that often passes about 3pm.
It never came.

The time was well spent nonetheless.

I was accompanied by three red tail hawks using the wind currents to hunt.

I enjoyed a new perspective on Mount Jefferson.

Best of all I had an hour to study an early 1900s McCormick Threshing Machine.

The engineering and construction techniques combining wood and metal in a "horse & buggy" paradigm are absolutely fascinating and quite brilliant.

Here is a very similar McCormick Thresher that is in operation as if back in the day...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=SHv6F6kZt24