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

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Louie Lettiere
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Un-named wife of a live steamer attending Alva Trook's meet, May 1956
What will you do this year to introduce someone to the live-steam hobby?
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Meets

New and Old

Air Brakes ala Trainman4602

Making Your Own Patterns

Did you know...Frank Godwin was a renowned comic strip and advertising artist as well as a Live Steamer.

Don solves issues with the blowdown valve and anti-lift/expansion brackets on LBSC's Virginia

Bill Oberpriller's innovative "Minnie", a freelance 2-4-2 steam locomotive

Building a Hi-Railer

Bill Yoder updated his 3/4 inch scale registry of locomotives in North America, now totaling 257 locomotives!

Turning an Eccentric Hole in a 3-Jaw Chuck

Outdoor Model Railroad Runs on Real Steam

Did you know...Martin Lewis, founder of Little Engines, co-designed the first and only V8 engine for the Ford model T?

Bobber cabooses (or is that cabeeses?)

Nylatron, the wonder material

Live diesel

Fred Bohn's 3/4 inch scale Challenger

Eugene Paul and his "Puffin Billy"

Bill Van Brocklin's "Simplun"

Peregrinations of "Livvie"

A 3-1/2 inch gauge riding flatcar, 2 versions to choose from:

Building a Kitsap Caboose

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