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Meets

 * Riverside Live Steamers Spring Meet, April 24 thru 26, 2015
 * St. Croix Railroad Spring Meet, May 22 thru 24, 2015
 * Train Mountain Triennial Meet, June 13 thru 21, 2015 for the Triennial work-week, and June 22 thru 28, 2015 for the Triennial Meet
 * Pacific Northwest Live Steamers Ramble Weekend Meet, June 27 and 28, 2015
 * Pacific Northwest Live Steamers Founders Birthday Meet, July 18 and 19, 2015
 * Pacific Northwest Live Steamers Fall Meet, September 5 thru 7, 2015
 * St. Croix Railroad Fall Meet, September 24 thru 26, 2015
 * St. Croix Railroad International Small Scales & Model Engineering Meet, July 7 thru 10, 2016
 * To add your meet email [mailto:daris@nevil.org Daris Nevil]

New and Old
Did you know?...Alva Trook had the second largest live steam layout in the U.S. in 1956

A Tale of Two Water Towers

An early F7 Diesel in 1-1/2 inch scale

Building and Powering AAR A Trucks

Ernest Daniell's Cole four-cylinder compound in 3/4 inch scale

First 1.5 inch scale locomotive built in the United States

Arnold Pacific

The Engine That Was Born Again

A Multi-Nozzle Exhaust for Small Locos

Titus Gasoline Burner

Dwight Durkee's Hydraulic Engine Lift

Modeling LBSC's Virginia in SolidWorks Updated 25 January 2015

Rex Smith's Engine Stand

John Ledford's Radiant Burner

Water Level Gauge

Bolt Circle Layout

Machining Eccentrics

Van Brocklin Mechanical Lubricator

Harry F. Austin's Boston & Albany Hudson

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