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


:: [[LBSC|L.B.S.C.]], <i>[[The Live Steamer]]</i>, May-June 1951
:: Linn H. Westcott, <i>[[Model Railroader]]</i>, May 1965, Page 21


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


:: Linn H. Westcott, <i>[[Model Railroader]]</i>, May 1965, Page 21
:: John Schuch, [[Canton, Saint Paul and Pacific Railway|Canton, Saint Paul and Pacific Railway President]], <i>[http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=100778&start=12 Chaski.org]</i>


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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

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