IBLS Journal 1937

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BLS 5th Annual Meeting

Charles A. Purinton

The Miniature Locomotive, May-June 1953

These photos of Harry Sait's 3-1/2 inch gauge Boston and Albany Tank were taken at the 5th annual meeting of the Brotherhood of Live Steamers at Marblehead in September 1937. Few people know that this is the original miniature from which a number of others were made to follow. It is a typical "Sait" engine that has always been a pleasure to run. She steams freely, uses little coal and water and hooks up to one notch off center in either direction.

A photocopy of the invitation to the 5th Annual BLS Meet held in 1937 at the Purinton residence a Marblehead, MASS. This copy was in a collection of photos of Rex Smith of Port Rowan, Ontario, posted on Chaski.org by Steve Bratina

Visited by Carl

B&O Bob of Blue Bell, PA, posted on Chaski.org, 8 June 2018:

In 1937, when I was ten years old, we had a ground level(!) 32-foot loop of 2.5 inch gauge track in our backyard in Brookline, PA where I learned how to balance myself on a 2.5 inch gauge riding car behind my father's B&O P-7. I remember one afternoon when "Mr. Purinton" visited us (afterall I was only ten and that's the way we addressed our elders in that era). We had lunch and then ran the P-7 hauling a 13-car train of freight cars and two cabooses, all the while Pop and Mr. Printon chatting about live steam, their shops, LBSC, and the future. Charles certainly did more than anyone else to advance growth of the live steam hobby in North America with those visits and his roving book!