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Meets

 * Southwestern Live Steamers at Able Springs & North Texas Railroad October 11 to 13 2013
 * Southwestern Live Steamers at Houston Area Live Steamers Holiday Meet December 13 to 15 2013
 * Northeast Florida Live Steamers and Railroaders (West Tocoi & Bostwick R. R.) January 31 to February 3 2014
 * Big Boots and Western Railroad February 3 to 9 2014
 * Largo Central Railroad February 9 to 14 2014
 * Manatee Central Railroad February 13 to 18 2014
 * Ridge Live Steamers February 20 to 23 2014
 * Florida Live Steamers February 22 2014
 * Central Pasco and Gulf Railroad February 23 to March 3 2014
 * Sebring Systems March 13 to 16 2014


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

New and Old
Allen Mogul Pony Pivot Repair

Right of Way Ideas

1 inch Scale Freight Car Trucks

Location Design and Trackwork

Stability Of 7 1/2 Inch Gauge Ride-On Trains

See Bill Brower's Track Cleaning Car 'La Cosa' and his Dynamometer car.

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

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 16 Sep 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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