Ralph Heiss and Ted DiIorio: Hands-on weathering. Bring a model and weather it with assistance from Ralph and Ted. They’ll bring the materials.

Ron Poidomani: TBD

John Terry: A Long Island Railroad engineer discusses qualifying to operate and a typical day in the transportation side of railroad business.

Dave Owens: Railroads and fire equipment. Railroads own fire trucks, carry fire trucks from manufacturers to customers and all of it can be on your layout. We’ll also have an overview of fire equipment models available in HO scale and the eras they cover.

Ian Stronach: North American aluminum companies established eight railways to serve their ports, refineries, and smelters. The first of six in the U.S. and two in Canada started up in 1900. Seven are still operating but only two are owned by aluminum companies. Details of each, including history and current operations will be presented. How the industry was historically and is now served by its dedicated railways and common carriers will be examined. Ideas on how to model the aluminum industry will be presented.

Ed Olszewski: Researching a prototype. Using the web, book and magazine searches and how to find other sources of information for what you are modeling.

Peter Ness: Modeling New Haven Railroad TOFC, 1937-1968 Part II

Irv Thomae: The Montpelier & Wells River: Milk, Granite, and Small-town Life. (Friday afternoon)

Matt Herson: TBD

Ken Twombly: Weathering with pan pastels and making decals.

Ryan Mendell: TBD

Dave Olesen: Signals and CTC for the C&O Alleghany Sub. Dave will discuss the learning and design process, including signals, signal aspects and placement; CTC – what is it?; interlockings and block definition; and block detection, signal logic, CTC code, and signal drivers.

Bob Tegtmeier: A Inside Look at Sperry Rail Service 1999-2000. Most railfans and model railroaders know the Sperry Rail Big Cars inspect the rails, but how is it done? What defects are they looking for? How many vehicles are there doing this? Bob was the Quality Assurance Manager in 1999 and 2000. Bob was able to ride the cars doing the inspections, help qualify new vehicles and learn about the Nondestructive test methods used to detect the multiple defects that can occur in the actual rail. And he took photos.

Rick Abramson: Development of the EMD/GM AeroTrain.

George Melvin: Maine Central M of W car houses also called section houses.

Tony Koester: Nickel Plate Update: Tony reports progress on all fronts. Interlocking plants of various degrees of sophistication are being or have been installed; key structures have been added; the steam and diesel fleet has grown; “blue box” cars are rapidly being retired; the dispatcher finally has a "finished” office to perform his timetable and train-order magic in; a telephone system using actual NKP scissors phones has been installed; and the cab bus wiring on his updated NCE DCC system was completely revamped.

Dave Oppedisano: BNSF Lakeside Division- Bridging Latah Creek. Update on the layout including a 40 foot benchwork expansion and building of the Latah Creek Bridge. Latah Creek bridge discussion will include prototype design, 3d printing, Laser cut beams, Deck design and photo etched railings.

Bill Badger: TBD

Steve Meyer: “Evolution of a Design—Part II: Steam and Steel on the Monongahela River Line:” The Monongahela River Line is a prototypical replication of the Pennsylvania and Union railroads in Pittsburgh in 1926. The key industry served is the Duquesne Works of Carnegie Steel. Part II focuses on the history and function of this massive steel mill. The clinic explains how prototype structures and operations are reduced to HO scale. Design of the layout is substantially finished with construction starting soon.

Steve Funaro: Hands-on clinic TBD

Jim Otto: Jordan Spreaders: Invented in 1890 by Oswald Jordan, the Jordan Spreader is one of the most versatile pieces of equipment used by railroads. The machine design has developed over the 134 years of existence, with new versions still being built. This seminar will cover all major variations of the prototype during its history, and available models in all scales.

Jim Fellows: Modeling Pullmans used in New England: A brief history of the types of Pullman cars used, both heavyweight and lightweight, and a variety of methods to construct them in HO.

Ted Culotta: TBD

Mike Boland: history of LIRR push-pull operations from 1971 to 2000, featuring the railroad's "power car" fleet of ALCo FA1 and FA2 locomotives that had their traction motors removed and their power used instead for heat, air-conditioning and lighting for trains of ex-MU coaches converted to this special service. These units kept their control stands and were used at the opposite ends of trains using MP15ACs and GP38-2s to operate trains in this uniquely-LIRR style push pull service. Lots of photos, lots of information and a complete, thorough look at this now-gone operation that lasted for three decades, replacing all kinds of old LIRR rolling stock as well as the railroad's famed fleet of P54D coaches, known to many as "pings."

Larry Lawler: TBD

Don Valentine: Milk cars

Mike Wlochowski: Helpful hints for model railroaders and using what you have around the house to save money.

Tim Garner: Baltimore Pennsylvania Station.

Mark Osmun – Going Guilford: Guilford Transportation Industries 1983-1988, Why I chose this, what the change entailed and what I learned during the process.

Mal Houck: Aquaculture and Railroad Fish Cars

Mal Houck: Brass tenders and DCC

Ted Pamperin: How we created a model railroad video that documents operations of the C&O in 1943. Ted discusses the process that blues the line between a model and reality.

Vincent Lee: Piermont and the Northern End of the Erie’s Northern Branch: Approaching 175 years after its glory days as the eastern terminus of the Erie’s mainline to the west, the now sleepy little Hudson River town of Piermont, NY still holds great interest for modelers. This area of southern New York state seemingly has it all: Two Erie branches crossing one another, as well as significant grades- one up to the suburban terminal of Nyack, itself just begging to be modeled, one down through steep bluffs to serve a large paper manufacturer on the west bank of Hudson River at Piermont. Depending on the era, there were many additional rail-served businesses, both large and small, in the area, as well as Time Table and Train Order operations into the 1960s, commuter and local freight switching operations, and a wide variety of rolling stock and steam/diesel power. I will be covering all this and more, including some suggestions for building and operating a prototypical layout.

Ted Shasta: TBD