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The International Brotherhood of Live Steamers promotes the "Live Steam" hobby in North America and abroad. Join the International Brotherhood of Live Steamers About the IBLS Beginners start here This wiki contains 966 articles.

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 I feel it is my duty to pick my own brain and broadcast technical information that would be useful to others, thereby increasing the chances of prolonging The Hobby. Paul C. Haar, former Secretary of the Northeastern Ohio Live Steamers 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

Features

3D Model of LBSC's Tich by Jim Mullner

Bill Yoder's 3/4 inch scale registry update for 2024

Nick Edwards' passing leaves a big hole in the Heart of Texas

Catalog #9 is now available from Superscale Locomotive Company

Arch Bar Trucks for 1/8 scale by Chuck Wischstadt

Saving the Ossipee Central Railway

Inspecting Rail for Wear

Jim Mullner shared more photos, video and design files for Henry Greenly's Hudson/Northern in 1.5 inch scale

8mm film of Stan Grigg's 1 inch scale Northern running on test stand in his basement

Gerry Stuteville's Automatic Air Brakes

Personal MOW

Chris Schieck shares home movies starring Carl Purinton, Harry Harvey, J.B. Squires and others

Building a 48 foot Tenneco Tank Car

Harry Heil completed a beautiful Casey Jones (Galloping Goose) from wood and steel

The Work of Henry Greenly

Greg Glos provided his detailed build notes for the Scotty Mogul

Moving Up A Gauge

Jim Mullner models LBSC's Doris in SOLIDWORKS

A comprehensive list of steam locomotive drawings

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IBLS Store

Patch

A high-quality, 6 color patch commemorating the founding of the Brotherhood of Live Steamers by Carl Purinton in 1932. The patch is 3 inches high, 2.7 inches wide.

Only $5 each, includes postage. Click here to purchase

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7.x Wheel Gauge

This 7.x inch gauge Wheel Gauge will make verification of your wheel profile easy. Measures flange, wheel angle, and Minimum Tire Width (TW). Printed in durable black plastic.

Only $2.50 each, includes postage. Click here to purchase

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Regional IBLS Secretaries

• North America
• Australia
• Europe

Standards and Recommended Practice

This heavy Pacific 4-6-2 was built in 1936 by William L. Daney, Pueblo, Colorado.

• IBLS Wheel Standard
• IBLS Coupler and Safety Chain Standards
• IBLS Track Standard
• Loading gauge
• Standards and Recommended Practice
• Boiler Inspections
• Bolt and Pipe Threads
• Texas Standard Tie Spacing

Wandering Locomotive Books

• Winton Brown Engineering Data
• Koster's Miniature Railroad Supplies
• Lee Wright and Lee's Trains
• Jan-Eric Nystrom's Baldwin 3003
• Bill Yoder's 3/4 Inch Scale Registry
• Jim Murray and MDM Locomotive Works

Articles by Category

3/4 inch scale live steam model of a Union Pacific Challenger built by D. W. Massie of Montreal, Canada.

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• Category:Catalogs
• Category:Periodicals

• Category:Steam Locomotive Parts
• Category:Diesel Locomotive Parts
• Category:Railroad Car Parts

• Category:Prototypes
• Category:Steam Locomotive Models

Articles of Interest

• Steam Locomotive Drawings

Contributing

Have an idea for an IBLS article? Please contact daris@nevil.org