Clinics, hints, videos and instructions. It may not be right, but its how I do it.
Building a Consist
Clinic presented on OpSig Virtual Meet-Up describing how locomotives are managed and consists built.
Building a helix
How I built the helix for the French Creek Branch of the W&N.
Building a short trestle
Adding quick trestles over small streams
Building Recessed Car Card Boxes
I like to recess my car card boxes into the fascia
Building a Turn of the Century Car Fleet
A short video On how I developed my gondola and hopper car fleet I made for a 2020 Virtual RPM.
Building the French Creek Branch
Part 1 : Roadbed
This video shows how I built the roadbed and laid out the French Creek Branch.
Part 2 : Ties
How I stained ties and applied them to the Branch.
Part 3 : Ballast
How to prepare, apply and glue down ballast.
Casting Resin Gondola Cars
Process to make resin gons using flat castings
Handlaying Switches
Handout for a clinic I presented at the 2017 MCoR NMRA convention.
Handlaying Switches Video
Hazardous Material Handling – Pre-1977
Handout for an OpSig Virtual Meet up, Oct 25, 2020
Kitbashed 2-8-0 Camelback video
Short video showing the construction and operation of my first kitbashed 2-8-0 camelback, with sound installed.
Kitbashing a P&R Class GMd Gon
Simple kitbash of a 1900-1930 era steel gon from an Athearn 50 ft gon shell and an an MDC cast metal underframe.
Last Run of the 150th St W&N Branch
3/26/2020 -Video I shot of the last run of the previous iteration of the W&N Branch on 150th St in Omaha.
Switching the DRE
4/5/2020 -Description of how I switch the Delaware River Extension (DRE) on my layout.
Trackage Rights – NMRAx May 21,2021
NMRAx presentation on trackage rights operations presented May 21, 2021.
Using One and Two Move Waybills, OpSig Dec 19, 2021
I presented a clinic on using one and two move waybills on the OpSig Virtual Meet Up.