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...NELS track was during the 1940s and early 50s. Each year, several running meets would be held during the spring, summer, and fall; the New England Live Ste ...he most part, the first time this has happened in a good many years of the Meets. In spite of the cold rainy uncomfortable weather, some of the men ran eng

...long parallel steaming bays to give LALS the ability to host BLS and IBLS meets every five years from 1965 through 1995. ...a huge new facility and hosted the 2000 IBLS Meet. There has been no IBLS meets since. I proposed the extension of trackage for the 7.5" gauge track in 19

...pring meet of the Mid-South Live Steamers. Austin continued to host Spring Meets from 1968 through 1973. ...r, as in Oscar Meyer) and built a large track on it where he hosted annual meets. He eventually lost the farm, his shop, and track in a divorce. I don't rec

...s acreage near Pleasant Hill , MO. I was priviliged to attend one of those meets as well as working with Gail for a number of years as a FOCTS volunteer. I

A curve must be superelevated, and, if an arc of a circle meets the tangent, the outside rail should theoretically suddenly jump up a dista ...turntable have always been more than adequate. On the occasion of annual meets, [[William Morewood|Bill Morewood]] brings his temporary track, and adds to

Austin continued to host Spring Meets for six straight years, and Joe Ed hosted the Fall Meet through 1970. Club Paul Craft of Columbia, Tennessee, hosted the 1971 and 1972 MSLS Fall Meets and several informal run days at his private track. Paul knew that a club t

live steam meets at the operating track in Lachine Quebec for this year is as The following dates have been set aside for "Meets" this summer--Saturday, May 30; Sunday, June 14, Wednesday, July 1; Saturda

The Toronto Society of Model Engineers (TSME) is a non-profit group which meets from September to June on the 2nd Friday of the month from 7:30 to 10:30 P. Locomotive meets were held at TSME Acres in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s as well as

...ugartown Railroad, the weekend after Memorial Day. As is customary on PLS meets, the first day of the meet was rainy, but in spite of the rain, boiler test ...f entertaining the guest who came from the greatest distance of any of our meets, Mr. R.L. Smith, our first Canadian guest. In addition to the locomotives,

...” for many many years. They created their own brand of excitement at train meets which they almost always attended together. Personally, I will miss Jack Em Jack Lucks documents several meets throughout the years. Here is a sample of his excellent videography.

...y. So long old friend! We'll see you later at one of those heavenly train meets. ...ground. Terry swore he wouldn't host another meet. But we know he hosted meets the rest of his life.

...actively building in the 1920s and 30s, probably the 40s too, and attended meets right up until about 1970. He died about 1971. [[Charles A. Purinton|Carl P ...engine ran at Marblehead and Danvers MA at the early [[IBLS|Brotherhood]] meets.

...small shop, for "Trials & Testing" purposes, and to host impromptu "Steam Meets" and Bull Sessions with other local live steamers. Those others, over a vas ...and still took a great pleasure in hosting Steam-Ups, Picnics, and Annual Meets.

...ack opening were interesting to see as well as other reels of past Danvers Meets and of tracks in other parts of the country and Canada taken by [[Charles A ...at the meet. Both Roger and the engine are a familiar sight at the Danvers meets each year along with others of our Montreal friends: the Leggetts and Turnb

: The first of the season's Cellar Meets by the [[New England Live Steamers|N.E.L.S.]] was held at the home of H.B. ...roup, The Western New England Live Steamers, held the first of a series of meets at the home of [[Brenton Barnfather|B.W. Barnfather]], West Springfield, Ma

...heels is when Fred loads it into the trunk of his car and goes in regional meets of the [[New England Live Steamers]] association in Danvers, Mass., or in F At model meets Fred sits on a flat car hitched to the tender and adjusts the speed of the

...tion engine attracted a lot of favorable attention. At one of the earlier meets he had his Atlantic along. This is another good performer and was hauling California, and Winnipeg, Manitoba, were the sites of the next three meets

...n Lafayette from as far away as Massachusetts and Missouri. At one of the meets this summer, the Trook Line accommodated 28 locomotives and some 55 rail fa ...for his equipment and to serve as headquarters for his thrice-yearly steam meets, Trook built a clubhouse of concrete block construction. "Live steamers us

...a conscious decision by the club's members since it was felt that previous meets had been too popular with the public that leading to crowd control problems

The [[Winter Creek Railway]] is a club that meets in Coatesville, New Zealand. They focus on 7.25 inch and 5 inch gauges.