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| Clinic Title (date added) | Clinician | Event | File(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced DCC Decoder Programming with Decoder Pro (04/17/13) | Jim Betz | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/03/13 | Presentation (280 Kb) |
| Amateur Authorship (05/12/18) | Chip Meriam | Sierra Division Meet, Sacramento, 5/13/17 | Presentation (4.3 Mb) |
| Arduino for Model Railroading: Hitting the Bell (10/17/22) | Jon Schmidt | Return to the Redwoods, Rohnert Park, 4/23/22 | Presentation (2.76 Mb) |
| Bay Area Garden Railroad Society’s Roving Garden Railroad (04/17/13) | Nancy Norris | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/05/13 | Link (opens new tab) |
| Box Factories (05/16/19) | Jim Zeek | Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/03/19 | Presentation (6.4 Mb) |
| Business Cars, Private Cars (06/22/19) | Paul Hobbs | Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/02/19 | Presentation (8.3 Mb) |
| Building a contest-quality West Side caboose model (08/04/18) | Frank Markovich, MMR® | Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/05/18 | Presentation (12.8 Mb) |
| Car Movement on the Central Vermont Using JMRI (05/16/19) | Jon Schmidt | Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/03/19 | Presentation (996 kb) |
| Cheap and Easy Automatic Block Signal System, A (04/19/17) | Dennis Drury | Daylight Express, Bakersfield, 4/19/17 | Presentation (624 kb) |
| Cheap and Easy ABS Signaling For Your Railroad (05/16/19) | Dennis Drury | Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/02/19 | Presentation (2.4 Mb) |
| Communications for Model Railroads (08/04/18) | Seth Neumann | Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/05/18 | Presentation (7.1 Mb) |
| Control Panels with PowerPoint and Plexiglas (04/17/13) | Seth Neumann | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/06/13 | Presentation (3.2 Mb) |
| Creative Solutions to Common Modeling Problems (04/17/13) | Frank Markovich, MMR® | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/05/13 | Presentation (5.5 Mb) |
| Dead Rail Operations on the Donner Summit (06/04/15) | Duncan McRee | The Club Car, Newark, 5/14/15 | Presentation (8.2 Mb) |
| Design with Free-moN Modules (01/30/13) | Dave Falkenburg | Bay Area LD / OP SIG Meet, 1/26/13 | Presentation (1.8 Mb) |
| Designing a Signaling System with cpNode (05/15/15) | Seth Neumann & Chuck Catania | The Club Car, Newark, 5/14/15 | Presentation (5.0 Mb) |
| Detailing Wood for Structures and Rolling Stock (05/01/17) | Frank Markovich, MMR® | Daylight Express, Bakersfield, 4/19/17 | Presentation (8.1 Mb) |
| DIY Decals – Artwork & Printing (06/22/19) | Richard Brennan | Enduring Rails 2018, Rohnert Park, 4/04/18 | Presentation (1.7 Mb) |
| Easy Freight Car Weathering 1-2-3 (05/01/17) | Michael Gross | Daylight Express, Bakersfield, 4/21/17 | Presentation (14.9 Mb) |
| Enhancing Small Layout Operations: LCL and Livestock (02/02/21) | Al Daumann | Bay Area SIG Meet, 1/30/21 | Presentation (1.98 Mb) |
| Fall Creek Branch: Building and Operating a Portable Switching Layout (04/17/13) | Robert Pethoud | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/04/13 | Presentation (387 Kb) |
| Freight Car Trucks 1900-1960 (04/17/13) | Richard Hendricksen | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/05/13 | Presentation (969 Kb) |
| Freight Train Operations and Car Forwarding (04/17/13) | Dave Clemens | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/04/13 | Presentation (1.98 Mb) |
| Further Progress on Modeling Petaluma’s Water Street (06/02/18) | Ed Merrin | Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/06/18 | Presentation (24.35 Mb) |
| Ground Roast Scenery (05/12/18) | Chip Meriam | Sierra Division Meet, Fair Oaks, 8/13/16 | Presentation (1.9 Mb) |
| Hazardous Materials Markings on Rail Cars (04/17/13) | Paul Deis | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/06/13 | Presentation (4.75 Mb) |
| Hazardous Materials Markings on Rail Cars (05/03/14) | Paul Deis | Coast Rails, San Luis Obispo, 5/03/14 | Handout (296 Kb) |
| How to Apply Cedar Shingles (05/12/18) | David Ulmer, M.D. | Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/07/18 | Presentation (2.6 Mb) |
| Introduction to LEDs and Their Use as Lighting Sources for Locomotives (04/17/13) | Joe Melhorn | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/03/13 | Presentation (4.5 Mb) |
| JMRI Operations (04/17/13) | Dennis Drury | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/03/13 | Presentation (785 Kb) |
| Kids & Model Railroading: How to get kids Involved without losing your sanity or your layout (04/20/13) | M.C. Fujiwara | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/04/13 | Link (opens new tab) |
| Layout Photography: Equipment and Lighting (06/02/18) | Ed Merrin | Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/06/18 | Presentation (17.6 Mb) |
| Layout Photography: Seeking the Look of the Prototype (05/16/19) | Ed Merrin | Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/04/19 | Presentation (12.2 Mb) |
| Layouts Portable, Practical & Palatable (04/20/13) | M.C. Fujiwara | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/03/13 | Handout (22 Kb) |
| Lighting Your Layout with LED Tape (05/01/17) | Chris Palermo | Daylight Express, Bakersfield, 4/20/17 | Presentation (699 kb) |
| Mainline to Shortline: Creating the Camas Prairie Railroad (06/22/19) | David Clemens | Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/03/19 | Presentation (29.9 Mb) |
| Miniature Wunderland versus Gulliver’s Gate (05/16/19) | Irwin Nathanson | Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/02/19 | Presentation (5.0 Mb) |
| Model Railroading with Arduino (04/17/13) | Dave Falkenburg | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/04/13 | Presentation (1.4 Mb) |
| Modeling the Pacific Coast Railway’s San Luis Obispo Facilities (01/30/13) | Tom Knapp, MMR® | Bay Area LD / OP SIG Meet, 1/26/13 | Presentation (2.5 Mb) Layout Tour (6.0 Mb) |
| Modeling the Pacific Coast Railway’s San Luis Obispo Facilities (04/16/13) | Tom Knapp, MMR® | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/03/13 | Presentation (14.3 Mb) |
| Modeling Sawmills for Operations 05/16/19) | Jim Zeek | Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/03/19 | Presentation (8.1 Mb) |
| Modernistic Industrial Structures for the Transition Era (Rotate 90° clockwise to view • 06/02/18) | Chris Palermo | Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/06/18 | Presentation (20.82 Mb) |
| A More Prototypical Approach to Car Forwarding Software (06/22/19) | Gregory Madsen | Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/03/19 | Presentation (5.8 Mb) |
| Nn3 – An Overview (04/16/13) | Tom Knapp, MMR® | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/06/13 | Presentation (15.0 Mb) |
| Prototype Model Railroad Planning, Design, and Operation (05/16/19) | Gary Ray | Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/03/19 | Presentation (12.1 Mb) |
| Public Utilities and How to Model Them (04/16/13) | Tom Crawford | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/06/13 | Presentation (6.5 Mb) |
| Quintessential California: Modeling Eucalyptus Trees (05/01/17) | Bruce Morden | Daylight Express, Bakersfield, 4/20/17 | Presentation (5.2 Mb) |
| Responding to a Derailment on the SP Coast Line (05/12/18) | Paul Deis | Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/07/18 | Presentation (7.7 Mb) Handout (34 Kb) |
| RFID in Model Railroading (01/30/13) | Seth Neumann & Chris Drome | Bay Area LD / OP SIG Meet, 1/26/13 Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/04/13 |
Presentation (2.48 Mb) |
| Richmond Pacific & Cal-P in N Scale (02/05/22) | Steven Cox | Bay Area SIG Meet, 2/05/22 | Presentation (7.45 Mb) |
| Rubber Layouts: Dynamic Layout Design & Operations (04/17/13) | Paul Ingraham & Steve Wesolowski | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/03/13 | 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) (05/12/18) | Chip Meriam | Taking It To The Streets, Modesto, 4/22/16 | Presentation (4.1 Mb) |
| Simple Car Cards – A Simple Approach (04/17/13) | Guy Cantwell | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/05/13 | Handout (146 Kb) |
| SketchUp and Rapid Prototyping (04/15/14) | Jack Burgess, MMR® | Coast Rails, San Luis Obispo, 5/02/14 | Handout (484 Kb) |
| So You Want to Build a Dream Model Railroad (02/02/21) | Bill Decker | Bay Area SIG Meet, 1/30/21 | Presentation (4.32 Mb) |
| The Great Tectonic Shift (02/15/21) | Jon Schmidt | Bay Area SIG Meet, 1/30/21 | Presentation (4.01 Mb) |
| The Northwestern Pacific in HO; Recreating the Railroad and its Operations (04/17/13) | Ed Merrin | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/05/13 | Presentation (16.8 Mb) |
| The WHY For Your Railroad (06/12/22) | Steve Prevette | Bay Area SIG Meet, 1/30/21 | Presentation (2.48 Mb) |
| Tools for Model Building and Scratchbuilding (04/17/13) | Jack Burgess, MMR® | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/05/13 | Handout (392 Kb) |
| Trees: Many Ways You Can Make Them (04/17/13) | Brad Lloyd & Darrell Dennis | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/03/13 | Presentation (17.8 Mb) Handout (107 Kb) |
| TTX – An Unnoticed Giant (06/22/19) | Paul Hobbs | Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/03/19 | Presentation (7.3 Mb) |
| Tuning Up Your Rolling Stock for Reliable Operation (06/25/19) | Paul Deis | Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/02/19 | Presentation (5.8 Mb) Handout (32 Kb) |
| Tuning Up Your Rolling Stock for Reliable Operation (05/12/18) | Paul Deis | Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/07/18 | Presentation (16.1 Mb) Handout (74 Kb) |
| Undertable Positive Turnout Controller (04/17/13) | Dave Croshere | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/05/13 | Handout (558 Kb) |
| Using Prototype Information to Design a Branch Line Terminal (02/02/21) | Cal Sexsmith | Bay Area SIG Meet, 1/30/21 | Presentation (4.45 Mb) |
| Website Design for Your Layout (04/17/13) | Dave Grenier | Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/04/13 | Presentation (400 Kb) |