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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1960s silent color 16mm home movie depicts a meeting of the Los Angeles Live Steamers, as “live steam” enthusiasts demonstrate rideable, large-scale model railroad engines at the Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum (TRT 27:01). Title card: “Wonderful World of Live Steam” (0:08). A “Los Angeles” passenger train car with a banner: “Welcome N.B. of L.S.” or National Brotherhood of Live Steamers. A wide shot of adult men standing around and sitting astride 1:8 scale model steam locomotive engines on short segments of track in a staging area near Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California (0:24). A medium shot shows teenage boys in conversation around an engine, caboose, and track segments marked “LALS” (0:40). An engine backs up in closeup. A man in flannel and overalls rides the “Little Engines R.R.” (0:53). A group of passengers ride a live steamer on a 7½”
