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wdt_ID Title Month(s) Year Subject Author
1 "A Triumph of Civilization" June 1987 General John Hoyt Williams &Martha N. Williams
2 1 1-2 Scale Nickel Plate Berkshire May-June 1993 Locomotive Construction Bart Pond
3 1 1-2" Propane Fired Pacific June 1985 General Leo Onderko
4 1" Scale Sunbean Headlight from Scrap July 1987 Tips Joseph T. Mastrorocco
5 100 Year Old Steam Engine November 1987 History Keith Kirstein
6 100 Years Against the Mountain; Shay No.5 at Cass, WV May-June 2006 Review T Parkinson
7 1-10 Uniflow Steam Engine July 1991 Engines Mike Marsh
8 1-1-2 Scale Pressure-operated Cylinder Cocks November-December 1998 Parts Ben Nixon
9 1-1-2" Scale Coupler Problem September-October 2011 Parts Bob Hornsby
10 12" Gauge WF&P Wheel Standard September-October 2015 Tools Kenneth Davis
11 1351 Up Close: Anatomy of a steam locomotive November 1985 General Bob Wilson & Mark Smith
12 1351 Up Close: Checking things out down below December 1985 General Bob Wilson & Mark Smith
13 1351 Up Close: Zeroing in on the stroker and brakers January 1986 Restoration Bob Wilson & Mark Smith
14 13th Annual Bud Titus Memorial Run - Central Illinois November-December 2001 Events Kenny Davis
15 15 Minutes of Fame May-June 2009 Full Size-Prototype Locomotives Jim Stuart
16 1818 Walking Beam Steam Engine An November 1991 Engines Arthur Candell
17 1871 Frisbie Toy Steam Engine -- Part 1 An March-April 1999 Stationary Steam Engines Birk Petersen
18 1871 Frisbie Toy Steam Engine -- Part 2 An July-August 1999 Stationary Steam Engines Birk Petersen
19 1871 Frisbie Toy Steam Engine -- Part 3 An September-October 1999 Stationary Steam Engines Birk Petersen
20 1871 Frisbie Toy Steam Engine -- Part 4 An November-December 1999 Stationary Steam Engines Birk Petersen
21 Animated Steam - 150 Years of Railroading and the Debut of the Tiny, New Ten-wheeler January-February 2013 History Jan-Eric Nystrom
22 Animated Steam: Building a Ten-Wheeler Part 11 - The Cab January-February 2013 Locomotive Construction Jan-Eric Nystrom
23 1927 Chevrolet One-Ton Steamer November-December 2010 Automobile Ray Kosiancic
24 1979 Activities of the Inland Empire Live Steam Club February 1980 Club Report Ivan Ergish
25 1979 Activities of the Central Illinois Live Steamers February 1980 Club Report Dave Rhine
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