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Meets

 * Finger Lakes Live Steamers 50th Anniversary Meet, August 1 to 4, 2019
 * To add your meet email [mailto:daris@nevil.org Daris Nevil]

Features
Laverne Langworthy and his Hudson

Wulf-Dieter Oil Burner

Bill Yoder's 3/4 inch scale registry has grown to over 526 entries in 14 files!

Daris Nevil reports on the Waushakum Live Steamers Fall Meet 2018

Update on the rebuild of Frank Mann's #5001

Harry Austin's amazing 3/4 inch scale Hudson, with working stoker and booster!

Photos of ATSF 68600 stock car outside Albany, Texas

2-6-2 Prairie Steam Locomotive

A visit to Carl Purinton's basement 

Tom Bee shows how to build a simple and sturdy frame for rail cars

Drawing for Tom Bee's track warp detection gauge

Ralph W. Andres describes how to simulate non-skid step surfaces

Bill Van Brocklin's Roller Engine Test Stand

Elevation and Specifications for Bill Van Brocklin's Amabelle

Live Steam in 1/240th Scale

Frank Mann built two 1.5 inch scale locomotives, and doubled headed with them (by himself!)

Miniature Railway Development in Great Britain

IBLS Patches
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Regional IBLS Secretaries

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Standards and Recommended Practice

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 * Loading gauge
 * Standards and Recommended Practice
 * Boiler Inspections
 * Bolt and Pipe Threads

Wandering Locomotive Books

 * Winton Brown Engineering Data
 * Koster's Miniature Railroad Supplies
 * Lee Wright and Lee's Trains
 * Jan-Eric Nystrom's Baldwin 3003
 * Bill Yoder's 3/4 Inch Scale Registry
 * Jim Murray and MDM Locomotive Works

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