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These are the clinics that will be available at the Pacific Coast Region Daylight Limited 2025 Convention. Click on the links in this table to see more details below, or you can just scroll down.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Establishing an Era For Your Model Railroad<\/strong>, Bob Chapparo<\/a><\/td>Enhancing Paper Structures<\/strong>, Michael Eldridge<\/a><\/td>North Over Cuesta<\/strong>, Bruce Morden<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Basic Airbrushing<\/strong>, Ed Hall<\/a><\/td>Arduino-based Circuits For Operation<\/strong>, Seth Neuman<\/a><\/td>Freight Car Tune-up Tips<\/strong>, Bob Chapparo<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Creating Human Figures for 3D Printing<\/strong>, Michael Eldridge<\/a><\/td>Black Gold and White Earth: Railroads along the Central Coast<\/strong>, Bruce Morden<\/a><\/td>Model Railroad Communications<\/strong>, Seth Neuman<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Open Carloads<\/strong>, Bob Chapparo<\/a><\/td>Tour of Diamond Point Railways<\/strong>, Irwin D Nathanson<\/a><\/td>Quarry Railroads of the Granite Rock Company<\/strong>, Michael Laine<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Using Readily Available Software to create TT & TO Forms<\/strong>, Chip Meriam<\/a><\/td>Prototype Timber Tunnel Portals<\/strong>, John Stutz<\/a><\/td>Building a Contest-Quality West Side Caboose Mode<\/strong>l, Frank Markovich<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
LDSIG Layout Design Mini-Camp<\/strong>, Byron Henderson<\/s> **Cancelled**<\/td>Small Layout Design \u2013 Beyond the Timesaver<\/strong>, Byron Henderson<\/s> **Cancelled**<\/td>Signs and Lettering (Modeling with the Masters)<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Telephone Poles (Modeling with the Masters)<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Laser Building Kit (Modeling with the Masters)<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Scratchbuilding a Freight Car Shed (Modeling with the Masters)<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Scratchbuilding a Small Bridge (Modeling with the Masters)<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Modeling the Pacific Coast Railway in N Scale<\/strong>, Thomas Knapp<\/a><\/td>Introduction to Layout Command Control<\/strong>, Dana Zimmerli<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
How to Use Layout Command Control<\/strong>, Dana Zimmerli<\/a><\/td>Clocks, Lights and LCC<\/strong>, Dana Zimmerli<\/a><\/td>Building Structures Two Ways \u2013 Acrylic and 3D Framing<\/strong>, Phil Edholm<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Using PowerPoint to Make Modeling Images and Designs<\/strong>, Phil Edholm<\/a><\/td>Southern Pacific Freight Cars You Can Model, Tony Thompson<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Creating Realistic Operation on an SP Layout<\/strong>, Tony Thompson<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Developing and Submitting an Article for Publication,<\/strong> Chip Meriam<\/a><\/td>Running Your Layout Every Day and Expecting it to Last Forever!<\/strong>, Bill Kepner<\/strong><\/a><\/td>TTX – An Unnoticed Giant, Paul Hobbs<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Streamlined Passenger Trains in California, Paul Hobbs<\/a><\/strong><\/td>Contest Entry Evaluation<\/a><\/strong>, Paul Deis<\/a><\/strong><\/td>The most fun you’ve ever had model railroading!<\/strong> Dave Loveless, Charles Bedard and Tom Tomasello<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Pacific Coast Railway SLO yard, Avila Beach and Harford Pier<\/strong>, Mike Burrell<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Pacific Coast Railway Bishop Peak Quarry Spur<\/strong>, Mike Burrell<\/strong><\/a><\/td>Hands on Weathering<\/strong>, Neil Fernbaugh<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Backdrops: Cinematic Modeling; Creating Dramatic Scenes using Film Production Design Principlesa<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At this point we have presenters for all the time slots, but if you are interested in presenting a clinic, please contact the Clinic Chairperson at clinics@pcr2025.org<\/a><\/em> and if a time slot opens up, we may be able to add your clinic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bob Chaparro: Establishing an Era For Your Model Railroad<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of this presentation is to identify visual cues that establish the era one is modeling
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Michael Eldridge: Enhancing Paper Structures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: This is a make-and-take clinic. You must register for this clinic in advance (click here<\/a> to register). There is a small fee for materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will build a paper structure using several improvements for this type of structure, including some simple techniques and some ideas for using 3D printed and laser cut parts.
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Bruce Morden: North Over Cuesta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travel from San Luis Obispo to Paso Robles seeing photos of actual sights and historic photos of the route.  This is an important clinic to attend if you have signed up for the excursion on Amtrak Thursday afternoon.  If you are not on the excursion you can travel virtually and see most of the sights and learn the history of the route including the tunnels and bridges.
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Ed Hall: Basic Airbrushing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Origin of the airbrush, types of guns, paint and taping techniques
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Seth Neuman: Arduino-based Circuits For Operation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seth will describe simple Arduino based circuits for implementing Train Order Board control, Operators’ approach indicators, Interlocking plants, Morse Code systems and other useful effects.
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Bob Chaparro: Freight Car Tune-up Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of this presentation is to help you enjoy the operating your trains through tips for making your freight cars operate more reliably.
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Michael Eldridge: Creating Human Figures for 3D Printing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A look at ways to create scale human figures, including scanning live people, drawing with 3D drawing packages, and a software application that creates realistic, posable figures.
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Bruce Morden: Black Gold and White Earth: Railroads along the Central Coast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a visual trip south from San Luis Obispo covering both the current and historic railroad activity and major industries served.  Primarily Southern Pacific, the presentation also covers the Pacific Coast Railway, the Santa Maria Valley Railroad and the Pacific Southwestern Railroad.  Photos of recent and historic railroading in this part of the Central Coast of California.
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Seth Neuman: Model Railroad Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seth will describe the history of Dispatcher to Train Communications on the prototype and how to model them in your model railroad\u2019s operating scheme. He will cover design considerations, matching your communications to the operations of your prototype, system design, equipment selection including use of period telephone and telegraph equipment or inexpensive modern equivalents.
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Bob Chaparro: Open Carloads<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A look at loads modelers can duplicate with an emphasis on general service flat cars and gondolas in the steam and transition eras
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Irwin D Nathanson: Tour of Diamond Point Railways<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diamond Point Railways (2005-2024) were three interconnected layouts: American HO, German HO and British 00.  DCC, 100% sceniced, lots of animation\/sound.  Tour includes text, track plan, photos and videos. Irwin explains how he was inspired by Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany.
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Michael Laine: Quarry Railroads of the Granite Rock Company<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Located on Southern Pacific\u2019s Coast Route, the Granite Rock Company A.R. Wilson Quarry in Aromas is one of California\u2019s premier supplier of aggregate, railroad ballast and hot mix asphalt.  The Granite Rock story is told with historic photographs that reveal details of quarry railroad history, narrow and standard gauge locomotives and rolling stock and the evolution of quarry operations.
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Chip Meriam: Using Readily Available Software to create TT & TO Forms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chip will demonstrate how to create timetables and train orders using MS Excel or Apache Open Office spreadsheet software.
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John Stutz: Prototype Timber Tunnel Portals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most prototype timber tunnel portals are essentially rock sheds,  but with all but their face concealed from track-side, are rarely modeled as such.  John will present photographs and drawings of a couple dozen fairly typical examples, and some atypical ones, together with modeling techniques, some cautions about curves, and example models.
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Frank Markovich : Building a Contest-Quality West Side Caboose Mode<\/strong>l<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frank will demonstrate the steps to creating a contest quality model of West Side Lumber Co caboose, which will include research, building the model, documenting the model and solving particular problems (and for this model there were a number of problems).
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Modeling with the Masters\u00ae with Clark Kooning, MMR, and Peter Youngblood, MMR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five clinics will be offered under the NMRA’s Modeling with the Masters\u00ae program. Please note: Every participant should get or be aware of the tool list. It is imperative they have tools to participate.<\/em> This is a suggested list of tools that may be required to participate fully in the hands-on portion of our program. To allow you to fully take part in building of models you are strongly suggested to have all tools listed.
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Clinic 1: Signs and Lettering Clinic (HO Only). Cost: $25 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clinic#2: Telephone Pole Clinic (HO Only). Cost: $25<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clinic #3: Laser Building Kit (N-HO -S -O). Cost: $50<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clinic #4: Scratchbuilding a Freight Car Shed (HO only). Cost: $50<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clinic#5: Scratchbuilding a Small Bridge (Puddle Jumper) (N and HO). Cost $50<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thomas Knapp MMR #101: Modeling the Pacific Coast Railway in N Scale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Construction of a sectional layout depicting the narrow-gauge Pacific Coast Railway from Port San Luis to and through the facilities in San Luis Obispo circa mid-1930’s.
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Dana Zimmerli: Introduction to Layout Command Control<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is LCC? Why LCC was developed, a brief history of LCC and and how LCC works. This Clinic is a at the practical level not the technical details.
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Dana Zimmerli: How to use Layout Command Control<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presenting the available parts and a guide to uisinng them in layout control. Assumes a top level knowledge of LCC and a bit of layout wiring. Discusses the way to get started in LCC
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Dana Zimmerli: Clocks, Lights and LCC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presenting the LCC Fast Clock and how to use it. Includes several methods to control lights on your layout as well as providing a Fast Clock for operations.  Also describes the special effects module to enhance the lighting
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Phil Edholm: Building Structures Two Ways \u2013 Acrylic and 3D Framing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil will discuss building ruggedized contest quality O scale structures for a module using two techniques. First, he will cover using an acrylic box as the structure for a large building. Two additional structures, one large and one small, use 3D filament printed framing with traditional material for both strength and appearance. In these buildings, the framing and roof are 3D printed with all floors, siding, and roofing being more traditional modeling materials.  The clinic will cover design, building, coloring and finishing for the structures.
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Phil Edholm: Using PowerPoint to Make Modeling Images and Designs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This clinic will cover methods and ideas to use PowerPoint as a drawing tool to create a number of modeling projects.  The clinic will discuss how to use PowerPoint tools, how to set up large slides for high-resolution images and how to manage objects in large slides spaces. Phil will also cover how to use PowerPoint for general design and archiving materials (images, historical, concepts, etc.). Phil will demonstrate how to output image files using different printing options, generally not a home printer.  The clinic  will cover how to generate high-quality laser decals, photo quality images for signs, posters, etc., generating building flats in larger scales and other useful applications around the railroad.
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Tony Thompson: Southern Pacific Freight Cars You Can Model<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This talk presents examples of models from kits and kit conversions in HO scale that represent important SP freight cars for the steam-diesel transition era. All types of cars, from flats and gondolas to box, tank and hopper cars and cabooses, are included. The focus is on accurate and reasonable representations of each prototype car, not of museum-quality modeling. Some information on car usage is also included. A handout summarizes the car classes and commercial model(s) used as the basis for each car.
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Tony Thompson: Creating Realistic Operation on an SP Layout<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clinic describes the operation of my small layout, emphasizing SP practices and documents. The layout is switching-intensive, but does have mainline operating also. The presentation concentrates on both car and train movements, with a few comments on the use of prototype-format waybills to route cars, in order to maintain variety of operation in each successive operating session.
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Chip Meriam: Developing and Submitting an Article for Publication<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bill Kepner: Running Your Layout Every Day and Expecting it to Last Forever!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Colorado Model Railroad Museum is open most days of the week throughout the year.  There’s been many lessons learned to keep the layouts always running for the  benefit of their guests that could be applied to the average modeler. The session will explain some of the maintenance and management policies that have evolved over the last 15 years, as well as thoughts on technology adoption and volunteer engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul Hobbs: TTX – An Unnoticed Giant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trailer Train was formed in 1955 by Pennsylvania Railroad and Norfolk and Western Railway to provide a pool of flat cars for the emerging Trailer on Flat Car (TOFC) business. By 1960 Trailer Train was operating autoracks, later also containers. Renamed TTX in 1991, the company is today operating more than 200,000 cars, one of the largest fleets in North America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul Hobbs: Streamlined Passenger Trains in California<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Railroads serving California were early to adopt streamlined passenger cars and Diesel power. We will discuss the trains operated and equipment used from the 1930s until the start of Amtrak in 1971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul Deis: Contest Entry Evaluation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contest entry evaluation from both prospective, filling out the forms to help the evaluators understand what you did, and as a evaluator, what to look for on the forms and the entry. We will discuss how contest evaluation is done. If you have never evaluated a contest, this will show you what the evaluators are looking for. We will also ask you to consider being an evaluator. This is an excellent way to improve your modeling skills.
Evaluating models is a very rewarding experience and a great way to improve your own modeling skills. Although it may seem daunting at first, the process is straightforward and well documented. In this clinic the evaluation procedures and matrices will be presented and discussed. You’ll find that it’s very enjoyable. And, evaluating gives you 2 points toward your volunteer certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dave Loveless, Charles Bedard and Tom Tomasello: The most fun you’ve ever had model railroading!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently we hosted a group of young model railroaders to operate on Dave Loveless\u2019s R&D (\u201cRawhide & Duct-tape\u201d) Southern Pacific railroad. One of the comments overheard was \u201cThis is the most fun I have ever had model railroading.\u201d This was their first time operating a model railroad like a real railroad. As model railroaders we have the benefit of having our models be dynamic and come to life. Operations is more than moving trains. It simulates how a real railroad works, and it is a lot of fun. Perhaps you have wondered about operations but were intimidated by its seeming complexity? Perhaps you would like to introduce operations into your current layout but \u201cthat sounds too complicated\u201d! Operations does not need to be complicated. Our clinic will talk about how simple it can be to get started both as an operator and as a layout owner. Learn how you can begin to enjoy the community of friends built around operating a model railroad together. We will use Dave Loveless\u2019s model railroad as our \u201chost\u201d as it has been described by a third party as “I consider this layout to be “genius level” in terms of the Ops setup.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mike Burrell: Pacific Coast Railway SLO yard, Avila Beach and Harford Pier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This presentation the history of the Pacific Coast Railway in the San Luis Bay\/ Avila Beach areas and will deal with the start of the railway as the horse drawn Railway was built into Avila Beach and to Miles station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mike Burrell: Pacific Coast Railway Bishop Peak Quarry Spur<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This presentation will deal with the funicular Railway that went to about the 6oo’ level of elevation on the peak\u2026and how it worked and for how long and what remains today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here\u2019s a chance for you to try out a variety of powders, paints, washes, make-up, techniques, and tools . Bring your own rolling stock or structures, or try you talents on some of our old Athearn Blue Boxes and car bodies. Come sit around a couple of tables  and share in the fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roman Pastucha: Cinematic Modeling; Creating Dramatic Scenes using Film Production Design Principles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transform your shelf layouts, dioramas and modular layouts into captivating, cinematic scenes using principles of cinematic production design. As the trend of shelf and modular railroading trends like T-TRAK grow, a unique opportunity arises to elevate your model railroad scenes to a new level. This Clinic explores the concept of designing foreground scenes and backdrops as cinematic art, allowing modelers to create immersive environments where trains become the “actors” on a well-crafted stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drawing inspiration from the world of theater and natural science museums\u2014where taxidermy mounts are presented in realistic, enclosed settings\u2014this Clinic will guide you through the process of designing backdrops that enhance the drama and realism of your layout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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