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EXTRA 2011 WEST
2011 NMRA National Convention
July 3 to 9, 2011 - Sacramento, California
The Unconventional Convention
Clinic Handouts
Here you'll find links to various clinic handouts and presentations given at X2011. Not every clinic will be listed here, but many are.
| Clinic Title (Date Added) | Presenter(s) | Link (File size) |
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| 35 Years on the Sacramento Central (7/09/11) | Dick Witzens | Presentation (3.54 mb) Handout (163 kb) |
| Building Distressed Wood Structures (7/26/11) | Jimmy Simmons | Handout - Strip Wood (1.10 mb) Handout - Clapboard Siding (834 kb) |
| Building Working Caboose "Frog-Eye" Marker Lights (7/09/11) | Rich Malone | Presentation (4.25 mb) |
| CATS: a CTC Panel that Grows (7/26/11) | Rodney Black | Presentation (3.32 mb) Website |
| Copper on Rails (7/04/11) | Don Marenzi | Presentation (70.1 mb) |
| Creating a Web Site for Your Layout (7/03/11) | John Sing | Presentation (5.20 mb) |
| Creating Waybills and Car Cards with Excel™ (7/26/11) | Gary Saxton | Presentation (746 kb) Website |
| DCC: Overview (7/26/11) | Jim Betz | Presentation (3.91 mb) |
| Free-moN: Modular Railroading (7/13/11) | Dave Falkenburg | Presentation (8.65 mb) |
| Free-mo Modular Signal System (7/26/11) | Barry Draper | Handout (74 kb) |
| From Basement to Benchwork (7/07/11) | Rich Coleman | Presentation (13.16 mb) |
| Grade Crossing Warning Systems (7/09/11) | CSRM Volunteers | Presentation (4.29 mb) |
| How to Run an Effective Division (7/13/11) | Didrik Voss, MMR | Presentation (1.42 mb) |
| Introduction to Free-mo (7/26/11) | Bob Schrempp | Presentation (7.19 mb) |
| Introduction to Signals for your Model Railroad (7/26/11) | Seth Neumann | Presentation (4.29 mb) |
| JMRI Operations (7/09/11) | Dennis Drury | Presentation (3.61 mb) Appendix (63 kb) |
| JMRI Users Meeting (7/26/11) | Bob Jacobsen | Presentation (252 kb) |
| Layout Design Boot Camp (7/26/11) | Seth Neumann & Byron Henderson | Presentation (928 kb) Handout (60 kb) |
| NEW 2/06/12 LED Lighting (2/06/12) | Eric Eggel | Presentation (5.84 mb) |
| Lighting of Cars & Locomotives (7/09/11) | Joe Melhorn | Presentation (5.94 mb) |
| Modeling California Packing Houses (7/26/11) | Jim Lancaster & Bill Messecar | Presentation (12.21 mb) |
| Model Railroading with Arduino: Introduction (7/13/11) | Dave Falkenburg | Presentation (5.37 mb) |
| Model Railroading with Arduino: Applications (7/26/11) | John Plocher & Dave Falkenburg | Presentation (7.13 mb) |
| MWTM: Building a DPM Kit (7/05/11) | Clark Kooning, MMR | Presentation ( 5.02 mb) |
| MWTM: Building Walthers Modular Buildings (7/05/11) | Clark Kooning, MMR | Presentation (5.23 mb) |
| MWTM: Scratchbuilding Car Loads (7/05/11) | Miles Hale, MMR | Lumber Wrap Artwork (2.26 mb) |
| NCE Users Forum (7/02/11) | Mark Schutzer & Marcus Ammann | Presentation (663 kb) |
| Nn3 Overview (7/07/11) | Tom Knapp | Presentation (25.43 mb) |
| OpenLCB (7/26/11) | Bob Jacobsen |
Introduction (5.63 mb) Summary (2.15 mb) AutoConfiguration (675 kb) Website |
| Photographing Your Models (7/03/11) | John Sing | Presentation (1.94 mb) |
| Prototype Research Panel Discussion (11/24/11) | Jack Burgess, MMR, et al | Handout (Updated 11/24/11) (442 kb) |
| Rebuilding Brass Locomotives (7/02/11) | Mark Schutzer | Presentation (932 kb) |
| NEW 9/22/11 Scratchbuilding Crossings in Any Scale (9/22/11) | Dick Karnes | Presentation (3.4 mb) |
| Signaling Your Model Railroad (7/26/11) | Bruce Chubb, MMR | Handout (2.02 mb) |
| So, You Want To Build a Sawmill (7/04/11) | Jim Zeek | Handout (152 kb) |
| SP Freight Cars You Can Model (7/26/11) | Tony Thompson | Handout (165 kb) |
| NEW 9/22/11 Steel Strut Benchwork (9/22/11) | Eric Eggel | Presentation (11.9 mb) |
| Sunset Valley Oregon System (7/26/11) (Presented at SIG Banquet) |
Bruce Chubb, MMR | Handout (64 kb) |
| Telecommunications for Model Railroaders (7/26/11) | Seth Neumann | Presentation (2.03 mb) |
| The Traveling Toolbox System (7/26/11) | Pete Steinmetz | Presentation (3.46 mb) |
| Track Planning and Layout Design (7/14/11) | Steve Moore | Handout (225 kb) |
| Trackside Signaling at the SMRHS (7/09/11) | Joe Melhorn & Dave Megeath | Presentation (3.12 mb) |
| Trouble Shooting and Repairing Brass Locomotives (7/02/11) | Mark Schutzer | Presentation (931 kb) |
| Use and Abuse of Excel™ in Model Railroading (7/26/11) | Gary Saxton | Presentation (1.24 mb) Website |
| Vision and the Aging Modeler (7/26/11) | Richard Meetz, OD MS FAAO | Handout (86 kb) |
| Working with Plastics (7/26/11) | Russ Miller | Handout - Plastics (54 kb) Handout - Glues (61 kb) Handout - Choosing Adhesives (71 kb) |
| World Wide Model Railroad Tour (7/03/11) | John Sing | Presentation (3.53 mb) |
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