Louie Lettiere

Louie Lettiere running Kenneth Roeh's "Kenosha" at Tom Millers. Photo by Kenneth Roeh.

Joe Rice reported in Live Steam Magazine, March/April 1998:

Louie first became involved in the Live Steam hobby in 1952. He took time out from the hobby to serve in Viet Nam, then became a locomotive engineer for the Burlington Northern Railroad. He holds degrees in Aeronautical Engineering an Business Administration. Currently, he is a consultant-supervisor in the construction industry, and also runs a part-time home business supplying freight car wheels, CAD services for custom locomotives and car designs, and the rebuilding of used locomotives. He's been involved in the design or construction of 20 miniature railroads, totaling over 26 miles of trackage. Louie loves the hobby, and wants to see it survive through future generations. As he puts it, "Beginners are the key to our future."

Bibliography

• "The Art of Scrounging and Kenosha", Ken "Skid" Roeh and R.J. Lettiere, Live Steam Magazine, September/October 1997
• "Train Mountain", R.J. Lettiere, Live Steam Magazine, March/April 1998
• "Getting Beginners on the Rails - A Minimalist's Approach", R. J. Louie Lettiere, Live Steam Magazine, March/April 1998
• "Getting Started - The Exciting World of Locomotive Design Part 1: Terms and Basic Formulas", R.J. Lettiere, Live Steam Magazine, May/June 1998
• "Getting Started - The Exciting World of Locomotive Design Part 2: Gauges, Scale & Drive System Engineering", R.J. Lettiere, Live Steam Magazine, July/August 1998
• "Getting Started - The Exciting World of Locomotive Design Part 3: Starting on the Boxcab", R.J. Lettiere, Live Steam Magazine, September/October 1998
• "Getting Started - The Exciting World of Locomotive Design Part 4: Transmission, Drive Train", R.J. Lettiere, Live Steam Magazine, November/December 1998
• "Getting Started - The Exciting World of Locomotive Design Part 5", R.J. Lettiere, Live Steam Magazine, January/February 1999