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History of IBLS

About the IBLS

Meets

 * National Small Scales Meet at LALS, July 13 and 14, 2013
 * Pacific Northwest Live Steamers - Founders Birthday Party July 20th & 21st 2013
 * BCSME 20th Anniversary Meet, Aug 9-12, 2013
 * Indiana Live Steamers Dog Daze Meet from August 15 thru August 18, 2013
 * Pacific Northwest Live Steamers - T r a i n F e s t ’ 2013 September 14th & 15th 2013

New and Old
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

Build a Conductor's Car, by Rick White, SWLS/HALS

See Gordon Corwin's beautiful 

Linn H. Westcott visits the Goleta Valley and Western RR

What did people do with their time before television?

Design, Care and Feeding of Check Valves

Steam Regulator

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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

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