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Georgia Bauer

An honorary life member of the Group for contributions to the organization by she and Charlie (her late husband)

Kent Bolerjack -

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Nancy and Harvey Bond-

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 Josh Bowman-

Josh is from Franklin, Indiana and joined the ILS in February 2006.  Josh is one of the youngest members.  He says he loves trains and he can not wait to get started on some live steam models.  He has a lot of learning to do, but we think he will be around for a while.

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As soon as a bio is available, it will be published.

Donnie Cain -

Donnie has called the Indiana Live Steamers his club since 1993.  He takes pride in the fact that he has built two locomotives, since getting into the hobby.  A while ago, he sold both of those engines and started building his true masterpiece, a 2" scale model of the Rio Grande Southern's #5 Galloping Goose.

Donnie says that he really enjoys this hobby.

 Clarence Cochran -

This is the man that helps keep all of the club accounts straight.  That's right, Clarence serves as the Treasurer for the club.  He took over the job and helped the club survive after Charlie Bauer passed away in September of 2001. 

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Clint Ensworth -

An honorary life member of the Group for contributions to the hobby

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Ron Gaertner -

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As soon as a bio is available, it will be published

Harold Goforth -

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As soon as a bio is available, it will be published

Bradley Grounds -

Following his dad Dave into the hobby.

 Dave Grounds -

Dave is in building supply sales with Anderson Windows.  He is proud to have been followed into the hobby by his son, Brad.  Dave is a hard worker and can be found at the track on most weekends in the summer.  He currently serves as the President of Indiana Live Steamers.    

An honorary life member of the Group for contributions to the organization by she and Tom (her late husband)

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An honorary life member of the Group for contributions to the organization by she and her late husband.

John Heichelbech-

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 John Herman -

John has been a member since the mid 1980’s.  A retired teacher from the Indianapolis school system after 37 years of service.  He builds scale ships, and trains. He also is a wood worker, who builds and repairs spinning wheels, looms, other weaving equipment.

He built the coaling tower and water tower at the current track. He enjoys the construction and repair part of the hobby, especially buildings and signage. He has served as  treasurer, recording secretary, and board chairman and is currently President.                                                      He is currently working on a Canadian National #9000 from 1930, two-part oil electric under the skill, guidance and efforts of John Huzinga.

 Jim Hinners -

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Jerry Hoffman -

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Joe Holbrook

Joe with his great running steamer. He enjoys having people run his steamer that have never run one before . He makes it easy and a fun experience. He is also a great story teller.

Joe Hudson -

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John Huzinga -

A mechanical engineer with Lilly, John is never short of gadgets.  His 2.5" scale Climax engine was built out of scrap, bar stock, and other things John found.  It is really a nice engine and well worth coming to see.

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 Dave Jones -

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Jo Jones -

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 Dave Kirch -

Dave is one of the old timers.  A member of ILS since 1985, he has served as President of the club in the past.  He is a general building contractor and can be seen at the track helping mix concrete and helping with various other construction projects.  He is building an Allen Models 10 Wheeler on his home shop equipment, which consists of a mill, lathe, and band saw.

Elaine Kirch

Having fun on her first steam engineering experience with Joe Holbrook's Steamer.

I am an elevator mechanic by trade, and have been a member of the ILS since the fall of 2006. I am also working on a free lance locomotive with John Huizenga.

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 Bill Lesburg -

Hard work is the name of the game for this kitchen and bath remodeler.  A member of ILS since 1997, Bill has one of the nicest steamers in the entire club and he is quite proud of it.  There is more information about this engine and its history under the locomotives page of this website. Bill has his own machine shop and that classifies him as someone you need to know.

John and Betty Lime -

The absolutely coolest thing about John is that he is a Pearl Harbor Survivor.  If you are a WWII buff, John does share his experiences of being at Wheeler Field that infamous day.  Despite his age, he makes almost every meet of the year.  When he is not playing trains, he volunteers at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis. Newly married in 2007 to Betty. His favorite engine is the Union Pacific Challenger.

An honorary life member of the Group for contributions to the organization.

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Robert H. McGregor -

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 Pete Pedigo -

Pete is a true rail fan from the word go!  He is so interested in Railroads in general, that he not only decided to build a 15 unit Triple Crown RoadRailer model in 1/8 scale, he has been building his own railroad for the past 9 years.  This railroad, the New Unionville and Western, is headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana and sits on approximately fifty acres.

 Dan Perkins -

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Bill Pope -

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Dan and Peggy Racke

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 Charles Robbins -

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 Paula Robbins -

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Don Saager -

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As soon as a bio is available, it will be published

As soon as a bio is available, it will be published

 Dave Swann -

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 John Vettel -

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Tom Wade

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 Kirk Wakefield -

Kirk boxed up all of his HO scale trains in the fall of 2002 after attending a meet at the Annetta Valley and Western railroad, near Fort Worth, TX. After relocating to Indiana, he joined the ILS club in the spring of 2005. Kirk prefers modern rolling stock, but is really interested in building a steam engine.  His favorite steamers are NYC Hudsons, NKP Berks, and SP Mikados.  Kirk says, "the best part of the live steaming hobby is that his wife and two sons love to ride the trains almost as much as he does.  All four of them take their camper and trains to various meets throughout the year.

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 John and Lucille Young -

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