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Rail Clinic Descriptions (one)

30. Dr. Gerry Albers

Giving your Layout Purpose & Meaning
When building a model railroad, what elements
can attract and keep your interest (and that of
your friends) over 10, 20 or 30 years? In this
clinic, Gerry Albers discusses the thought and
planning that went into designing and building
his Deepwater District, a rather large HO rail-
road that was featured in Great Models Rail-
roads 2014. On this railroad, the VGN, C&O,
N&W, NYC and V&O compete (and cooperate)
in southern West Virginia. However, he also dis-
cusses how you can generate interest on a simple
loop of track.

45. Dr. Gerry Albers

AC/DC/DCC: Things I wish People Had
Told Me
This thorough, practical, DCC discussion pro-
vides the modeler with a guide for DCC “best
practices” including selecting wire, incorporating
DCC components, suggestions for tools, estab-
lishing a detailed documentation system, and
preparing for signals. A brief discussion of DC
and AC technology at the start lays the founda-
tion for discussing DCC systems.

8. Frank Bongiovanni and Bruce Knapp

Lemon-Aid
Bruce Knapp and Frank Bongiovanni lead a dis-
cussion of model locomotive performance. They
will be discussing repairs (including getting that
expensive piece of brass to run in the first place),
tuning, tweaking, can-motoring, and DCC. Em-
phasis starts on brass steam, but they (and the
audience) can discuss diesels, plastic, and die-
cast. This clinic is participant driven and essen-
tially they'll "go where the audience takes them.."

50. Frank Bongiovanni

Motive Power Neapolitan
A comparison and contrast of the motive power
of the three Pochahontas railroads (C&O,
N&W, and VGN). The presentation includes
steam, diesel, electrics, and available (current and
past) models.