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History of IBLS

About the IBLS

Meets

 * Pacific Northwest Live Steamers - T r a i n F e s t ’ 2013 September 14th & 15th 2013

New and Old
Otha Hege Steam Turbine Generator

Automatic Blower Valve

Visit the newly restored Lee's Trains website.

The Art of Tube Bending

A NEW Wandering Locomotive Book: Lee Wright and Lee's Trains

Read the report of the 1951 BLS Meet

Revisit the old Central Ontario Association of Live Steamers

Coupling Couplers

Keep cool this summer with Boiler Lagging

Does your railroad use FRS or GMRS radios?

Installing a Bagley Oil Burner

3/4" BN SW1500

Window Advertising: Southern Pacific General Offices

Slide Valves by Professor Green

Dead Steam?

Koster's Miniature Railroad Supplies Catalog 6B

Ever try ground flying?

The Train Horn Rule and Quiet Zones

The NEW IBLS Patches have arrived!

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Regional IBLS Secretaries

 * North America
 * Australia
 * New Zealand
 * Europe
 * South Africa

Standards and Recommended Practice

 * IBLS Wheel Standard Updated 18 Mar 2013
 * IBLS Coupler and Safety Chain Standards Updated 20 Mar 2013
 * IBLS Track Standard Updated 27 Apr 2013
 * Standards and Recommended Practice
 * Boiler Inspections

Wandering Locomotive Books

 * Winton Brown Engineering Data Version 2013/05/04
 * Koster's Miniature Railroad Supplies
 * Lee Wright and Lee's Trains

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