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Clinic Title Clinician Event File(s)
Advanced DCC Decoder Programming with Decoder Pro Jim Betz PCR 2013 Presentation (280 Kb)
Amateur Authorship Chip Meriam Sierra 2017 Presentation (4.3 Mb)
Arduino for Model Railroading: Hitting the Bell Jon Schmidt PCR 2022 Presentation (2.76 Mb)
Bay Area Garden Railroad Society’s Roving Garden Railroad Nancy Norris PCR 2013 Link (opens new tab)
Box Factories Jim Zeek PCR 2019 Presentation (6.4 Mb)
Business Cars, Private Cars Paul Hobbs PCR 2019 Presentation (8.3 Mb)
Building a contest-quality West Side caboose model Frank Markovich, MMR® PCR 2018 Presentation (12.8 Mb)
Car Movement on the Central Vermont Using JMRI Jon Schmidt PCR 2019 Presentation (996 kb)
Cheap and Easy Automatic Block Signal System Dennis Drury PCR 2017 Presentation (624 kb)
Cheap and Easy ABS Signaling For Your Railroad Dennis Drury PCR 2019 Presentation (2.4 Mb)
Communications for Model Railroads Seth Neumann PCR 2018 Presentation (7.1 Mb)
Control Panels with PowerPoint and Plexiglas Seth Neumann PCR 2013 Presentation (3.2 Mb)
Creative Solutions to Common Modeling Problems Frank Markovich, MMR® PCR 2013 Presentation (5.5 Mb)
Dead Rail Operations on the Donner Summit Duncan McRee PCR 2015 Presentation (8.2 Mb)
Design with Free-moN Modules Dave Falkenburg LDOP 2013 Presentation (1.8 Mb)
Designing a Signaling System with cpNode Seth Neumann & Chuck Catania PCR 2015 Presentation (5.0 Mb)
Detailing Wood for Structures and Rolling Stock Frank Markovich, MMR® PCR 2017 Presentation (8.1 Mb)
DIY Decals – Artwork & Printing Richard Brennan PCR 2018 Presentation (1.7 Mb)
Easy Freight Car Weathering 1-2-3 Michael Gross PCR 2017 Presentation (14.9 Mb)
Easy Weathering Frank Markovich PCR 2024 Presentation (42 Mb)
Enhancing Small Layout Operations: LCL and Livestock Al Daumann SIG 2021 Presentation (1.98 Mb)
Fall Creek Branch: Building and Operating a Portable Switching Layout Robert Pethoud PCR 2013 Presentation (387 Kb)
Freight Car Trucks 1900-1960 Richard Hendricksen PCR 2013 Presentation (969 Kb)
Freight Train Operations and Car Forwarding Dave Clemens PCR 2013 Presentation (1.98 Mb)
Further Progress on Modeling Petaluma’s Water Street Ed Merrin PCR 2018 Presentation (24.35 Mb)
Ground Roast Scenery Chip Meriam Sierra 2016 Presentation (1.9 Mb)
Hazardous Materials Markings on Rail Cars Paul Deis PCR 2013 Presentation (4.75 Mb)
Hazardous Materials Markings on Rail Cars Paul Deis PCR 2014 Handout (296 Kb)
How to Apply Cedar Shingles David Ulmer, M.D. PCR 2018 Presentation (2.6 Mb)
Introduction to LEDs and Their Use as Lighting Sources for Locomotives Joe Melhorn PCR 2013 Presentation (4.5 Mb)
JMRI Operations Dennis Drury PCR 2013 Presentation (785 Kb)
Kids & Model Railroading: How to get kids Involved without losing your sanity or your layout M.C. Fujiwara PCR 2013 Link (opens new tab)
Layout Photography: Equipment and Lighting Ed Merrin PCR 2018 Presentation (17.6 Mb)
Layout Photography: Seeking the Look of the Prototype Ed Merrin PCR 2019 Presentation (12.2 Mb)
Layouts Portable, Practical & Palatable M.C. Fujiwara PCR 2013 Handout (22 Kb)
Lighting Your Layout with LED Tape Chris Palermo PCR 2017 Presentation (699 kb)
Mainline to Shortline: Creating the Camas Prairie Railroad David Clemens PCR 2019 Presentation (29.9 Mb)
Miniature Wunderland versus Gulliver’s Gate Irwin Nathanson PCR 2019 Presentation (5.0 Mb)
Model Railroading with Arduino Dave Falkenburg PCR 2013 Presentation (1.4 Mb)
Modeling the Pacific Coast Railway’s San Luis Obispo Facilities Tom Knapp, MMR® LDOPS 2013 Presentation (2.5 Mb)
Layout Tour (6.0 Mb)
Modeling the Pacific Coast Railway’s San Luis Obispo Facilities Tom Knapp, MMR® PCR 2013 Presentation (14.3 Mb)
Modeling Sawmills for Operations Jim Zeek PCR 2019 Presentation (8.1 Mb)
Modernistic Industrial Structures for the Transition Era Chris Palermo PCR 2018 Presentation (20.82 Mb)
A More Prototypical Approach to Car Forwarding Software Gregory Madsen PCR 2019 Presentation (5.8 Mb)
Nn3 – An Overview Tom Knapp, MMR® PCR 2013 Presentation (15.0 Mb)
Prototype Model Railroad Planning, Design, and Operation Gary Ray PCR 2019 Presentation (12.1 Mb)
Public Utilities and How to Model Them Tom Crawford PCR 2013 Presentation (6.5 Mb)
Quintessential California: Modeling Eucalyptus Trees Bruce Morden PCR 2017 Presentation (5.2 Mb)
Responding to a Derailment on the SP Coast Line Paul Deis PCR 2018 Presentation (7.7 Mb)
Handout (34 Kb)
RFID in Model Railroading Seth Neumann & Chris Drome PCR 2013 Presentation (2.48 Mb)
Richmond Pacific & Cal-P in N Scale Steven Cox LDOPS 2022 Presentation (7.45 Mb)
Rubber Layouts: Dynamic Layout Design & Operations Paul Ingraham & Steve Wesolowski PCR 2013 Presentation (98 Kb)
Acronyms (45 Kb)
Concepts (66 Kb)
Scratch building a 1929 vintage stucco pumping station (a.k.a. Simulating Stucco Siding – circa 1929) Chip Meriam PCR 2016 Presentation (4.1 Mb)
Simple Car Cards – A Simple Approach Guy Cantwell PCR 2013 Handout (146 Kb)
SketchUp and Rapid Prototyping Jack Burgess, MMR® PCR 2014 Handout (484 Kb)
So You Want to Build a Dream Model Railroad Bill Decker LDOPS 2021 Presentation (4.32 Mb)
The Great Tectonic Shift Jon Schmidt LDOPS 2021 Presentation (4.01 Mb)
The Northwestern Pacific in HO; Recreating the Railroad and its Operations Ed Merrin PCR 2013 Presentation (16.8 Mb)
The WHY For Your Railroad Steve Prevette LDOPS 2021 Presentation (2.48 Mb)
Tools for Model Building and Scratchbuilding Jack Burgess, MMR® PCR 2013 Handout (392 Kb)
Trees: Many Ways You Can Make Them Brad Lloyd & Darrell Dennis PCR 2013 Presentation (17.8 Mb)
Handout (107 Kb)
TTX – An Unnoticed Giant Paul Hobbs PCR 2019 Presentation (7.3 Mb)
Tuning Up Your Rolling Stock for Reliable Operation Paul Deis PCR 2019 Presentation (5.8 Mb)
Handout (32 Kb)
Tuning Up Your Rolling Stock for Reliable Operation Paul Deis PCR 2018 Presentation (16.1 Mb)
Handout (74 Kb)
Undertable Positive Turnout Controller Dave Croshere PCR 2013 Handout (558 Kb)
Using Prototype Information to Design a Branch Line Terminal Cal Sexsmith OPSIG 2021 Presentation (4.45 Mb)
Website Design for Your Layout Dave Grenier PCR 2013 Presentation (400 Kb)