IBLS Library

Information
For information regarding the IBLS Library please contact Daris A Nevil.

Models

 * "The Best of Live Steam", Joe Rice, Wildwood, 1985
 * "Building a Steam Engine from Castings", Edgar T. Westbury, PDF
 * "Civil Engineering for Outdoor Railroads, Volume I", Douglas van Veelen, AuthorHouse, 2005
 * "Falk No. 1 Locomotive", William M. Harris, Village Press, 2006
 * Large-scale Model Railroading, T. A. Hill and W. C. Koster
 * LBSC's Shop Shed & Road, second printing, 1974
 * "Locomotive Valve Setting", Frank Williams, 1944, PDF
 * Maisie A Great Northern 4-4-2
 * Manual of Model Steam Locomotive Construction, Martin Evans, Third Edition, 1967
 * Master Railroad Builder
 * Miniature Railways
 * The Miniature World of Henry Greenly
 * The Model Injector
 * The Model Locomotive From Scratch
 * Model Locomotive Valve Gears, Martin Evans, 1962
 * "Outdoor Model Railways", Martin Evans, PDF
 * "The Pennsylvania A3 Switcher: The First Project for the Beginner", Kozo Hiraoka, Village Press, 2001
 * "Soldering and Brazing", Tubal Cain

Prototypes

 * "Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines and Threshing Equipment No. 1", Floyd Clymer, 1949
 * "The American Railway"
 * "Bladwin Pacific Type Locomotives", Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1914, reprint Periscope Film LLC,, 2010
 * "The Classic Eastern American Railroad Routes", Brian Solomon, Chartwell Books Inc, 2011
 * "Diesel Locomotives - Cyclopedia Volume 2", Model Railroader
 * "E Units - Electro-Motive's Classic Streamliners", Jeff Wilson, Kalmbach Publishing Co, 2002
 * "Firing the Steam Locomotive", The Reading Company, 1947
 * "Giants of the Rails", S. Kip Farrington, Jr, Garden City Publishing Company, Inc, 1944
 * "The History of the Southern Pacific", Bill Yenne, Smithmark Publisher Inc, 1995
 * "The History of the Western Rarilroads", Jane Eliot, Crescent Books, 1996
 * "How to Draw Locomotives", Paul B. Mann, The Studio
 * "The Golden Age of the Passenger Train", C.J. Riley
 * "LOCO 1 -- The Diesel", Model Craftsman Publishing Company
 * "Panama-Pacific International Exposition", American Locomotive Company, 1915, PDF
 * "Steam Locomotives", Luciano Greggio, 1977
 * "Texas Electric Railway", Johnnie J. Myers, Central Electric Railfans' Association, 1982

History

 * "Walt Disney's Railroad Story", PDF
 * "The History of Railroads and Interrubans of Collin County, Texas", Joy Gough, 1997

Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading

 * Contributors
 * Allan and Theresa Cleveland, September 2014
 * Daris A Nevil


 * 1966: Aug, Sep (Live Steam Newsletter)
 * 1967: Jan, May, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov/Dec
 * 1968: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1969: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1970: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1971: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1972: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1973: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1974: Jan, Feb, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1975: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1976: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1978: Jan, Feb, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1979: Jan, Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1980: Jan, Feb, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
 * 1981: Feb, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1982: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1983: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1984: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1985: Jan, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1986: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1987: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Dec
 * 1988: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1989: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun
 * 1990: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1991:
 * 1992: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
 * 1993: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
 * 1994: Jan/Feb, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
 * 1995:
 * 1996: Mar/Apr, Nov/Dec
 * 1997: Mar/Apr
 * 1998: Sep/Oct
 * 1999: Jul/Aug, Nov/Dec
 * 2000:
 * 2001:
 * 2002:
 * 2003:
 * 2004:
 * 2005: Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
 * 2006:
 * 2007: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
 * 2008: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
 * 2009: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Nov/Dec
 * 2010:
 * 2011:
 * 2012:
 * 2013:
 * 2014:
 * 2015:
 * 2016: May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
 * 2017: Jan/Fed, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct

The Modelmaker

 * 1930: Jan, Apr, May, Jun
 * 1932: Aug, Sep, Oct
 * 1933: Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
 * 1934: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jul/Aug, Nov, Dec
 * 1935: Feb, Apr, Jul/Aug, Oct, Nov, Dec,
 * 1936: Mar, Apr, JunJul
 * 1938: Feb/Mar
 * 1939: Oct, Nov

Modeltec

 * 1984: May (first issue), Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1985: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1986: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1987: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1988: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1989: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
 * 1990: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1991: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
 * 1992:
 * 1993:
 * 1994: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1995: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1996: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1997: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1998: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1999: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 2000: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun/Jul, Aug/Sep, Oct, Nov
 * 2000/2001: Dec 2000/Jan 2001
 * 2001: Feb, Mar/Apr
 * 2002: Jan/Feb

The Model Craftsman

 * 1933: Jul, Nov
 * 1934: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May-Jun, Jul-Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1935: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul-Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1936: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1937: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1938: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1939: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1940: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1941: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1942: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jul, Sep, Nov
 * 1943: Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec
 * 1944: Feb, Sep, Oct, Nov
 * 1945: Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov
 * 1946: Oct
 * 1947: Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Dec
 * 1948: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec
 * 1949: Oct

The Live Steamer

 * Volume 1, Number 1, January-February 1950
 * Volume 1, Number 2, March-April 1950
 * volume 1, Number 3, May-June 1950
 * Volume 1, Number 4, July-August 1950
 * Volume 1, Number 5, September-October 1950
 * Volume 1, Number 6, November-December 1950
 * Volume 2, Number 1, January-February 1951
 * Volume 2, Number 2, March-April 1951
 * Volume 2, Number 3, May-June 1951
 * Volume 2, Number 4, July-August 1951
 * Volume 2, Number 5, September-October 1951
 * Volume 2, Number 6, November-December 1951

The Miniature Locomotive

 * January-February 1953
 * July-August 1953

The North American Live Steamer

 * Volume 1, Number 1 (January 1956) through Volume 1, Number 12

Allen Models

 * Allen Models of Michigan, 2013

Coles Power Models

 * Catalog No 15, 1953

Denison Live Steam Models

 * Denison Live Steam Models Catalog, April 1963

Little Engines

 * 1938 Catalog
 * 1954 Catalog (b/w)
 * 1955 Catalog (blue)
 * 1957 Catalog (red)
 * 1958 Catalog (yellow)
 * 1959 Catalog (orange)
 * 1962 Catalog (red)
 * 1969 Catalog (yellow)
 * 1974 Ctaalog (green)
 * Catalog 100
 * 2011 Catalog (laser printed, loose leaf)
 * O Scale Locomotive Drawings
 * 1/2 inch Locomotive Drawings and Instructions

Kennion Brothers

 * Catalog (partial)

Koster's Miniature Railroad Supplies, Inc

 * Catalog 6-B
 * Catalog 1972

Miller Backyard Railroads

 * Catalog 1957

Railroad Supply Corporation

 * 6th Edition Catalog, 1975
 * 8th Edition Catalog
 * 10th Edition Catalog, 1987
 * "Engineering Handbook for Recreational Railroads"
 * "A Visit to Railroad Supply Corporation" (video), 1984

Scale Locomotives Incorporated

 * 1-1/2 Inch Scale Live Steam Locomotives, 1975

Steam Electric Company

 * Steam Electric Company 1930 Catalog, reprinted in 1968 by The Train Collectors Association

Texas Railway Supply Inc

 * 2nd Edition Catalog, 1973

Winton Locomotive Works

 * Catalog 2011

Yankee Shop

 * Yankee Shop Machinists, 1946 (partial)
 * Yankee Shop Machinists, 1947

Other Libraries

 * Northeastern Ohio Live Steamers Library