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== New and Old ==
== New and Old ==
'''[[Popular_Science#Feb_1941|"Live Steam", <i>Popular Science</i>, February 1941]]'''


'''[[3/4 Inch Scale Registry|Bill Yoder's 3/4 inch scale registry now totals 300 locomotives! Can you help Bill identify these locomotives?]]'''
'''[[3/4 Inch Scale Registry|Bill Yoder's 3/4 inch scale registry now totals 300 locomotives! Can you help Bill identify these locomotives?]]'''
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'''[[Fred Bohn|Fred Bohn's 3/4 inch scale Challenger]]'''
'''[[Fred Bohn|Fred Bohn's 3/4 inch scale Challenger]]'''
'''[[Eugene Paul| Eugene Paul and his "Puffin Billy"]]'''


'''[[Simplun|Bill Van Brocklin's "Simplun"]]'''
'''[[Simplun|Bill Van Brocklin's "Simplun"]]'''

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Un-named wife of a live steamer attending Alva Trook's meet, May 1956
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New and Old

"Live Steam", Popular Science, February 1941

Bill Yoder's 3/4 inch scale registry now totals 300 locomotives! Can you help Bill identify these locomotives?

See the amazing O gauge live steam locomotives of Roll Neff

Robert A. Day's 30 inch gauge Baldwin Locomotives

An engine stand long enough to hold a Mikado!

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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

Turning an Eccentric Hole in a 3-Jaw Chuck

Outdoor Model Railroad Runs on Real Steam

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Fred Bohn's 3/4 inch scale Challenger

Bill Van Brocklin's "Simplun"

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