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March 2, 2025
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October 20 , 2024
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October 15, 2023
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March 12, 2023
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October 16 , 2022
Clinics:
- Don
Thomas - History of Banff Station and Summer Passenger Train Operations
It outlines the history of the station buildings, and changes to the tracks and yard facilities that served summer resort passenger traffic as well as year round freight and passenger service since 1883. The clinic identifies the principal passenger trains that have served Banff, the types of equipment they contained, and how extra cars were added and removed at Banff. Both photos and plans are used. At the end there is a note about selective compression, and a sample of other destinations served by similar heavy dedicated passenger train service.
- view presentation (pdf format, 16 MB, 124 slides)
June 5 , 2022
Clinics:
- Ian
Mears - Static Grass and Applicators
- view Static Grass and Applicators on YouTube (An introduction to Static Grass)
- view
Making Flowers on YouTube (Brining a Garden to Life)
- Don Thomas -
RDC: The Rail Diesel Car in Canada.
- view presentation (PowerPoint - 92 MB, 81 slides)
- view
presentation (pdf - 16 MB, 81 pages)
- Bill Bergman
- Wires Along the Rails - Realistic modelling of open wire telegraph,
telephone and power lines along railway lines
- view presentation (PowerPoint - 8 MB, 65 slides)
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Doug Lee - Layout construction ideas - view presentation (pdf - 19 pages)
October 17 , 2021
Clinics:
- Tom Price: "Is Anybody There?"
- Ken Clark: Silversmith Power Plant
- Rob Badmington: Rail – From Mill to Main Line
October 20 , 2019
Clinics:
- Roger Walker - Modelling the Thompson River Canyon; Modelling River Valleys with Emphasis on Scenery and Running Water.
- Jim Ironside - Lightweight Sectional Construction for Model Railways
- Dale Sproule- Johnson Landing
- Laurie Kitchen
- Roger Walker
- Scratch building a signal - This clinic consists of a slide
presentation of how I scratch built the intermediate signal between
Sunalta and Brickburn.
- View plans (jpg files) for :
- Note: there are nuts between the concrete base beams and the 24 inch square base plate which are not shown on my diagram.
Clinics:
- Jim Ironside - Simple route switching for yard ladders
- Doug Lee - Tools and techniques to create an operating scheme - a practical process and simple tools that can be used to design a satisfying operating scheme for a model railroad.
Clinics:
- Doug Lee - Tools and techniques to create an operating scheme
Clinics:
- Roger Walker - Improving the Sound in Bowser's Red Barn
- Rob Badmington - Track is a Model Too!
- Doug Lee - Layout Design and Operation Bootcamp
- download presentation (updated version)
Bouma Challenge
- Are You Up To The Challenge? The CMRS Kit Challenge That Is! Build The Kit, Get $25.Details ...
March 5, 2017
Clinics:
- Making Leaves from Leaves - Gail Myers
- Constructing Realistic Bridge Abutments using MDF Board - Garth Praestagaard
- A Decade of Neat Ideas - Layout Tours in the Northeast - Geoff Southwood
- download presentation (pdf 14 MB)
- Using paper to Construct Effective Structures - Ian Mears
- Lights and Sounds for Your Layout - Brent Ciccone
- Detailing and Improving Operation on Locomotives - Brian Zhung
October 16, 2016.
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March 13, 2016
October 18, 2015
March 15, 2015
Clinics:
- Systems Engineering in Model Railroading - Jim Ironside
- Signaling Your Layout - Brian Keay
October 19, 2014
Clinics:
Modifying Your Existing Layout to Enhance Operating Interest - Doug Lee
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- "Railway Dimensional Loads"
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October 20, 2013
March 10, 2013
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