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Meets
- Sacramento Valley Live Steamers Pacific Regional Spring Meet, May 19 to 21, 2017
- 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 is celebrating its 65th year, August 11 to 13, 2017
- Waushakum Live Steamers 47th Annual Meet, Holliston, Mass., August 25 to 27, 2017
- To add your meet email Daris Nevil
Features
Kenneth V. Shattock, North American Secretary, passed away 6 May 2017
Injectors - A Blessing or a Curse?
New Wandering Locomotive Book: Jim Murray and MDM Locomotive Works
Did you know...Jim Kreider's Atlantic was featured in a segment of the movie "The Jerk"?
Major Douglas T. Peck suggests how to "Get Started" in Live Steam
Dwight Durkee builds an 1870's Steam Locomotive Oil Lamp
"Building the Little Railroad" by Frank H Moore, Jr
Don tackles the Cowcatcher, Throttle and Sand domes of LBSC's Virginia.
B.M. Green shares his method for fabricating Flare Tube Fittings
IBLS Patches
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Regional IBLS Secretaries
Standards and Recommended Practice
- IBLS Wheel Standard
- IBLS Coupler and Safety Chain Standards
- IBLS Track Standard
- Loading gauge
- Standards and Recommended Practice
- 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
Articles by Category
- Category:Construction
- Category:Maintenance
- Category:Operations
- Category:Right of Way
- Category:Safety