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    Web Link Vance Bass’ Resources & FAQs
    The be-all and end-all of small-scale live steaming. Vance Bass has kept this large information and link repository as a public service for almost two decades. Can’t be beat.
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    Web Link Sidestreet Bannerworks
    Marc Horovitz’ personal web site (he’s the founder and editor of Garden Railways magazine) is chock-full of small-scale live steam information. His “Live-steam Locomotive of the Month,” and “Locomotive Gallery” features are worth their weight in electrons. Plenty of steam locomotive reviews and essays on garden railroad aesthetics as well.
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    Web Link Basic Project Loco (BAGRS Project Loco)
    Mike Martin designed a small-scale live steam locomotive a neophyte could build with common tools (no mill nor lathe required) for a relatively small amount of money. Hundreds (perhaps thousands) of these locos have been built using Mike’s plans.
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    Web Link Live Steam Shay Discussion Group
    A lightly trafficked message list that focuses on Shay locomotives, both prototypical sized and models.
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    Web Link Gauge One Model Railway Association
    The world's largest association for what we here in the United States call "small-scale live steam," G1MRA ("gimrah") is a British group that provides "get togethers" ("steamups") as well as a high-quality magazine that is known as the "Newsletter & Journal."
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    Web Link Association of 16mm Narrow Gauge Modellers
    With more than 4000 members worldwide, live steam in 16mm scale (1:19) is the focus of this England-based group. It publishes a quarterly newsletter and a separate quarterly magazine, which usually runs to 48 all-color pages.
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    Web Link Rails in the Garden
    Australia's club for 45mm- and 32mm-gauge outdoor railroaders, the group's magazine frequently covers live-steam products, events and techniques.