2023 TEXAS EXPRESS
Model Railroading Clinics

Updated 08/21/2023
  • Clinics are educational sessions covering a specific area of model railroading.

  • Clinics are about an hour long each with a half hour at the end for questions, clearing the room, and doing setup for the next clinic. There are clinics that are longer than an hour.

  • Clinics are designed to help you improve your modeling skills, and are presented by recognized NMRA expert modelers.

  • Clinics are free but require your convention registration, though some hands-on clinics may require you to bring or pay for materials. Tools may also be required.

  • Learn about everything from layout planning to model building techniques to technical troubleshooting.

  • Some popular clinics are offered more than once, to allow you more flexibility in how you plan your clinic attendance schedule!

  • A day by day, room by room, hour by hour Clinics Schedule is available at the following link:


  • Confirmed clinics are in the following list. More will be added when confirmed.

  • Click the button to learn about the Clinic Presenter and their Clinic(s).

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     Us About the Clinics


    MAKE & TAKE CLINICS

    . . . . . Note: RRR by a Clinic Title below means the number of attendees is limited.
    You must be Registered for the clinic.

    . . . . . Note: $$$ by a Clinic Title below means the number of attendees is limited and there is a cost.. . . . .
    You must be Registered for the Clinic and pay its fee.


    REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR MAKE & TAKE CLINICS

    Select this link and follow instructions to sign up for those clinics.



    Cancellation / Refund Policy for Make-n-Take Clinics with Fee


    . . . . . .- Cancel on or before July 1, 2023 for refund less credit card processor's fee,

    . . . . . .- Send requests for cancellations / refunds to Treasurer@2023TexasExpress.com

    . . . . . .- No cancellations / refunds after July 1, 2023.

    . . . . . .- If clinic is sold-out, send request to be added to WAITLIST to Treasurer@2023TexasExpress.com


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    - Presenters and/or Clinics canceled since Timetable went to print will remain on this page with
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    - Presenters and/or Clinics added since the Timetable went to print will have NEW
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    Presenter Clinic Title
           Dave Ackmann      1) Fire!
         2) Automating CAD for Structures - Part 2
           Frank Baker, MMR      1) Scratchbuilding StructuresX
         2) Make & Take - Building with Frank Baker $$$
    X
           Phyllis Baker      Make & Take - Painting HO Scale Figures $$$
           Robert (Bob) Barnett, MMR      1) Passenger Trains to The Southwest
         2) MoPac Mail Trains
           Brian Barnt      Make & Take, Hands-on "Getting Started with LCC" $$$$
           Dr. John Bate      Arduinos, the Software Part
           Tim Blackwell      Hints for Better Layout Photography
           George Bogatiuk      Realistic Operations Using SoundTraxx Products!
           Bob Brendle &
         Duane Richardson, MMR    		      Building a Structure - Wood vs. Plastic
           Craig Brotman
    Cancelled. . . .
    		     1) How to Use AK Interactive Military Products in Model Railroad Space CancelledX
         2) Make & Take: Weathering Techniques and How to Achieve Realistic Concrete and Rust Effects on Your Dioramas $$$$ Cancelled
    X
           Bill Brown      1) Western AdventuresX
         2) Modeling Innovations Using Larc Graphics
    X
           Lee Calkins      Free-moN and Farragut Loop
           Steve Crise      Photographing Rod Stewart's layout
           Mike Cummings      1) Fallen Flags of the Northeast 1959 thru 1981
         2) Fallen Flags of the Southeast 1957 - 1982
           Joel Davidson      Soldering for Beginners
           Steve Davis      Classification Yard Setup Using JMRI
           Jessica Devorsky &
           Patty Donaldson    		      Operation Lifesaver – The Inside Track
           John Doehring      1) Lehigh and Hudson RiverX
         2) Lend Me Your Ears, the Future and Culture of the NMRA
    X
           Leslie Eaton, MMR      1) Make and Take Strobe Circuit, $$$ See New Addition to ToolsX
         2) NanoAnimation for Under $10 New ADD
    X
           Phil Edholm      1) Make and Take – Multi-scale Handcar Shed, $$$X
         2) Building Structures Two Ways – Acrylic and 3D Framing
    X
           Jack Ellis      1) Craftsman Kits 101 & Details Make the DifferenceX
         2) Details Make the Scene
    X
           Bruce Evans      Modeling Emergency Scenes
           Art Fahie      1) Imagineering, Family Style...X
         2) Where's Waldo?
    X
           Kevin Feeney      A Look at Union Pacific Railroad Through It's Annual Reports:
         1945-1967
           Ken Fitzgerald      1) Identifying and Collecting Diesel Locomotive Horns
         2) Prototype Photography, The Way the Pros Do It
           Pat Fleming      Fritzing for Circuits and PCBs
           Bob Frankrone      1) Love Those Loads
         2) How to Add a Scene to a Layout in 15 Easy Steps
         3) Creating Operations on the Louisville Southern Line
           Jeff Fryman      Operations Roadshow: Introduction to TT&TO
           Joe Fugate      1) Track Cleaning
         2) Make It Run Like a Dream
         3) Painting In a Post Floquil World
         4) Siskiyou line #2 Update
           Brett Gallant      1) Painting and Weathering Detail Castings
         2) Working with Scale Stripwood for the Diorama Modeler
           G4 Gardiner      1) Modeling Modern Transit SystemsX
         2) Passenger Service is Prototypical on Small Switching Layouts
    X
         3) Proto-Freelancing in the Wrong Direction
    X
           Steve Gillett      Passenger Yard Operations
           Bob Ginger, MMR      Operational Challenges on a Smaller N-scale Railroad
           Mark Goff      3D Printing; A Hobby within the Hobby
           Charles Goodrich, MMR      1) 50 years of Railroad Photography
         2) Precision Measuring for Model Railroading
           Joseph Guinto      Weathering for Beginners $$$
           David Hager      Port of Galveston Railroads
           Miles Hale, MMR and
                    Fran Hale, MMR      		      Make & Take - Grass, Shrubs and Trees Made the Easy Way,
         No Cost, RRR Limit 30
           Bernard Hellen      Figure Painting 101
           Blaine Holbrook      TRACKS – Pizza Box Layouts
           Jerry Hoverson, MMR      Modeling Water
           Martyn Jenkins      1) DIY DCC
         2) The Eclectic Nature of Queensland Rail
    X
           Mark Juett, MMR      1) Planning and Wiring for DCC
         2) Interchange Staging
           Marc LaChey, MMR      Scratchbuilding RGS Logging Cars
           Jeff Lee, MMR      Scratchbuilding Industrial Scenes
           Matthew K. Lentz      1) Design in Birdseye View
         2) NEW Make & Take Advanced Painting Techniques NO COST
           Erik Lewis      1) Prototype Signal Types & Operations
         2) Prototype MOW Operations
           Chuck Lind, MMR      Crowell Spencer Lumber Company - Long Leaf, Louisiana
           John Lowrance, MMR      1) Vintage Metal Freight Cars, Our Gift From the PastX
         2) Setting the Scene
    X
           Rick Lull      Reference: Special LCC User Group Meeting
         Implementing Signaling on LCC with Cue
    X
           Mike Mackey, MMR      Urban Archeology
           Robert Mangrum, Phd,
                    LTC US Army Ret, MMR    		      Using Track Warrants for Realistic Operations
           Carl Marchand NEW      1) NEW Adding Sound and DCC to Athearn RTR LocomotivesX
         2) NEW Using the ESU Lokprogrammer - A Closer Look X
           Ron Marsh      Documenting Your Railroad Through Video
           Pat McCarthy      A Brief History of Railroad Time
           Greg McComas      "Flex" Operations, From Manual to JMRI
           Stephen Moore      Japanese Trains
           Speed Muller      1) Arduino Setup - RRR & Pre Buy KitX
         2) Arduino for Beginners, Hands On - RRR & Pre Buy Kit
         3) Arduino for Proficient, Hands On - RRR & Pre Buy Kit
         4) Join the NMRA Interchange. Live!
         5) WiFi in Model Railroading
    X
           Seth Neumann      1) Make Only New MistakesX
         2) What Would You Do Different?
    X
           Jim Ogden      1) Mail and Express Trains to Texas and the Southwest
         2) Cotton Operations in the South
           Jeff Otto      Building Realistic Track for Your Model Railroad
           Jeff Palmer, MMR      1) Roads of Different Types and Construction TechniquesX
         2) Scenery for BeginnersX
         3) Cleaning and Lubing Your Model Railroad
    X
           John Parsons      1) Railroad Signaling for Railfans and ModelersX
         2) Building a Model Railroad Signal System with Azatrax
         3) Model Train Detection - What it is and what it's good for."
    X
           Al Partlow      Modeling Operations on the Texas & New Orleans Railroad
         Dallas and Austin Divisions in the 1950s
           Tom Pearson      1) Safe & Practical Wiring a LayoutX
         2) Gathering Information to Build a Prototype Based Model Railroad
    X
           Eric Peterson      Space for O Scale 2 Rail and Track Geometry
           Bruce Petrarca, MMR      Basic Electronics for Model Railroaders
           Bruce Petrarca, MMR &
           Linda Petrarca    		      More Slow Orders, Avoiding Disaster
           Vincent Pisarski      Kato Looks at the Past, Present, and Future
           Cole Rash      Constructing Accurate Loblolly Pine Trees
           Gary Ray      My Prototype Dream
           Marita Richards      1) Railroad Lingo
         2) Travel in Pullman Safety and Comfort
    - A history of the Pullman Company
         3) Dining on the Rails
           Duane Richardson, MMR      Demystifying the Achievement Program
           Michael Ross, MMR      Making Deciduous Trees
           Jeff Rykiel      1) Module 101X
         2) Risers and Corners
         3) Tunnels and Culverts
         4) Module Connects and Transport Options
    X
           Steve Sandifer, MMR      1) Live Stock Shipping - The Traditional Live Stock
         2) Live Stock Shipping - The Non-Traditional Live Stock
           Nick Santo      Decoder Buddy
           Gary Saxton      1) Signals Without WiresX
         2) Thin and Light Benchwork for Sectional and Multilevel Layouts
    X
           Neal Schorr NEW      NEW Capturing the Commonwealth - How I Recreated Pennsy’s Middle Division
           Chris Sgaraglino      Make & Take - Arduino Speed Matching Speedometer $$$
           Dean Smith, MMR      1) From Photo to Photo: Constructing a Fuel Depot for the
         Vida Division
         2) Bifocal Line in the Blue Ridge:
         Dual Gauge Operation on the East Tennessee & Western
         North Carolina Railroad
           Larry Smith, MMR      1) Eastern Logging: Equipment and Operations
         2) The Last Train Standing; The History and Modeling
            of the James E. Strates Carnival Train
           Pete Steinmetz
    Cancelled. . . .
    		     Dead Rail - Battery Powered Locomotives Cancelled
           Thomas Stephens      Speed Matching Techniques
           Phil Stewart      Louisiana Sugar Cane Railroads
                       1895 to 1970-75 Years of Plantation Railroading
           Riley Triggs      Brakeman! A Serious(ly) Fun Operating System
           Michael Tylick, MMR      1) Board by Board Lumber YardX
         2) Forced Perspective
         3) Make & Take - Making a Stone Wall, $$$
    X
           David Vaughn
         1) O Scale 2 Rail, a Scale for Your Future
         2) Confessions of a Layout Collector
           Terry Veldhuzen
         1) Building the Don’t Panic Railroad
         2) Control Systems on the Don’t Panic Railroad
           Michael Walter      Scratch Built Free-Lance Passenger Station
           Scott Walton      1) An Introduction to Signaling over LocoNet
         2) An Introduction to Signaling over LCC
           Bob Weinheimer, MMR      1) Operations on the Pennsylvania SouthernX
         2) Getting Started in Operations
    X
           Mark Williams      Building an N Scale Layout; Step by Step, From the Base Up
           Randall Wilson      The History of Gil Freitag’s Legendary
    Stony Creek and Western Railroad
           Don Winn      1) A Fresh Approach to Lift UpsX
         2) Kitbashing - Thinking Outside of the Walthers Box
         3) Scratching My Way to a AP Cars Certificate
    X
           Christina Zambri      How to Market & Grow Your Division/Region
           Clarence Zink      1) Park Utah Mining Company Keetley Complex
    - A “do-able” Mining Spur
         2) Newmont Gold’s Jayhawk Terminal, Dunphy, Nevada
           Jim Zinser      Judging Guidelines For The National Model Contest

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