IBLS Library

Information

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

Drawings

• See Steam Locomotive Drawings

Books

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 and Miniature Railways", Patrick B. Whitehouse and John Adams, 1976
• "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 Mechanical Engineering", Ernest Steel, 1955 First Edition
• "Model Railroads: Planning, Construction, Operation", Edwin P. Alexander, 1940
• "Model Railway Engines", J.E. Minns, 1969
• 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
• "The Age of Steam", Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg, 1957
• "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"
• "American Steam", The Image Bank, 1988
• "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 Cars of the Pennsylvania Railroad", Wayner Publication, no copyright
• "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
• "Dining by Rail", James D. Porterfield, 1993
• "E Units - Electro-Motive's Classic Streamliners", Jeff Wilson, Kalmbach Publishing Co, 2002
• "Firing the Steam Locomotive", The Reading Company, 1947
• "Freight Car Pictorial", Robert J. Wayner, no copyright
• "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
• "The Locomotives that Baldwin Built", Fred Westing, 1966
• "North American Locomotives - A Railroad-by-Railroad Photohistory", Brian Solomon, no copyright
• "Panama-Pacific International Exposition", American Locomotive Company, 1915, PDF
• "Pennsylvania Railroad Steel Open Hopper Cars", John Teichmoeller, 2000
• "Pioneer Railroads", Hank Wieand Bowman, Fawcett Book #219
• "Popular Mechanics Railroad Album", John O'Connell, 1954
• "Power To Burn...Smoke Steam & Centers", James M. Shafer, no copyright
• "The Railroad Caboose", Mike Schafer, 2002
• "The Railroad Car Builder's Pictorial Dictionary", Matthias N. Forney, 1974
• "Railroad Freight Car Slogans & Heralds Photo Archive", John Kelly, 2011
• "Rio Grande Steam Locomotives: Standard Gauge", Donald J. Heimburger, 1981
• "Rock Island Railroad", John Kelly, 2010
• "Seaboard Air Line Railway Album", Langley, Beckum & Tidwell, 1988
• "The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide", Jerry A. Pinkepank, 1973
• "Southern Ps-4 Class Pacific Locomotive Drawings", William C. Fitt, 1973
• "Steam Locomotives", Luciano Greggio, 1977
• "Steam Locomotive Design: Data and Formulae", E.A. Phillipson, 2004 Second Printing by Camden Miniature Steam Services
• "Texas Electric Railway", Johnnie J. Myers, Central Electric Railfans' Association, 1982
• "This Was Railroading", George B. Abdill, 1958
• "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
• "Rail Oddities: Odd and Interesting Facts about the Railroads", AAR, January 1957
• "Welcome to The Blue Ridge Summit Railroad: Purlear, North Carolina", Wilfred C. Koster, Reprint
• "Walt Disney's Railroad Story", PDF

Periodicals

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, Oct, Nov, Dec

Live Steam & Outdoor Railroading

• 1967: Jan, Feb, ___, ___, May, Jun, 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: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2016: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, 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, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2022: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2023: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2024: Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Nov/Dec
• 2025: Jan/Feb,

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: Jan, 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, ___, Jun, Jul/Aug, ___, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1936: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun/Jul, Aug/Sep
• 1938: Feb/Mar, Aug/Sep, Oct/Nov 1938
• 1939: Oct, Nov, Aug-Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 1940: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun

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, Oct, Nov, ___
• 1992: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, XXX, Oct, Nov, Dec
• 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

Catalogs

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

Saturated Steam

• 1986 Catalog Volume No 1

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