Quotations

One feature of live steam that is commencing to gain recognition is the historical side. I don't think many of the Live Steamers have thought much about it, but it will not be long now before the only place you will be able to see what a steam locomotive looks like will be a Live Steamer meeting. In a few years there are going to be lots and lots of kids around, and grown-ups also, who will not remember having seen a steam loco.

Carl Purinton, The Miniature Locomotive, October-November, 1953

Everything on this earth takes time, even a flash of lightning, and steam doesn't move quite as fast as that.

L.B.S.C., The Live Steamer, May-June 1951

Standards are among the tools of simplification. How many of us would be in the hobby if we had to turn all of our wheels by hand on a lathe? Standards have produced many a practical shortcut so that all kinds of men besides machinists can enjoy model railroading.

Linn H. Westcott, Model Railroader, May 1965, Page 21

To me the phrase "Live Steam" encompasses the hobby as a whole. It doesn't exclude non-steam powered equipment.

John Schuch, Canton, Saint Paul and Pacific Railway President, Chaski.org