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 * Mid-South Live Steamers meet last weekend in September, 2020


 * To add your meet email [mailto:daris@nevil.org Daris Nevil]

Features
Color film of the 1945 meet at Danvers

Paul L. DeVerter II: A Live Steam Pioneer in Texas

August 31, 2019 marked the 50th Anniversary of the first Live Steam Meet in Texas

Stan Grigg's 3/4 inch scale Niagara Breaths Life Again!

Casey Jones Railroad in Breckenridge, Texas, 1929

Bill Yoder's 3/4 inch scale registry dated 21 June 2020 has grown to over 609 entries in 15 files!

Dr. Evans Speaks Out on Interference Fit

Joe Cordelle restores Norman Steele's Atlantic No. 711

Remembering Gary Brothers: Tank Cars

Charlie Purinton's "Minnie"

New! A comprehensive list of steam locomotive drawings

Portable Track for a Christmas Train

Plastic Brake Shoes?

Kenneth Rodig, former IBLS Secretary, is rebuilding his 1.5 inch scale Forney

Henry Hospers shares some stories from his time as a New York Central engine house apprentice.

Tipsico Lakeshore Railroad sanders

Caboose MOW Riding Car

The Rattle and Ruin Railroad

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IBLS Patches
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Regional IBLS Secretaries

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Standards and Recommended Practice

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Wandering Locomotive Books

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 * Koster's Miniature Railroad Supplies
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 * Jan-Eric Nystrom's Baldwin 3003
 * Bill Yoder's 3/4 Inch Scale Registry
 * Jim Murray and MDM Locomotive Works

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