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== Meets ==
== Meets ==


* [[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]
* [[New Jersey Live Steamers]] meet June 1 to 3, 2018
* [[Pioneer Valley Live Steamers]] 65th anniversary meet, August 11 to 13, 2017
* [[Montreal Live Steamers]] International Meet, June 29 to July 1, 2018
* [[Illinois Live Steamers]] 50th anniversary meet, August 17 to 20, 2017.
* [[Waushakum Live Steamers]], 48th Annual Meet, August 24 to 26, 2018
* [[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]


== Features ==
== Features ==
'''[[Engine_Stand#Bill_Van_Brocklin|Bill Van Brocklin's Roller Engine Test Stand]]'''
'''[[3/4 Inch Scale Registry|Bill Yoder's 3/4 inch scale registry has grown to 484 entries in 14 files!]]'''
'''[[Bill_Van_Brocklin#Loco_32|Elevation and Specifications for Bill Van Brocklin's <i>Amabelle</i>]]'''
'''[[Live Steam in 1/240th Scale]]'''


'''[[Frank Mann|Frank Mann built two 1.5 inch scale locomotives, and doubled headed with them (by himself!)]]'''
'''[[Frank Mann|Frank Mann built two 1.5 inch scale locomotives, and doubled headed with them (by himself!)]]'''


'''[[Getting Stuck on Dead Center|Ever opened the throttle and nothing happens? Jeff Frost describes what to do when Stuck on Dead Center!]]'''
'''[[Getting Stuck on Dead Center|Ever opened the throttle and nothing happens? Jeff Frost describes what to do when Stuck on Dead Center!]]'''
'''[[3/4 Inch Scale Registry|Bill Yoder's 3/4 inch scale registry has grown to 457 entries in 14 files! Take a look, very interesting...]]'''


'''[[Miniature Railway Development in Great Britain]]'''
'''[[Miniature Railway Development in Great Britain]]'''
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'''[[FA1 Mechanical Green Monster]]'''
'''[[FA1 Mechanical Green Monster]]'''


'''[[A Climax Class A Live Steam Locomotive Model|Ed Hume just release his new book "A Climax Class A Live Steam Locomotive Model"]]'''
'''[[A Climax Class A Live Steam Locomotive Model|Ed Hume just released his new book "A Climax Class A Live Steam Locomotive Model"]]'''


'''[[Huron Valley Live Steamers|JJ Gould makes the first run on the new track of the Huron Valley Live Steamers]]'''
'''[[Huron Valley Live Steamers|JJ Gould makes the first run on the new track of the Huron Valley Live Steamers]]'''
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'''[[Kenneth Shattock|Kenneth V. Shattock, North American Secretary, passed away 6 May 2017]]'''
'''[[Kenneth Shattock|Kenneth V. Shattock, North American Secretary, passed away 6 May 2017]]'''
'''[[Injectors - A Blessing or a Curse?]]'''
'''[[Iron Colts in the Back Yard]]'''
'''[[MDM_Locomotive_Works#Archive|New Wandering Locomotive Book: Jim Murray and MDM Locomotive Works]]'''


== IBLS Patches ==
== IBLS Patches ==
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* [[:Category:Railroad Car Parts]]
* [[:Category:Railroad Car Parts]]


* [[:Category:Prototypes]]
* [[:Category:Steam Locomotive Models]]
* [[:Category:Steam Locomotive Models]]

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Meets

Features

Bill Van Brocklin's Roller Engine Test Stand

Bill Yoder's 3/4 inch scale registry has grown to 484 entries in 14 files!

Elevation and Specifications for Bill Van Brocklin's Amabelle

Live Steam in 1/240th Scale

Frank Mann built two 1.5 inch scale locomotives, and doubled headed with them (by himself!)

Ever opened the throttle and nothing happens? Jeff Frost describes what to do when Stuck on Dead Center!

Miniature Railway Development in Great Britain

FA1 Mechanical Green Monster

Ed Hume just released his new book "A Climax Class A Live Steam Locomotive Model"

JJ Gould makes the first run on the new track of the Huron Valley Live Steamers

Daris Nevil assumes role of IBLS Secretary, North American Region

Man attempts to break steam locomotive speed record

Did you know...Bill Van Brocklin built 41 locomotives, and they are numbered consecutively from #1 to #41?

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RMI Railworks has released the RMI-25 Specification, which recommends using a taller flange for 2.5 inch and 3-3/4 inch scale equipment on 7.5 inch and 7.25 inch gauge track

Kenneth V. Shattock, North American Secretary, passed away 6 May 2017

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