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Meets

 * International Small Scales Meet hosted by Montreal Live Steamers, June 30 to July 2, 2017
 * Small Scales Meet Mid-June 2017 - A 1" California Ramble that will include the American River Navigation and Railway Nevada County track, Southern California Live Steamers, Golden Gate Live Steamers, ending at Los Angeles Live Steamers and a few surprises in other scales along the way.
 * Mill Creek Central Railroad Buckeye Limited 7.5 in. Live Steam Convention, Coshocton, Ohio, August 9 to 13, 2017
 * Pioneer Valley Live Steamers 65th anniversary meet, August 11 to 13, 2017
 * Illinois Live Steamers 50th anniversary meet, August 17 to 20, 2017.
 * Waushakum Live Steamers 47th Annual Meet, Holliston, Mass., August 25 to 27, 2017
 * To add your meet email [mailto:daris@nevil.org Daris Nevil]

Features
Did you know...Bill Van Brocklin built 41 locomotives, and they are numbered consecutively from #1 to #41?

The Martin Lewis Water Gauge

A Horizontal Steam Engine built by a Blacksmith in the 1860's? Read more...

RMI Railworks has released the RMI-25 Specification, which recommends using a taller flange for 2.5 inch and 3-3/4 inch scale equipment on 7.5 inch and 7.25 inch gauge track

Bill Yoder just released the latest edition of the 3/4 inch scale registry, which now totals 383 locomotives!

Kenneth V. Shattock, North American Secretary, passed away 6 May 2017

Injectors - A Blessing or a Curse?

Iron Colts in the Back Yard

New Wandering Locomotive Book: Jim Murray and MDM Locomotive Works

Did you know ... The 1972 Neiman Marcus Christmas Catalog featured a 7.5 inch gauge train set from Texas Railway Supply Inc?

Small Pressure Gauges

How to Form Brass Domes

Carl Purinton and B&M No 3240

Did you know...Jim Kreider's Atlantic was featured in a segment of the movie "The Jerk"?

Did you know...Kenneth Atkinson built the first model Electric/Hydraulic diesel locomotive prior to 1952?

Major Douglas T. Peck suggests how to "Get Started" in Live Steam

Dwight Durkee builds an 1870's Steam Locomotive Oil Lamp

IBLS Patches
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Standards and Recommended Practice

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 * Loading gauge
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 * 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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