“WONDERFUL WORLD OF LIVE STEAM” 1960s LOS ANGELES LIVE STEAMERS RAILROAD CONVENTION XD45684

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”