May 2024
Prototype Freight Car Scheduling – How it is Done
Show-and-Tell: Freight Cars
April 2024
Using the NMRA Discord server to attend meetings online
Show-and-Tell: An item from your railroad that is unique to your railroad. Examples: A home built snow plow, a caboose, freight car, locomotive, other rolling stock, or structure or facility unique to the railroad or, as always, a current project.
March 2024
Detailing and Upgrading a Plastic Steam Locomotive
Show-and-Tell: Steam locomotives, or a current project.
February 2024
Techniques for Temporary Scenery
Show-and-Tell: Scenery related items, or a current project.
January 2024
Building Turnouts with Fast Tracks Jigs.
Show-and-Tell: Railroad Christmas Presents you received, or a current project.
December 2023
Clinic: The Picture Show: Submit up to 5 of your best or favorite photos of railroad models or prototypes to show to the division.
Show and Tell: The photos you submit, or a current project
November 2023
Clinic: Operating Pere Marquette 1225 on the Road
Show and Tell: Steam locomotives, or a current project
September 2023
Clinic: Getting the Most of those DPM Kits
Show and Tell: Structure models, or a current project
August 2023
Clinic: Achieving the NMRA Golden Spike Award
Show and Tell: Open loads in freight cars, or a current project
July 2023
Clinic: Painting Backdrops
Show and Tell: A backdrop or other scenery related item, or a current project
June 2023
Clinic: Scenery to backdrop transitions
Show and Tell: A scenery item, or a current project
May 2023
Clinic: Freight Cars
Show and Tell: Gondola or hopper cars, or a current project
April 2023
Clinic: Lighting Your Layout Room
Show and Tell: A project in which you color-matched the paint to a specific prototype, or a current project
March 2023
Clinic: Clinton River Division member Dave Regittko took thousands of photo slides of railroads in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. His collection was donated by his family to the NMRA.This clinic will show selected prototype photos from the collection.
Show and Tell: Railroad models or photos from Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, or a current project.
February 2023
Clinic: Manual Crossing Gates – How they worked and some ways to model them
Show and Tell: Crossing gates, signals, or a current project
January 2023
Clinic: Layout Command Control (LCC) and Java Model Railroad Interface (JMRI)
Show and Tell: Anything electronic or a current project
December 2022
Clinic and Show and Tell: Annual slide show. Submit your favorite photos – model, prototype, fan trip, museum, tourist line or your 2-year old self with the Lionel train around the Christmas tree in 1954. Current projects may also be shown.
November 2022
Clinic: History of Chapel Cars – Churches on the Rails
Show-and-Tell: Passenger cars, particularly those used for other purposes such a chapel, or MOW, or other tasks. Current projects also welcome.
October 2022
Clinic: Layout Planning for Operations
Show-and-Tell: Layout plans, or a current project.
September 2022
Clinic: Boxcars (Rescheduled form July 2022)
Show-and-Tell: Boxcar models or a current project.
August 2022
Clinic: “Cars-n-Trucks-n-Wagons”, a clinic on vehicles and vehicle detailing
Show-and-Tell: Cars, Trucks, and Wagons or a current project .
July 2022
Clinic: Boxcars (Clinic cancelled due to technical problems.)
Show-and-Tell: Boxcar models or a current project.
June 2022
Clinic: Introduction to Traction Modeling
Show-and-Tell: Traction models and memorabilia, or a current project.
May 2022
No meeting scheduled due to Indy Junction Convention
April 2022
Clinic: History of the Huntsville & Lake of Bays RR in Ontario
Show-and-Tell: Narrow gauge or Canadian RR items, or a current project.
March 2022
Clinic: NMRA Recommended Practices and Improved Standards for Better Modeling
Show-and-Tell: Boxcars and Reefers, or a current project.
February 2022
Clinic: DCC Information (postponed from January)
Show-and-Tell: DCC items, auto industry railroad items, or a current project.
January 2022
Clinic: DCC Information
Show-and-Tell: Model RR items received for Christmas, or a current project.
December 2021
Clinic and Show-and-Tell: Your railroad photos! Send up to 6 photos of your favorite models, scenes or prototypes. Please submit photos by 12/9.
Email photos with captions to either:
Kent Aughe (chappie81@wowway.com) or Curt Danielewicz (curt48044@gmail.com)
November 2021 (No meeting in October 2021)
Clinic: History: A video of layouts open during the 1990 NCR convention
Show & Tell: Something from a convention or a current project.
September 2021
Clinic: Inside DCC – what is going through the wires.
Show & Tell: Anything DCC or a current project.
August 2021
Clinic: A DVD presentation of Pullman Car operations.
Show & Tell: Passenger equipment or a current project.
July 2021
Clinic: Describe what railroad you model and why. Why did you select your prototype or reasons behind a freelance railroad. Please limit descriptions to just a few minutes.
Show & Tell: Something from your railroad
June 2021
Clinic: A virtual tour of Ron King’s Erie Railroad set in October 1953
Show & Tell: Anything from the Erie or Susquehanna Railroads, or a current project
May 2021
Clinic: Auto Industry and Railroads prior to 1960
Show & Tell: Automotive industry railroad items, or a current project
April 2021
Clinic: DCC Section Block
Show & Tell: DCC Items, tips, or a locomotive, or a current project
March 2021
Clinic: Interior detailing
Show & Tell: Buildings, especially those with interior details, or a current project
February 2021
Clinic: Pullman Cars and Operations DVD
Show & Tell: Passenger cars, or a current project
January 2021
Clinic: Railroad sites in the mid-Atlantic area – Cass Scenic RR, B&O Museum and more.
Show & Tell: Your model railroad Christmas presents, or a current project
Please contact Dave Thornton (or send a note to div8ncrweb@gmail.com) if you would like to present a clinic or have an idea for a clinic