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: The IBLS wiki contains a wonderful number of standards for the home hobbyist to integrate into their designs in order to properly interchange with other equipment


: Does BLS not mean also "Bless Live Steamers"?
:: [https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=105288 Van Anderson]
 
:: [[IBLS_Journal_1933#Charlie.27s_Memories|Charles S. Purinton]]


: 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?
: Look up [[IBLS]]. It's the [[NMRA]] of large scale.


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


: The IBLS wiki contains a wonderful number of standards for the home hobbyist to integrate into their designs in order to properly interchange with other equipment
: Post-graduates in Model Railroading are the "live steamers".  This ambitious group build models from the base metal to realistic replicas actually operated by steam.


:: [https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=105288 Van Anderson]
:: [[Victor Shattock]]


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== Meets ==
== Meets ==


* [[Eagle Point Railroad]] 20th Anniversary Meet, October 19 to 21, 2018
* [https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=108329 Montreal Live Steamers 85th Anniversary Meet, June 28 thru July 1, 2019]
* [[Riverside Live Steamers]] Fall Meet, October 26 to 28, 2018
* [https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=107408 Finger Lakes Live Steamers 50th Anniversary Meet], August 1 to 4, 2019
* [https://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=107408 Finger Lakes Live Steamers 50th Anniversary Meet], August 1 to 4, 2019
* [[Waushakum Live Steamers]] 49th Annual Meet, August 23 to 25, 2019
* [http://ohioramble.com/ Ohio Ramble, 5 Railroads, August 29 to September 5, 2019]
* [http://adirondacklivesteamers.org/ Adirondack Live Steamers Fall Meet], September 12 to 15, 2019
* [http://adirondacklivesteamers.org/ Adirondack Live Steamers Blowdown Meet], October 18 to 20, 2019
** To add your meet email [mailto:daris@nevil.org Daris Nevil]
** To add your meet email [mailto:daris@nevil.org Daris Nevil]


== Features ==
== Features ==


'''[[Wulf-Dieter Oil Burner]]'''
'''Check out Dick Poole's [[PRR Hopper Car]]. Its for sale!'''


'''[[3/4 Inch Scale Registry|Bill Yoder's 3/4 inch scale registry has grown to over 526 entries in 14 files!]]'''
'''New photos of [[The Little Texas & Pacific Sunshine Special]]'''


'''[[Waushakum Live Steamers Fall Meet 2018|Daris Nevil reports on the Waushakum Live Steamers Fall Meet 2018]]'''
'''[[Haskins Shops Airslide Hopper]]'''


'''[[Frank_Mann#5001_Rebuild|Update on the rebuild of Frank Mann's #5001]]'''
'''[[Water_gauge#Calculating_Water_Gauge_Height|Jeffrey G. Hook has provided an additional spreadsheet documenting a Water Gauge height locating method by Lima]]'''


'''[[Harry Austin|Harry Austin's amazing 3/4 inch scale Hudson, with working stoker and booster!]]'''
'''[[3/4 Inch Scale Registry|Bill Yoder's 3/4 inch scale registry has grown to over 558 entries in 15 files!]]'''


'''[[Stock_car#ATSF_68600|Photos of ATSF 68600 stock car outside Albany, Texas]]'''
'''[[Water_gauge#Calculating_Water_Level_with_Grade|Jeffrey G. Hook has provided a spreadsheet for calculating the maximum grade for a steam locomotive.]]'''


'''[[2-6-2 Prairie Steam Locomotive]]'''
'''[[3-1/2_Inch_Gauge_Flat_Car#2019_Version|Tinkerbell scale flatcar for hauling giants!]]'''


'''[[IBLS Journal 1989|A visit to Carl Purinton's basement]] '''
'''[[Bill Dykeman|Bill Dykeman's York Central Railway: Steam on Prince Edward Island]]'''


'''[[Tom Bee Car Frame|Tom Bee shows how to build a simple and sturdy frame for rail cars]]'''
'''[[Laverne Langworthy|Laverne Langworthy and his Hudson]]'''


'''[[Tom Bee Track Warp Gauge|Drawing for Tom Bee's track warp detection gauge]]'''
'''[[Wulf-Dieter Oil Burner]]'''


'''[[Simulating non-skid tread|Ralph W. Andres describes how to simulate non-skid step surfaces]]'''
'''[[Waushakum Live Steamers Fall Meet 2018|Daris Nevil reports on the Waushakum Live Steamers Fall Meet 2018]]'''


'''[[Engine_Stand#Bill_Van_Brocklin|Bill Van Brocklin's Roller Engine Test Stand]]'''
'''[[Frank_Mann#5001_Rebuild|Update on the rebuild of Frank Mann's #5001]]'''


'''[[Bill_Van_Brocklin#Loco_32|Elevation and Specifications for Bill Van Brocklin's <i>Amabelle</i>]]'''
'''[[Harry Austin|Harry Austin's amazing 3/4 inch scale Hudson, with working stoker and booster!]]'''


'''[[Live Steam in 1/240th Scale]]'''
'''[[Stock_car#ATSF_68600|Photos of ATSF 68600 stock car outside Albany, Texas]]'''


'''[[Frank Mann|Frank Mann built two 1.5 inch scale locomotives, and doubled headed with them (by himself!)]]'''
'''[[2-6-2 Prairie Steam Locomotive]]'''


'''[[Getting Stuck on Dead Center|Ever opened the throttle and nothing happens? Jeff Frost describes what to do when Stuck on Dead Center!]]'''
'''[[IBLS Journal 1989|A visit to Carl Purinton's basement]] '''


'''[[Miniature Railway Development in Great Britain]]'''
'''[[Tom Bee Car Frame|Tom Bee shows how to build a simple and sturdy frame for rail cars]]'''


== IBLS Patches ==
== IBLS Patches ==

Revision as of 16:19, 3 July 2019

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The IBLS wiki contains a wonderful number of standards for the home hobbyist to integrate into their designs in order to properly interchange with other equipment
Van Anderson
Look up IBLS. It's the NMRA of large scale.
John Doyle
Post-graduates in Model Railroading are the "live steamers". This ambitious group build models from the base metal to realistic replicas actually operated by steam.
Victor Shattock

Meets

Features

Check out Dick Poole's PRR Hopper Car. Its for sale!

New photos of The Little Texas & Pacific Sunshine Special

Haskins Shops Airslide Hopper

Jeffrey G. Hook has provided an additional spreadsheet documenting a Water Gauge height locating method by Lima

Bill Yoder's 3/4 inch scale registry has grown to over 558 entries in 15 files!

Jeffrey G. Hook has provided a spreadsheet for calculating the maximum grade for a steam locomotive.

Tinkerbell scale flatcar for hauling giants!

Bill Dykeman's York Central Railway: Steam on Prince Edward Island

Laverne Langworthy and his Hudson

Wulf-Dieter Oil Burner

Daris Nevil reports on the Waushakum Live Steamers Fall Meet 2018

Update on the rebuild of Frank Mann's #5001

Harry Austin's amazing 3/4 inch scale Hudson, with working stoker and booster!

Photos of ATSF 68600 stock car outside Albany, Texas

2-6-2 Prairie Steam Locomotive

A visit to Carl Purinton's basement

Tom Bee shows how to build a simple and sturdy frame for rail cars

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