IBLS Library

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

Drawings

 * See Steam Locomotive Drawings

Models

 * "0-8-0 Canadian Switcher "Caribou" in 3-1/2 inch gauge", Martin Evans, 1977
 * "The Best of Live Steam", Joe Rice, Wildwood, 1985
 * "Building a Steam Engine from Castings", Edgar T. Westbury, PDF
 * "A Climax Class A Live Steam Locomotive Model", Ed Hume, 2017
 * Civil Engineering for Outdoor Railroads, Volume I, Douglas van Veelen, AuthorHouse, 2005
 * The Collector's Book of the Locomotive, Edwin P. Alexander, 1966
 * "Diesel Modeler's Guide Volume 1", Randall B. Lee, 1996
 * "Falk No. 1 Locomotive", William M. Harris, Village Press, 2006
 * Getting More Steam, James Lenahan, 1980
 * "How (not) to paint a locomotive", Christopher Vine, 2006
 * Large-scale Model Railroading, T. A. Hill and W. C. Koster
 * LBSC's Shop Shed & Road, second printing, 1974
 * LBSC's Famous 4-4-0 Virginia, 1975
 * "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
 * "Model Engineering: A Guide To Model Workshop Practice", Henry Greenly, 1915
 * The Model Injector, Ted Crawford, 1999
 * "Model Locomotive Boilermaking", Alec F. Farmer, Reprint 1992
 * The Model Locomotive From Scratch
 * Model Locomotive Valve Gears, Martin Evans, 1962
 * "Model Railroads: Planning, Construction, Operation", Edwin P. Alexander, 1940
 * Model Steam Locomotives, Henry Greenly, 1922, revised 1954
 * Model Steam Locomotives, Henry Greenly, 1922, revised 1962
 * "Outdoor Model Railways", Martin Evans, PDF
 * "The Pennsylvania A3 Switcher: The First Project for the Beginner", Kozo Hiraoka, Village Press, 2001
 * "Rolling Stock Plan Book of HO and O Gauge Car Plans", Railroad Model Craftsman, Second Revised Edition, July 1961
 * "Simple Model Locomotive Building - Introducing LBSC's TICH", Revised Edition 1976
 * "Soldering and Brazing", Tubal Cain

Prototypes

 * "The 1925 Modern American Locmotive: Construction and Operation", Frederick J. Prior, 1925
 * "The Abilene & Southern Railway Company", Journal of Texas Shortline Railroads And Transportation, Volume 2, Number 1, May/June/July 1997
 * "Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines and Threshing Equipment No. 1", Floyd Clymer, 1949
 * "All Aboard! Images from the Golden Age of Rail Travel", Lynn Johnson & Michael O'Leary, 1999
 * "American Locomotives: A Pictorial Record of Steam Power 1900-1950", Edwin P. Alexander, 1950
 * "America's Colorful Railroads", Don Ball, Jr., 1978
 * "The American Railway"
 * "Bladwin Pacific Type Locomotives", Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1914, reprint Periscope Film LLC,, 2010
 * "Car and Locomotive Plans for Model Railroaders", Santa Fe and Model Railroader, 1953
 * "The Classic Eastern American Railroad Routes", Brian Solomon, Chartwell Books Inc, 2011
 * "Daily except Sundays - The Diaries of a Nineteenth Century Locomotive Engineer", Dana Adams Story, 2005
 * "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 Golden Age of the Passenger Train", C.J. Riley
 * "The History of the Southern Pacific", Bill Yenne, Smithmark Publisher Inc, 1995
 * "The History of the Western Rarilroads", Jane Eliot, Crescent Books, 1996
 * "Houston North Shore Railway", Charles C. Robinson and Paul L. DeVerter II, Central Electric Railfans' Assoc, 1999
 * "How to Draw Locomotives", Paul B. Mann, The Studio
 * "LOCO 1 -- The Diesel", Model Craftsman Publishing Company
 * "Panama-Pacific International Exposition", American Locomotive Company, 1915, PDF
 * "Pioneer Railroads", Hank Wieand Bowman, Fawcett Book #219
 * "Popular Mechanics Railroad Album", John O'Connell, 1954
 * "The Railroad Caboose", Mike Schafer, 2002
 * "Rio Grande Steam Locomotives: Standard Gauge", Donald J. Heimburger, 1981
 * "Rock Island Railroad", John Kelly, 2010
 * "Southern Ps-4 Class Pacific Locomotive Drawings", William C. Fitt, 1973
 * "Steam Locomotives", Luciano Greggio, 1977
 * "Texas Electric Railway", Johnnie J. Myers, Central Electric Railfans' Association, 1982
 * "Train Shed Cyclopedia No. 1", 1972
 * "The Trains We Rode", Lucius Beebe & Charles Clegg, 1993
 * "Union Pacific FEF-3 Class 4-8-4 Locomotive Drawings", William C. Fitt, 1975
 * "Virginia & Truckee - A Story of Virginia City and Comstock Times", Lucius Beebe & Charles Clegg, Fifth Ed. 1963
 * "When Beauty Rod The Rails", Lucius Beebe & Charles Clegg, 1962

History

 * "50 Years of the Sydney Live Steam Locomotive Society", Warwick Allison, 1998
 * "Behind The Scenes At Koster's Miniature Railroad Supplies: 1970-1982", Wilfred C. Koster, Second Printing 2017
 * Casey Jones' Locker, Federic Shaw,
 * "Fifty Plus Years in a Wonderful Hobby", Bill Koster, 2019
 * "The History of Railroads and Interurbans of Collin County, Texas", Joy Gough, 1997
 * "Keeping On Track", W. C. "Bill" Koster, Wilfred Christian "Bill" Koster, February 2022
 * "Northeast Florida Live Steamers and Railroaders, Inc.: Culmination of a Dream", Wilfred C. Koster, Live Steam, Sept/Oct 2007
 * "The Ridge Live Steamers: 50 years And Still Growing!", Bill Koster, Oct 2017
 * "Welcome to The Blue Ridge Summit Railroad: Purlear, North Carolina", Wilfred C. Koster, Reprint
 * "Walt Disney's Railroad Story", PDF

Live Steam Newsletter

 * 1961: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1962: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May-Oct no issues, Nov, Dec
 * 1963: ___, ___, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, ___, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1964: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1965: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1966: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun-Jul no issues, Aug, Sep, end-of-newsletter

Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading

 * 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, May, 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, Mar, 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
 * 1977: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, ___, Dec
 * 1978: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1979: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1980: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1981: Jan, Feb, Mar, 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, Feb, 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, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1990: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1991: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 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: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
 * 1996: Mar/Apr, Nov/Dec
 * 1997: Mar/Apr
 * 1998: Sep/Oct
 * 1999: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, 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: Nov/Dec
 * 2013: May/Jun, Sep/Oct
 * 2014:
 * 2015: Sep/Oct
 * 2016: _______, _______, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
 * 2017: Jan/Fed, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
 * 2018: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
 * 2019: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
 * 2020: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
 * 2021: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun

Model Engineer

 * Vol 119 No 2999 13 Nov 1958
 * Vol 119 No 3001 17 Nov 1958

The Modelmaker

 * 1924: Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov (Volume 1, Numbers 1 thru 6, bi-monthly)
 * 1925: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, ___, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1926: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, ___, Oct, ___, ___
 * 1927: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, ___, Nov, Dec
 * 1928: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1929: Jan, Feb, ___, Apr, ___, ___, ___, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1930: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1931: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1932: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1933: ___, Feb, Mar, ___, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, ___, Dec
 * 1934: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul/Aug, ___, ___, Nov, Dec
 * 1935: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, ___, ___, Jul/Aug, ___, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1936: Jan, ___, Mar, Apr, Jun/Jul
 * 1938: Feb/Mar, Aug/Sep
 * 1939: Oct, Nov, Aug-Sep, Oct
 * 1940: Jan, Feb

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, Aug, 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, Dec
 * 1990: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1991: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, ___, ___, ___
 * 1992: ___, ___, Mar, ___, May, Jun, Jul, ___, XXX, Oct, ___, ___
 * 1993: ___, Feb, ___, ___, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, ___, ___, ___, Dec
 * 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, Mar/Apr

The Model Craftsman

 * 1933: May, 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: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec
 * 1944: Feb, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1945: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov
 * 1946: Aug, Oct
 * 1947: Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Dec
 * 1948: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
 * 1949: Jan, ___, ___, ___, May, Oct, Nov
 * 1951: Apr
 * 1952: Jan

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

 * Nov-Dec 1952
 * Jan-Feb 1953
 * May-Jun 1953
 * Sep-Oct 1953
 * Jul-Aug 1953
 * Nov-Dec 1953
 * Jul-Aug 1953
 * Jan-Feb 1954
 * Mar-Apr 1954
 * May-Jun 1954
 * Jul-Aug 1954
 * Sep-Oct 1954
 * Nov-Dec 1954

The North American Live Steamer

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

Model Railroader

 * Apr 1951
 * Sep 1968
 * Sep 1969
 * Nov 1976
 * Apr 1988

Allen Models

 * Allen Models of Michigan, 2013

Caldwell Industries

 * 1969 Craftsmanship Catalog
 * 1970 Craftsmanship Catalog
 * 1971 Craftsmanship Catalog

Coles Power Models

 * Catalog No 5, 1934
 * Catalog No 11, 1947
 * Catalog No 15, 1953
 * Catalog No 16, 1956
 * Catalog No 19, 1963
 * Catalog No 21, 1970

Denison Live Steam Models

 * Denison Live Steam Models Catalog, April 1963

Friends Models

 * Catalog 2
 * Catalog 5A

Kennion Brothers

 * Catalog (partial)

Koster's Miniature Railroad Supplies, Inc

 * Catalog 6-B
 * Catalog 5-A - First printing December 1973, Revised (5-A) June 1974
 * 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
 * Yankee Shop Machinists, 1947

Other Libraries

 * "The Ranch Library", Austin & Texas Central Railroad