NMRAx Clinic links: 2020-2024
As modeled by Laurie McLean, MMR®: NMRAx PRODUCERS
2020.04.24 (24 hours)
Ralph Renzetti: From Workbench to Mainline
Kaylee Zhang: Using Cellular Speakers for DCC Sound
Clark Kooning, MMR®: Model Railroading 101
Joey Giunto: Weathering for Beginners
Ron Marsh: My Home layout. A virtual layout tour
Kevin Marks: Track building tips with Fast Tracks Tools
Neil Erickson: Oahu Railway Wahiawa Branch & Dead Rail
Duncan Cabassi: UPBNSF Sub Downunder N Scale
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Selection of Australian Layouts
Craig Mackie: "Cassino" HO Scale
Martyn Jenkins: Raspberry Pi and Engine Driver
Mike DeSensi: Ohio Valley Lines MR Club, T-Trak Subdivision
Randy Hammil: New Britain Station
Rob Clark: Is Model Railroading Art?
Peter Bowen: Weathering Locos and Cars in 5 minutes
Perry Lamb: Utah, Colorado & Western Developing a History
Thomas Gasior, MMR®: Split Rock Mining Company, HO Layout
Chris Adams: Modeling the Valley Local
Michelle Kempema: Colorado Model Railroad Museum
Tony Cook: Prototype to Model SD50/SD60's
Seth Gardner: NYC Piney Fork Branch
Mike Mackey, MMR®: Details make the Difference
Walker Embry: Big Turn & Southern Railroad
AML: AML Live Podcast, The Digital World!!!
2020.05.09 Ask the MMR
2020.05.16
John Gaydon: NSW Automated Signalling
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Virtual Layout Tour - Australian Narrow Gauge
Mike Mackey, MMR®: 3D Printing & Model Railroading
Joey Giunto: Creating Simple Rust for Beginners
Perry Lamb: Detailing Diesel Locomotives
Dave Burman: Against the Grain - Modeling Prototype Agriculture, part 1
Kevin Marks: Track Building with Fast Tracks
Clark Kooning, MMR®: How to build a plastic structure kit
Andrew Porter: Virtual Layout Tour - Elk Creek Logging Company
Tony Cook: An overview of Revell HO
Ralph Renzetti: Weathering Wall Signs
Eduardo Becherell: Landscaping 101
2020.05.30
Mike Mackey, MMR®: Scenery with Florist Foam
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: More Layouts from Down Under
Lloyd Henchey: Layout Tour, MHO Junction
Jerry Britton: Moving the Presidents by Rail
Dwight Sturtevant: Layout Tour, New Middletown and Stonypoint RR
Duane Richardson, MMR®: If it ain't dirty it ain't done!
Scott Perry: Scratch building Structures
Randy Hammill: New Haven Steam, A Detail Study for Modelers
Pete Steinmetz: Simple, Effective Weathering Techniques
John Bate: A Gentle Introduction to Arduino Programming
Jim Sacco: Easy City Streets Using Sintra (and Tips on Modeling Streets)
Bruce Petrarca, MMR®: The ABC's of DCC
2020.06.16
Arthur Hayes, MMR®: Building an 8-wheel wagon (Freight Car)
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Australian Virtual Layout Tour
David McLaughlin: Scratchbuilding Western Maryland Railway Structures
Michael Groves: Lighting your layout without Wiring
Dave Abeles: Onondaga Cutoff, Remote Operating Sessions
Randy Hammill: New Britain Station, Designing Operations
Mike Deverell: Drawing for Lasercutting 101
Jim Gore, MMR®: Building Grandpa's Service Station
Frank Markovich, MMR®: Detailing wood for structures and rolling stock
John Bate: Creating Your Own 3D Designs with SketchUp
Mike Mackey, MMR®: 3D Printing & Model Railroading
Neil Erickson: Exploring Dead Rail, Battery Powered Trains
2020.06.20 Ask the MMR
2020.06.27
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Australian Layout tours
Adam Wuiske: How I got into model manufacturing
Monty Smith: Not Just Toying with Bricks: L Gauge Layout Tour & Demo
Miles Hale, MMR®: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of building a model railroad
Hale w/John Lowrance, MMR®: 2 Words and how they effect our railroads
Dave Burman: Against the Grain - Modeling Prototype Agriculture, part #2
Robert Thomas: Layout tour, The Crawford & Cherokee
Joey Giunto: Carving rocks from foam
Andrew Porter: LCC for beginners
Tom Barbalet: Podcasting is easier than you think!
Paul Hobbs: Business Cars, Private Cars
Scott Thornton: Brief history of the ProtoThrottle and how it may enhance your operations
2020.07.12 GatewayX
Day 1, Sunday
Michael Hill: The very first introduction to Arduino
Don Fowler: Woodland Scenics Realistic Water
Jonathan Small: N-scale Trees: Modeling Trees from Astilbe Flowers
Edward Koehler: That town at the end of the line - Coal Patch Communities
Eduardo Becherell: Ballasting 101
Carl Blum: PVC Terminal Strips for Model Railroads
Dan Munson: Model railroad photography
Lloyd Henchey, Perry Lamb, Neil Erickson, Mike Mackey MMR®: Panel Discussion: Building Your First Model Railroad
Ralph Renzetti: Weathering, we don't know what yet. It is a surprise
Perry Lamb: Realistic base level scenery for your model railroad
John Lowrance, MMR®: San Antonio and Northern Railroad
Greg McComas: Touring the Michigan Interstate St. Clair Subdivision
Ed McNamara: Portland and Western, Free-Mo-N
Day 2, Monday 7.13
Kevin Marks: Track building with Fast Tracks
Peter Bowen: Scratch Building in Wood
David Hager: Drawing-3D in SketchUp
Bob Feuerstein: Getting a Pro Look with a Simple Camera
Jim Sacco: Modernization of Main St. and How It Affects Our Modeling
Mike Corley: Building Rooftop details
Bob Feuerstein: Photo Editing Programs and Efficient Workflow
Mike Ross: Tree building for Model Railroads
Mike Walter: Resistance Soldering
Joey Giunto, Andrew Porter, Clark Kooning MMR® Panel Discussion: Skills and Techniques for Kit Building
Lloyd Henchey: Building Interiors
Jack Ellis: Bar Mills Model Works: The Last Two Inches of The Layout
Barry Silverthorn: Roomettes
Jeff Palmer, MMR®: Roads
Duane Richardson, MMR®: What it takes to make a model great
Day 3, Tuesday 7.14
Tim O.: Lake Michigan Carferry Operations at Kewaunee, WI
Randy Hammil, Andrew Porter, Mike Mackey MMR®: Panel Discussion - Modelling Freight Cars & Locomotives
Arthur Hayes, MMR®: Conveying goods & freight on your layout
Dave Burman: Covered hoppers, Against the Grain
Tony Cook: Greenville, Pullman-Standard, and Thrall 86-foot High-Cube Boxcars
Matt Lentz: Rebuild Athearn Blue Box Locomotives
Paul Hobbs: Streamlined Passenger Trains serving St. Louis
Day 4, Wednesday 7.15
Dave Burman: Against the grain, part 3. Storing, Distilling and Shipping to the Consumer
Jerry Hoverson, MMR®: Planning your Layout (before you install benchwork)
Andy Ambroze: From 12x20 to 20x16x3!
Gordy Robinson: Layout Design from track charts and maps
Randy Hammill, Dave Burman, Dan Munson, Ed Smith: Panel Discussion – Layout Design
John Feraca, MMR®: Building the Beaver Creek Branchline
Bruce Wilson: Culm Valley Light Railway
Edward Koehler: Introduction to modelling firefighting
Dave Burman: Designing from the Prototype - Making it Real
Joe Fugate: TOMA, The "One module approach"
Day 5, Thursday 7.16
Dan Spalding: Painting & Weathering
Otto Vondrak: History of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine
Drake Hokanson: "That looks right"; How better scenery graphics and improved railroad graphics can enhance realism in your model railroad.
Ralph Renzetti & Dan Spalding: Panel discusion, Painting & Weathering
Art Fahie: Bar Mills Model Works
Matt Lentz: Contrast Paint vs. Brass Locomotive
Bernard Hellen: How to paint 3D resin prints. Make your layout come alive!
Jeff Kuebler: Track Weathering - 1,2,3
Day 6, Friday 7.17
Jim Kline: Preparing to Program an Arduino
Jim Lewis: Super Simple Lighting: LED and Fiber Optics Animation without soldering
Tim O.: Scratch building a RR Car, Cricut Cutting Styrene
Tim O.: Scratch building a RR Car, Simple 3d Printed Parts
Bill Sartore: Microlumina: Lighting kits
Dave Ackmann: Amazing Arduino Animations for Beginners
Gordy, Brad and Speed: Helices
Dave Ackmann: Building Billboards for the Baden, Vogt & DeSmet
Speed, Michael P., Bruce P., Nathan H.: Panel Discussion – Technology & Electronics
Pat McCarthy: Lights and interiors
Michael Groves: Designing Prototypical Lighting for Realism
Jim Kline: Introduction to NeoPixels
Bruce Petrarca: DCC Consisting
Pete Steinmetz: Battery Power Remote Control - Dead Rail. An Overview of Various Systems and Options
Day 7, Saturday 7.18
Carlton Brown: RFID/NFC and JMRI, getting started with TrainTraxx
Kevin Marks: Magic with rail
Ron Poidomani: Introduction to Building Craftsman Kits
Tony Cook: Ski Train
Chris Adams: Operating the Valley Local
Greg McComas: OPs on the Michigan Interstate St. Clair Subdivision
Richard Sieben: Operations by Spreadsheet
Joe Fugate: Runs like a dream
Dan Munson: Yardmaster 101
Dave Burman: A river runs through it - barge operations and your railroad
Tony Cook & Craig Ross: Virtual Banquet – "The Business of N Scale with Craig Ross of Bluford Shops"
Eric Smith: Getting Started with Operations, for the novice
Arthur Hayes, MMR®: Prototype Ops on a Small Layout
Mike Mackey, MMR®: The Texas Express 2023, DFW
Chris Palermo: 2021, Rails by the Bay, Santa Clara
2020.07.25 SERx
Room 1
David McLaughlin: Scratchbuilding Western Maryland Railway structures and more
Jonathan Small: Trees for your Layout
Randy Hammil: Operations Jobs performed by the Railroad
James Knabb: The Next Generation Model Railroaders
Michael Hill: How to build an Ardunio based control panel.
Gordy Robinson: From Track Charts to Track Plan
Room 2
Steve Todd: JMRI Operations with no paper
Stephen Sprinkle: Quick assembly of an HO scale layout designed for operations
Perry Lamb: Military flat car loads
Carl Blum: PVC terminal strips for insulation displacment screws
Tom Gordon: Arduinos & Raspberry Pi's - Oh my!
Chuck Jenkins: Trees as supporting actors
Walt Liles: Modeling a Walthers structure to look real
Craig Laing: Prince, WV: Modeling a real place using an N scale T-TRAK module
Room 3
Peter Bowen: Scratch Building in Wood
Nick Santo: Basic DCC Decoder Installation Thoughts
Mike Mackey, MMR®: Foam Scenery
Scott Griggs: The end of the line - Selling your trains
David Popp: Overview of the Canadian Canyons N Scale Layout
George Bogatuik: Overview of Tsunami steam decoders - SoundTraxx
Jon Tamkin: Mission model paints
Pete Steinmetz: Weathering with AK Pencils
George Bogatuik: Overview of Tsunami diesel decoders - SoundTraxx
2020.08.22 BODx, ask the Board of Directors
2020.09.12 Ask the MMR
Patrick Grace: A day in the life of my layout
Thomas Klimoski: The Georgia Northeastern Railroad, Prototype and Modeling
Jeff Gerow: LCC, a better way to move points
Pete Leach, MMR®: The Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington in On30
Chuck Lind, MMR®: Crowell Long Leaf Lumber Company, Inc.
Dave Ackmann: I Just Bought a 3D Printer – Now What Can I Do With It?
Eduardo Becherell: Lakes & Water
Bernhard Beck and Dave Falkenburg: Silicon Valley Lines Model Railroad Club
Richard Sieben: Car floats on Chicago River
David McMorran: MQTT in the model train world (mqTrains.com)
Joey Giunto: Carving Rocks from Foam Part 2: Adding Color and Foliage
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Scenery Clinic for Beginners
2020.10.23 NMRA BR
2020.10.24 NMRA BR
2020.11.21 NMRAx November: Part i, Part ii
David Ramos: DCC++
Andy Crawford: Sage Brush Trees
John Doehring: Confessions of a (Reforming) Armchair Railroader (Seven Secrets to Getting Started, getting Going, and Enjoying Model Railroading More)
Ron Poidomani: Modeling The Manufactures Railroad New Haven CT 1948
Lloyd Henchy: 3 scratch build buildings on the MHO Junction
David Hager: Port Railroads: Galveston Island
Tim O.: Using JMRI for Auto Train Running and Dispatching
Jeff Rykiel: Lumberjack: the old, the new and the ugly?
Michael Barrett: Arduino Uncoupling
Craig Mackie: Making Pallets
Pete Steinmetz: Dead Rail
Laurie McLean: Animation
NERx:
2020.12.01, Day 1
Jeff Gerow: Foreground Trees with Leaves - HERE
Dave MacPherson: Clinch Mountain Railroad - HERE
Lou McIntyre: Bringing the Railroad to Life Using Layers - HERE
Kaylee Zheng: Achievement Program and Contests - HERE
Andy Reynolds: Building Bar Mills Magee's Tire Repair Shop - HERE
Ned Spiller: Danby Ludlow & Springfield RR - HERE
Steve Perry: Modeling An Operating Pre- W.W.II R.R. Grade Crossing Signal - HERE
Ed Olszewski: Western Adirondack Model Railroaders - HERE
2020.12.02, Day 2
Doug Dederick: Basic Scenery Tips - HERE
Herm Botzow: Buckeye RR - HERE
Steve Erickson: Coal Cod & Cash - HERE
Kaylee Zheng: Achievement Program and Contests - HERE
Jim Fairbanks: Using Paper to Build that Model for your Railroad - HERE
Gordon Spalty: Maine and Western Railroad - HERE
Bruce Robinson: Let’s learn to operate local train POFR for the beginner –(Part 1) HERE (Part 2) HERE
Mike Dolan: South Shore Model Railway Club - HERE
2020.12.03, Day 3
Chuck Diljak: My Big Fat Clinic. Or, How to Weigh Cars Like the Prototype - HERE
Michael Tylick: Rails Across Marshfield - HERE
Edward Koehler: The Welsh Highland Railway - HERE
Kaylee Zheng: Achievement Program and Contests - HERE
John Doehring: Take Two! Module Building Lessons Learned - and Some New Ideas for the Second Time Around - HERE
Victor Hand: New York Central - Harmon to Cold Spring - HERE
Jeff Faust: Just Build an Inglenook - HERE
Doug Dederick: Great Northern Railway, Kalispell Div. - HERE
2020.12.04, Day 4
John Feraca, MMR®: Building Stone City Heights - HERE
Bob Peterson: Binghamton Society of Model Engineers - HERE
Jim Kline: Introduction to NeoPixels - HERE
Kaylee Zheng: Achievement Program and Contests - HERE
Jon Silhavey: Paints, 3D Printing - HERE
John Feraca, MMR®: Stone Canyon Railroad - HERE
Irwin Nathanson: My Miniatur Wunderland - HERE
Jeffrey MacHan: Kofferbahn von Sankt-Bartholomä - HERE
2020.12.27 NMRAx December:
Richard Sieben: Central manufacturing district in Chicago
Ralph Renzetti: AK Weathering Pencils in Action
Jordan Kramer: Railfanning in Winter
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Engine and rolling stock maintenance
Joseph Giunto: Simple Fading Using Acrylic Paints ...
Craig Mackie: This is how we OPs
2020.12.31: NMRAx New Years Eve Special
2021.01.23 NMRAx January: Part i, Part ii
William Neale, MMR®: Steam Era Freight Car Weathering
Chrizandri Roth: 3D modelling for beginners with Blender
James van Bokkelen: New England Passenger Trains ...
Eduardo Becherell: Mexican Railroads
Robert J. Thomas: Introduction to JMRI Operations for a Small Layout
Jeff Rykiel: Modules: Risers and corners
Pat Gagel: History Canberra Rail
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Australian Layout Tour #5
2021.01.30: Piedmont Division presents Model Railroading 101 Train 'N Camp
2021.02.27 NMRAx February: Part 1A, Part 1C, Part 2B
Nick Santo: Basic Model Railroad Soldering
Rob Clark: The Art of Urban Scenery on the Cornhill and Atherton RR
Richard Sieben: Rails at International Harvester in Chicago
Michael Tylick, MMR®: Let's build a laser kit
Dazzy Jay: TrainController software to run your layout
Jordan Kramer: A look at freight cars
Pat Gagel: From Humble Beginnings at 48 in N-scale
John F., Parker, MMR®: Painting Simple Backdrops
2021.03.24 NMRAx March:
Thomas Gasior: RIP Tracks: Prototype, modeling and operations
Drake Hokanson: Tricking out passenger cars for enhanced detail and smooth operation
Tom Greco: Music on the Rails and the second part...
Richard Kurschner: Three Ways to Get Started in 3D Printing
("Where is Marty" half time show)
Dave Ackmann: Discovering Custom Decals
Frank Markovich: The Building of the CRSM Layout
Kevin Marks: Track Soldering Techniques
Gerry Hopkins, MMR: Australia Layout Tour 6
2021.04.10 NERx:
Day 1, Part 1:
Eric Whitney, Jeff Gerow, Dave Insley: LCC discussion and the Introduction video
Bob Cochran: Vermont Rail System Layout Tour
Bill Brown, MMR®: AP Program
Dave Martini: CSX Northeast Layout Tour
Chuck Diljak: Model Showcase, Part 1
Jeff Hanke: Modeling Vehicles
Day 1, Part 2:
Bill Schneider: The Old Woman in the New Basement
Bill Brown, MMR®: Colorado Narrow Gauge Layout Tour, Leadville and Red Cliff (LARC) Layout Tour
Brenna Whitney: The Future of the Hobby
Ronald Stacy: Rondemont And West Shore Layout Tour
Chuck Diljak: Model Showcase, Part 2
Richard Breton: Model Railroad Control / Heritage park Railroad Museum
Day 2, Part 1:
Justin Maguire: Lightweight modules for the ETE
David MacLeod: Lionel Four Level Layout Tour
Bill Brown, MMR®, Jim Gore, MMR®, Bob Hamm, MMR®, Frank Koch, Edward O'Rourke, MMR®, Tom Oxnard, MMR®: AP Program Round Table Q&A
Drew James: Canada, Spokane & Pacific Layout Tour
Chuck Diljak: Model Showcase, Part 3
Sue Osberg: Coloring Wooden Walls with Chalk
Peter Watson, MMR®: Mill City Presentation
Layout Tour: Bay State Model Railroad Museum
Day 2, Part 2:
Jim Homoki: Creating a Timetable: For the AP Certificate and More
Chuck Diljak: Model Showcase, Part 4
Tom Wortmann: Mohawk, Salem & Kensington Layout Tour
Jim Murphy: Building the B&M Passenger Station, Holyoke, Mass.
Dick Senges: Oil Creek Railroad Layout Tour
Ed O'Connell: Building a Portable Power Cab and Decoder Programming Station
2021.04.24 NMRAx April:
Drew Warrington: Finding the Best Speaker for HO Scale
Michael Tylick: Quick Interiors
Dave Insley: Preparing Your Coal Hauling Fleet
Stefan Bartelski: Using Cloud Based Software to Develop Model Railroad Apps WITHOUT Programming
Dean Ferris: Modeling Oregon’s dry side on the Oregon Joint Line
Lloyd Henchey: You can get the Golden Spike too!
David McMorran: Easy Electronics with mqTrains and MQTT
Clinics in the first year came from 7 countries on 4 continents:
2021.05.22 NMRAx May:
Clark Kooning, MMR®: Introduction to Plaster Road Work
Clem Harris: Adding lighting to your N scale locomotives
Pat Rivard and Paul Hurly: Making Coniferous Trees
Dave Husman: Trackage rights
Halftime show: Rails by the Bay Virtual Convention 2021
Sam Swanson, MMR®: Finishing Models
Jordan 'Spud' Kramer: Springtime Rail-fanning
Peter Watson: Spline Roadbed
Stephen Moore: Japanese Trains
2021.06.11 - 14 AUSx (AR Virtual Convention):
Miles Hale, MMR®: Layout Tour
David O'Hearn: Making Fences, Making Roads, Crush Connectors for Tidy Wiring
Luke Herbert: Weathering your Australian Locos
Laurie McLean, MMR®: Animation on your Layout
Lauris Hopkins: Scenery for Beginners
John F Parker, MMR®: Painting Simple Backdrops, RE-RUN
Thomas W. Gasior, MMR®: RIP Track, RE-RUN
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Maintenance and Repair of Ozzie Rolling Stock & Locos
Paul Hobbs: Business Cars and Private Cars, RE-RUN
Duncan Cabassi, Jeff Chatwin, Peter McGuire, Rob Peterson, Merv Bagnall, David North, Chris Minahan, Al Harris: The Panel - ARC/DIV
Dave Ackmann: I Just Bought a 3D Printer – Now What Can I Do With It?, RE-RUN
Miles Hale: Tools for Model Railroading
Lloyd Henchey: MHO Junction Layout Tour
Speed Muller/David McMorran: mqTrains - Inexpensive Layout Control with WiFi and MQTT
Richard Bradley: Signaling for Your Layout
Pat Gagel: History Canberra Rail, RE-RUN
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: This is How We Op on the GNDU
Chris Lord: Updating and Upgrading the ARM 38 class
Gordy Robinson, Dazzy Jay, Martyn Jenkins, Brad Anderson, James Brassill, Dave Ableles: The Panel - REMOTE OPERATIONS
Gordy Robinson: Layout Design With AnyRail
John Lowrance: Signs
Dave Abeles: Signals & Interlockings
Lloyd Henchey: You Can Get the Golden Spike Too!
Ralph Renzetti: Modelling Techniques & Weathering
Arthur Hayes, MMR®: Building a Wagon from Scratch
Craig Mackie: Making Pallets
Ken Scales, MMR®: How to Build a Laser Cut Kit
Craig Mackie & Paul "PK" Kaluschke: Weathering in a Can & With An Accent
Wayne Horton: Using Interlocking Frames for your Signals
Gerry Hopkins MMR®, Peter Jackson MMR® and Arthur Hayes MMR®: The Panel: "THE ROAD TO MMR"
Day 4: Part 1, Part 2
Kevin Marks: Fast Tracks
Jordan Kramer: Railfanning in Summer
Gerry Hopkins MMR®: LEDs What, Where, Why & How to Use Them
Arthur Hayes, MMR®: Operation on a Small Layout
Eric Couglan: Using Elecrostatic Grass
Peter and Barbara Jensen: Super Detailing Building Interiors
2021.06.26 NMRAx June: Canceled
2021.07.24 NMRAx July: Canceled
2021.08.28 NMRAx August:
Dave Ackmann: 2-and-a-half D CAD using PowerPoint
Jordan Kramer: Mix Freight & Motive Power
Jeff Rykiel: Modules: Tunnels and Culverts
Ken Ehlers, MMR®: Pandora & San Miguel Layout Tour (Rio Grande Southern in Sn3)
Tony Cook: Subscribe
2021.09.28 NMRAx September:
Tony Cook: U25B locomotives
Chrizandri Roth: Railfanning the TransNamib
David Popp: Weathering Rapido’s New Haven Passenger Cars
Pete Mulvany and Tom Chalabi: Remote OPs w/Choo Choo Vision
2021.09.28 NMRA Awards Night 2021
2021.10.23 NMRAx October:
Dean Smith: Railroader Memories: Operations on the ET&WNC, Vida Division
Riley Triggs: Port of New York Railroad presentation
John Gardiner: Modeling Modern Transit Systems
Peter Watson: Railroad Signals
2021.11.27 NMRAx November:
Ralph Renzetti: Chipped paint with wax paper
Paul Hurly: Selling Model Train Inventory on the Internet
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: More Australian Layouts
Lloyd Henchey: Building the historic Contoocook covered bridge
2021.12.18 NMRAx December:
Dave Salamon: Cement Plant Modeling
Kevin Marks: Getting started in Track Building
Jordan Kramer: Trackside with Jordan - Travels Abroad
Joey Giunto: Easy and Fun Operations for Your Model Railroad
2022.03.21 NERx:
Steve McMullin: Modelling Rural Scenes for a Model Railroad
Roundtable Discussion: Christina Zambri, Michelle Kempema,
Lindsay Turlan, Sue Osberg, Debbie Ames & Brenna Whitney: Women in Model Railroading
John Newick: Central Maine & Aroostook (or the start of the Layout Tour!)
Model Showcase: Part 1
Jim Gore, MMR: Building the Pie Town Stage
Tom Oxnard: Boston and Maine
2022.03.22 NERx:
Scott Gothe: More than just a pretty light: A signaling Primer for Modelers
Roundtable Discussion by Stan Ames, Neal Schoor, Rick Mniece, Kevin Strong, Bob McCown, Hellen Lenart & Tommy Robichaud: Larger than HO Scale
Drew James: A CTC Machine for the CS&P
Jim Walsh: Adhesives and Fillers
2022.03.23 NERx:
Rich Newmiller, MMR: Modeling the Rail-Served Diamond Glass Company
Roundtable Discussion by John Doehring, Rand Hoven, John Newick & Ernie Poole : N Scale Operations: Could Little Trains be the Next Big Thing?
Mike Pyszczek: B&O Buffalo Division
Riley Triggs: NMRA Digital Magazine
Jeff Paston: Tour of Gulliver’s Gate
Dave Kotsonis: Greenland Valley Railroad
2022.03.24 NERx:
Jim Heidt: Layout Design Considerations to Optimize the Experience of Operation
Roundtable Discussion by Chris Carfaro, Max Brisben, Cinthia Priest, & Otto Vondrak: Meet the Model Railroad Press
Fred Dellaiacono: Ramapo Central Railroad
Jon Silhavey: 3D Printing, Painting, and LiDAR Update
Rick Abramson: New Haven
2022.04.23 NMRAx June:
Tom D. Stephenson: wTrak
Mike Tylick: Perspective
Chuck Diljak: Car Tipping
Craig Bisgeier: Designing, Cutting and Building Laser Cut Models
Ed O'Connell: Making Rolling Stock Layout Ready
Scott Gothe: A Railroad Signaling Primer for Modelers Part 2 - The Sound and the Fury: Signals on the Move
Adam Wuiske: Queensland Railway, Australia
Michelle Kempena: UP Passenger cars
2022.07.23 NMRAx June (Part 1, Part 2):
Dave Ackmann: Automating CAD
Dean Smith, MMR®: A Room with a View
Nick Santo: Accurail to the Rescue
Jeff Rykiel: Building the B&O/Colorado Midland, Part 1
Neil Ericson: OR&L Layout update (will redo this clinic in the next Convention)
Eduardo Becherell: Graphitti
Ethan Bernstein: An Introduction to 3D Printing and CAD Design for Model Railroading
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: "Bits 'n Pieces" - a collection of tips and answers to commonly asked questions
2022.10.22 NMRAx October:
Andy Zimmerman: Building a portable DCC Command station
Dean Smith, MMR®: Take me to the River
Kevin Spady: Modular railroading in On30
Roger Rasmussen: Making Fir Trees 101 with CSP - to be aired next convention!
Bill Heubner: How to build a Helix
Neil Ericson: OR&L Layout Update
Tim O.: Modern Dispatching Panel through JMRI Scripting
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Oz layouts from the cab
2023.01.14 NMRAx January (Part 1, Part 2):
Andy Zimmerman: T-TRAK
Dean Smith, MMR®: Bifocal Line in the Blue Ridge
Gary F Martin: Laser Cutter for your Layout?
Roger Rasmussen: Making Fir Trees 101 with CSP
Bill Heubner: Domino Modular Benchwork
Joel Salmons: Railfanning Tiff Images
Bob Weinheimer: Evolution of an Operating Scheme
Gerry Hopkins, MMR®: Even More Layouts, #10
2023.02.25 NMRAx February Monthly Update:
Stephen Priest: Creating Urban Scenery
Cameron LeFleur: Joining the NMRA Interchange
Gordy Robinson and Riley Triggs: NMRA News and 2023 Texas Express Convention
2023.03.20 NERx:
Day 1 w/Ed O'Rourke, part 1:
Joe Bux & Ed Koehler: Researching and Modeling an East River Ferryboat Landing
Ed Koehler: John Krause Chases the Greenport Freight 1950
Bill Brown: Tips & Tricks - Bill Brown Tips & Tricks
Model Showcase, Part 1
Day 1, part 2:
Roundtable w/Michelle Kempema, Blaine Holbrook and John Gardberg: Engaging Families in the Hobby
Bruce Robinson: Tips & Tricks - How to Build a Covered Bridge
Jim Heidt: Ogdensburg & Norwood, Part 1
Mike Pyszczek: Tips & Tricks - New Use for an Old Microbrush
John Valachovic: Designing Operations on a Small Layout
Jim Heidt: Ogdensburg & Norwood, Part 2
2023.03.21 Day 2 w/Pete Watkins:
Jim Walsh: Designing and Building a Static Grass Applicator
Tom Oxnard: Tips & Tricks - Jigs
Model Showcase, Part 2
Roundtable w/Pete Watkins, Dennis DeAngelis, Kevin Katta and John Feraca: Cannonball Express
Roundtable w/Pete Watkins, Greg Williams, Steve McMullin and Lou McIntyre: Fundy Rail Fest
Harold Russell: Tips & Tricks - Guess-timating Structural Dimensions
Steve Kay: Lackawanna Terminal
Jeff Hanke: Car forwarding with Micro Mark
Steve Erickson: Prototyping the Landscape
2023.03.22 Day 3 w/Artie Krass:
Malcolm Houck: Company Service NYO&W
Ed O'Connell: Tips & Tricks - Uncoupling Tools
Model Showcase, Part 3
Roundtable w/Artie Krass, Ed O'Connell, Bruce Robinson and Jim Schweitzer: Operations Weekends
Steve McMullin: Carlton Railway
Drew James: Tips & Tricks - Developing a Plausible Car Road Name Roster
James VanBokkelen: Scratch Building a Structure in Styrene
Mike Pyszczek: Tips & Tricks - Cutting Styrene Accurately
Lou McIntyre: Hampton & St. Martins
2023.03.23 Day 4 w/John Doehring:
James Whatley: Photo Interpretation for Modelmakers
Mike Wheeler: Tips & Tricks - Dollar Table MOW Cars
Model Showcase, Part 4
Roundtable w/John Doehring, Chris Adams, Gordy Robinson, Heath Hurwitz, Jordan Kramer and Michael Ostertag: The Impact of New Media in Model Railroading
Bruce Robinson: Valley Junction
Daryl Jacobs: Tips & Tricks - Working with Small Parts
Eric Lalonde: Clouds and Backdrop trees
Mike Wheeler: Tips & Tricks - HO Scale Vehicles from Die Cast Toys
Ed O'Rourke: New Haven Railroad
2023.03.25 NMRAx March Monthly Update:
David Vaughn & Nick Bulgarino: How to get started in O=Scale 2-Rail, and why!
Michelle Kempema: Setting up the 2023 Convention Prototype Rail Tours
Gordy Robinson: Talking to Gordy
G4: Passenger Service is Prototypical on Small Switching Layouts
2023.04.22 NMRAx April (Part 1, Part 1b, Part 2)
David Vaughn: Wit & Wisdom: The Model Railroad Life and Legacy of John Armstrong
Michelle Kempema: Travel Guide to Colorado Railroads
Gordy Robinson: 3D printing Free-moN
Stephen Moore: Mini Diorama
NERx Extras w/Michael Wheeler: NERx Tips and Tricks
Langellotti: Tile grout roads
Oxnard: Transfer Tape
Houck: Tricks, Tips and Shortcuts
Wheeler: Craft Acrylics and Rattle Cans
Neil Erickson: Using PhotoMatch in SketchUp
Fred Soward: Printing White Decals at Home, with your Laser Printer
Gerry Hopkins: Converting Australasian HO to ...
2023.05.27 NMRAx May Monthly Update:
Paul Spilman: Rediscovering the Forgotten Past - Using Modern Methods to Uncover History
John Young and Gordy Robinson: Operations Roadshow w/Free-moN (http://free-mon.net/)
G4: Proto-Freelancing in the Wrong Direction, My Accidental Quest to Model the Near Future
2023.06.24 NMRAx June Monthly Update:
Seth Neumann: Arduino-based Circuits for Operation
Jennifer Howell: The difference between Rail-fanning the Big Boy and the Cumbres and Toltec
Lee Marsh: Modeling Great Northern Railway's Cascade Division in HO Scale
2023.07.22 NMRAx July:
Postponed!
2023.08.26 NMRAx August:
Stuck at the 2023 Texas Express National Convention!
2023.09.23 NMRAx September Monthly Update:
Bill Huebner: Using Fast Tracks BullFrog Turnout Control, https://youtu.be/TQG2JXLyh3Y
Russ Segner: Modeling a Rail Served Dynamite Factory, https://youtu.be/jV1l8Mj_SyA
Gerry Hopkins: More Layouts, Part 10, https://youtu.be/vlaxr_7ZZDk
Bonus Train Show, Martin Jenkins: "Miniature Trains on the Coast" by the Miniature Train Club - Gold Coast
2023.11.25
2023.12.02 NMRAx November Monthly Update:
Benoit Evellin: State of the hobby: Bonjour from France, https://youtu.be/ra_4woZ7U6A
Mike Rainville: Maple Landmark Woodcraft, https://youtu.be/muYnuJ36rcQ
Martyn Jenkins: Tru Blu Scoop on the Blunami, https://youtu.be/g14QfvepzoI
Brenna Whitney: The Future of model Railroading, Part 2
2023.12.23 NMRAx December Monthly Update:
Lloyd Henchey: The 6 pillars of Scenery, https://youtu.be/n3LiZvDMiV4
John Sacerdote: Amherst Railway Society - Railroad Hobby Show, https://youtu.be/UMvh5Kj5Ntw
Thomas Gasior, MMR®: Scenery built on your Workbench, https://youtu.be/-eKWiQhvwQ0
Pat Raymer and Joel Morse: 2024 SurfLiner - Long Beach, California, https://youtu.be/EvjSG8yh0JQ
2024.02.24 NMRAx February Monthly Update:
Lloyd Henchey: Scenery Pillar #1: "Terrain"
Gordy Robinson and Jordan Kramer: At the WorkBench - Call In show
Brenna Whitney: The Future of Model Railroading, Part 2
2024.03.02 NMRAx February Monthly Update:
Lloyd Henchey: Scenery Pillar #1: "Terrain"
Gordy Robinson: At the WorkBench - Call In show
2024.03.18 NERx Day 1:
Jeff Hanke, MMR: Scratchbuilding the Martensburg WV Fruit Exchange
Dave Durr: Securing Coupler Pockets
Chuck Diljak: Model Showcase Part 1
Heith Hurwitz: Layouts in Small Spaces
Rochester Model Railroad Club: Seneca Valley Lines
Chuck Diljak, MMR: Copper Roofs
Ed O'Rourke, MMR: Tips for Painting Clouds
John Feraca, MMR: Building the Cranberry Yard Freight House
Dave Durr and Jim DeMarco: BuildIt Series - Building a 36' Boxcar - Part 0
and the whole video this time.
Tom Lynch: BD Kaiserslautern
2024.03.19 NERx Day 2:
Tom Oxnard, MMR: Up on the Roof
Chuck Diljak, MMR: Model Showcase Part 2
Dave Durr: Lakeshore'24 Preview
Mike Pyszczek: Dividers
Jeff Hanke: Weathering Wood
Scott Gothe: A Railroad Signaling Primer - Part 3
2024.03.20 NERx Day 3:
Chris Carfaro: Custom Painting Scale Models
Drew James: Easy Evergreens
Chuck Diljak, MMR: Model Showcase Part 3
Angela Sutton, Pam Berrian, Jennifer Howell: Women in Model Railroading
Martin Collard: Borodino & Southern
Chris Carfaro: Large Scale DCC Installations
Dave Durr and Jim DeMarco: BuildIt Series - Building a 36' Boxcar - Part 2
Andreas Werder: Design Your Own Windows
Jim DeMarco: New York Central-Buffalo & Rochester
2024.03.21 NERx Day 4:
James Whatley, MMR: Sprucing Up a Train Show Boxcar
Dave Insley: Wire Wrapping Current Transformers
Chuck Diljak, MMR: Model Showcase Part 4
Drew James: Assembling a Crew to Work on Your Railroad
Doug Dederick: Great Northern - Kalispell Division
Chuck Diljack, MMR, Bernard Hellen and Darryl Jacobs: miniprints/Interaction Hobbies Drawing
Bill Barry: Design and Construction of Prototype Buildings for Model Railroaders
Jon Silhavey: Railfanning Commuter Trains
2024.03.23 NMRAx March Monthly Update:
Lloyd Henchey: Scenery Pillar #2: "Vegetation", https://youtu.be/rYGS_mSiulU
Joseph Giunto: The One Town Approach, https://youtu.be/vrIfnv58Gvc
Craig Mackie: How to Train your Crew, https://youtu.be/uv4ObBcDW7I
2024.04.27 NMRAx April Monthly Update:
Lloyd Henchey: Scenery Pillar #3: "Water", https://youtu.be/lHzBlReZKjQ
James Whatley, MMR: Update on Photo Interpretation for Model Makers, https://youtu.be/uNXVKf0NhKs
Logan Zimmerman: Making 3D printing less intimidating, https://youtu.be/lI_jmxIVyko
2024.05.25 NMRAx May Monthly Update:
10:00: Lee Calkins and Gordy Robinson: 24: "Raising the Bar for N-scale", https://youtu.be/OXAraLE2Xiw
11:00: Rerun: Tom Gasior: RIP Track(sound missing at start, please go here instead) &
Gerry Hopkins: Scenery for Beginners between 4 and 84
12:00: Logan Zimmerman: 3D printer installed on desk, now what? https://youtu.be/2iZIOHkov7M
2024.06.29 NMRAx June Monthly Update:
10:00: James Whatley: Building Apohaqui Station: An Adventure in Laser Cutting, https://youtu.be/xLQqVny_WXA
2024.07.20 Convention Stress Month, no NMRAx
2024.08.24 NMRAx August Monthly Update:
10:00: Martyn Jenkins: The lost layout of Mick Williams
11:00: Eric Hansmann: Back Dating Plastic Freight Car Models
12:00: John Young and Speed Muller: How we built our Free-moN Yards
2024.09.28 NMRAx September Monthly Update (part 1, part 3):
17:00: Eric Hansmann: Weathering as Layers
18:00: Dave Ackmann: Creating 3D Structures Without Learning CAD, complete video coming soon, waiting on release: https://youtu.be/KV0c5B91Su8
19:00: Lee Calkins: Modular Layout Design
2024.10.26 NMRAx October Monthly Update:
17:00: Byrne Blumenstein and Scott Kramer: Station No VI, 2025
18:00: Will Lawrence: Working with waterslide decals
19:00: Richard Frazier: What Happens To Your Model Layout & Trains When You Are Gone?
2024.11.23 NMRAx November Monthly Update:
17:00: Lee Calkins and John Young: OpsRoadshow
18:00: Darren Lee: Operations - How to get started and the enjoyment it adds
19:00: Craig Mackie: Improving scenes on your layout
2024.12.28
2025.01.04 NMRAx December 2024's Monthly Update:
(New York City Time)
17:00: Lou McIntyre and Don Fitzpatrick: The Historic Railways of Saint John, New Brunswick
18:00: Carl Marchand: Athearn DCC Conversion
19:00: Gordy Robinson: 2024 in review and 2025 up next!
No January, 2025 NMRAx
2025.02.28 NMRAx February Monthly Update:
(New York City Time)
17:00: TBD
18:00: Greg Williams: Introduction to Arduinos
19:00: Richard Frazier: The Future of Model Railroading