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'''The History and Future of Live Steam'''
'''[[Join the International Brotherhood of Live Steamers]]'''
'''[[Join the International Brotherhood of Live Steamers]]'''


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: I don't care anything about steam engines, but I think that steam engine people are the nicest in the world.


:: Un-named wife of a live steamer attending [[Alva Trook]]'s meet, May 1956
: I suggest our motto should be "Build something today."


: What will you do this year to introduce someone to the live-steam hobby?
:: [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=88096 Jim Leggett]


:: [http://www.steamup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58:introducing-the-live-steam-hobby&catid=34:the-cupola-view Steve Baker]
: Is it possible the founder of The International Brotherhood of Live Steamers would have embraced this medium had it existed in 1932?  [[Charles A. Purinton|Carl Purinton]] surely would have set up a web site, don't you think?


: I suggest our motto should be "Build something today."
:: [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=22786&p=22786&hilit=Atkinson#p22786 John D. Atkinson]
 
: The late [[Charles A. Purinton|Carl Purinton]] when talking about his experiences on full sized steam locomotives once told me that "they run best when they are completely worn out.....but not quite!"


:: [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=88096 Jim Leggett]
:: [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=104505&start=12 Keith Taylor]


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== Meets ==
== Meets ==


* [[Chattanooga Society of Model Engineers]] Card Order Meet, April 21 to 23, 2017
* [[Chattanooga Society of Model Engineers]] Spring Meet, April 28 to 30, 2017
* [[Riverside Live Steamers]] Spring Meet, April 21 to 23, 2017
* [http://www.svlsrm.org/meet-notice.php Sacramento Valley Live Steamers Pacific Regional Spring Meet], May 19 to 21, 2017
* [[Small Scales Meets|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.
* [[Small Scales Meets|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]] [http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=1046142017 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 [mailto:daris@nevil.org Daris Nevil]
** To add your meet email [mailto:daris@nevil.org Daris Nevil]


== New and Old ==
== Features ==
'''[[MDM_Locomotive_Works#Archive|New Wandering Locomotive Book: Jim Murray and MDM Locomotive Works]]'''


'''[[Flare Tube Fittings|B.M. Green shares his method for fabricating Flare Tube Fittings]]'''
'''[[Texas Railway Supply Inc|Did you know ... The 1972 Neiman Marcus Christmas Catalog featured a 7.5 inch gauge train set from Texas Railway Supply Inc?]]'''


'''[[3/4 Inch Scale Registry|Bill Yoder just released the latest edition of the 3/4 inch scale registry, which now totals 340 locomotives!]]'''
'''[[Small Pressure Gauges]]'''


'''[[LBSC's_Virginia#October_21.2C_2016|Don completes routing of the Pipes for LBSC's <i>Virginia</i>, and simulates the cab. Is yours on the list?]]'''
'''[[3/4 Inch Scale Registry|Bill Yoder just released the latest edition of the 3/4 inch scale registry, which now totals 370 locomotives!]]'''


'''[[Tom Murray|New Live Steam club forming in Washington, Fully Funded]]'''
'''[[How to Form Brass Domes]]'''


'''[[Stan Galloway|Stan Galloway's 4 cylinder gas electric in 1 inch scale]]'''
'''[[Carl Purinton and B&M No 3240]]'''


'''[[C.J._Hull#Where_to_Get_It|C.J. Hull shares secrets on finding raw material]]'''
'''[[The Jerk|Did you know...Jim Kreider's Atlantic was featured in a segment of the movie "The Jerk"?]]'''


'''Bill Van Brocklin's [[Union Nuts & Fittings|Union Nuts & Fittings Chart]]'''
'''[[Atkinson Railroad|Did you know...Kenneth Atkinson built the first model Electric/Hydraulic diesel locomotive prior to 1952?]]'''


'''[[How To Write An Article For Your Favorite Magazine]]'''
'''[[Getting Started|Major Douglas T. Peck suggests how to "Get Started" in Live Steam]]'''


'''[[Popular_Science#Feb_1941|"Live Steam", <i>Popular Science</i>, February 1941]]'''
'''[[Old Fashioned Lamp Case|Dwight Durkee builds an 1870's Steam Locomotive Oil Lamp]]'''


'''[[Neff Model Manufacturing Company|See the amazing O gauge live steam locomotives of Roll Neff]]'''
'''[[Building the Little Railroad|"Building the Little Railroad" by Frank H Moore, Jr]]


'''[[Robert_Day#Pioneer_Mill_Railroad|Robert A. Day's 30 inch gauge Baldwin Locomotives]]'''
'''[[LBSC's_Virginia#October_25.2C_2016|Don tackles the Cowcatcher, Throttle and Sand domes of LBSC's <i>Virginia</i>.]]'''


'''[[Engine_Stand#Long_Stand|An engine stand long enough to hold a Mikado!]]'''
'''[[Flare Tube Fittings|B.M. Green shares his method for fabricating Flare Tube Fittings]]'''


'''[[Sclavi Air Brakes|Air Brakes à la Trainman4602]]'''
'''[[Tom Murray|New Live Steam club forming in Washington, Fully Funded]]'''


'''[[Making Your Own Patterns]]'''
'''[[Stan Galloway|Stan Galloway's 4 cylinder gas electric in 1 inch scale]]'''


'''Did you know...[[Frank Godwin|Frank Godwin was a renowned comic strip and advertising artist as well as a Live Steamer.]]'''
'''[[C.J._Hull#Where_to_Get_It|C.J. Hull shares secrets on finding raw material]]'''


'''[[Bill Oberpriller's Minnie|Bill Oberpriller's innovative "Minnie", a freelance 2-4-2 steam locomotive]]'''
'''Bill Van Brocklin's [[Union Nuts & Fittings|Union Nuts & Fittings Chart]]'''
'''[[Building a Hi-Railer]]'''
 
'''[[Turning an Eccentric Hole in a 3-Jaw Chuck]]'''


== IBLS Patches ==
== IBLS Patches ==
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* [[Jan-Eric_Nystr%C3%B6m#Baldwin_3003|Jan-Eric Nystrom's Baldwin 3003]]
* [[Jan-Eric_Nystr%C3%B6m#Baldwin_3003|Jan-Eric Nystrom's Baldwin 3003]]
* [[3/4 Inch Scale Registry|Bill Yoder's 3/4 Inch Scale Registry]]
* [[3/4 Inch Scale Registry|Bill Yoder's 3/4 Inch Scale Registry]]
* [[MDM_Locomotive_Works#Archive|Jim Murray and MDM Locomotive Works]]


== Articles by Category ==
== Articles by Category ==
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* [[:Category:People]]
* [[:Category:People]]
* [[:Category:History]]
* [[:Category:History]]
* [[:Category:Pop Culture]]





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The History and Future of Live Steam

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This wiki contains 964 articles.

I suggest our motto should be "Build something today."
Jim Leggett
Is it possible the founder of The International Brotherhood of Live Steamers would have embraced this medium had it existed in 1932? Carl Purinton surely would have set up a web site, don't you think?
John D. Atkinson
The late Carl Purinton when talking about his experiences on full sized steam locomotives once told me that "they run best when they are completely worn out.....but not quite!"
Keith Taylor

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Meets

Features

New Wandering Locomotive Book: Jim Murray and MDM Locomotive Works

Did you know ... The 1972 Neiman Marcus Christmas Catalog featured a 7.5 inch gauge train set from Texas Railway Supply Inc?

Small Pressure Gauges

Bill Yoder just released the latest edition of the 3/4 inch scale registry, which now totals 370 locomotives!

How to Form Brass Domes

Carl Purinton and B&M No 3240

Did you know...Jim Kreider's Atlantic was featured in a segment of the movie "The Jerk"?

Did you know...Kenneth Atkinson built the first model Electric/Hydraulic diesel locomotive prior to 1952?

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

New Live Steam club forming in Washington, Fully Funded

Stan Galloway's 4 cylinder gas electric in 1 inch scale

C.J. Hull shares secrets on finding raw material

Bill Van Brocklin's Union Nuts & Fittings Chart

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