Page 37 - The Pan-American2017 Mid-Central NMRA Region Convention

Rail Clinic Descriptions (twelve)

47. Bob Weinheimer, MMR

Evolution of an Operating Scheme
Any large model railroad that has been around
for many years has almost certainly seen im-
provements made to it over time. If the railroad
owner enjoys operation, the operating scheme
has likely evolved as well. This clinic looks at
how the author’s Pennsylvania Southern has
lived through two moves, new ways of doing
things, and what the driving forces for changes
have been. The availability of new structures,
new cars, new motive power, and the sugges-
tions of crew members have all played roles in
this evolution.

15. & 38. Eric White,
Model Railroader Editor

MR Behind the Scenes
The clinic will provide a look at some of our
project layouts past, present and future, and
share some behind-the-scenes information about
putting the magazine together.

6. Steve Zapytowski

Building a Better Business Car
Have you ever built the same kit twice…more
than 45 years apart? In late 2014 I built a busi-
ness car from a craftsman kit which took First
Place for Passenger Cars at the 2015 Mid-Central
Region convention. A few weeks later I found a
box with the same car in it that I’d built during
my high school years. This clinic focuses on the
techniques I used in building and finishing the
2015 kit.. It also compares and contrasts my un-
derstanding of modeling over the intervening
years, the idiosyncrasies of the kit, and how that
kit changed over the decades since I first built it.