Philadelphia Division

MER - NMRA

RPM Meet

Join us March 26 - 28, 2010 for an even bigger and better RPM!

NEW! Operating sessions Thursday night and Friday Morning
On Thursday night March 25, there will be an operating session at the GATSME Model RR Club. Contact Val Pistilli to sign up.
Friday morning there will three home layouts open for Operations. There are 35 operators needed for these three Railroads.
Jim Dalberg's DL&W
Steve Salotti NYS&W
Bill Blackburn PRR Great Valley Division

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List of Speakers / Clinicians
Jim Dalberg
Dick Flock
Trucking in the Northeast - 1940's-1970's.
Ron Hoess When Things Aren't There Anymore: Using Historical Archives to Guide Your Modeling
Mike Schleigh
WAG-B&O
Mike Rose Modeling a Terminal Grain Elevator
Sam Reynolds
NJ Zinc and the CNJ & L&HR Railroads Stan Rydarowicz Modern Ice Reefers of the FGE-CB&Q-WFE Consortium
Larry Kline
Modeling Interchanges: B&O-PRR; P&WV-MONTOUR; P&WV-Union

PRR L-1 in O Scale: Detailing a US Hobbies
PRR 2-8-2

Ramon Rhodes Evolution of a Layout's Design in Two Parts

1. The Development Process: Research, Design, & Construction --- from the Initial Stages to the Current Incarnation.
2. A look at the current design to capture the essence of the Prototype.

Ralph DeBlasi
Lehigh Valley Paint Schemes: The Railroad that could not make up its mind.

Ralph DeBlasi's Lehigh Valley RR: A Design Primer - The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Dave Ramos Railroads of Manhattan and the Development of the
New York Harbor Railroad
Vince Lee
Carfloating in the Shadow of Yankee Stadium: The Erie's Harlem Terminal Bill Schaumberg Commuter Railroad Operations
Nick Fry
Researching Prototype Information for Modeling Projects Ed Olsjewski The Syracuse and Utica Branches of the DL&W
Todd Sullivan
Better Trackwork Using Proto87 Stores Materials Tony Koester Multi-deck Layouts
Lance Mindheim
Modeling Grass and Bushes Ron Parisi Pursuing the Prototype—Modeling from what has been left behind. (West Side Freight Line)
John Johnson
Kitbashing HO Freight Cars - Simple to Complex Dick Foley Modeling the Reading in Philadelphia
Ralph Heiss Building and Operating the Lehigh Harbor Terminal Railway -- Some Lessons learned

Prototype Car Cards and Car Forwarding

Bob Karig Calculating Engine Ratings and Power Requirements

Anthracite and the O&W

John Teichmoeller J&L Carfloating Operations on the Ohio River

Ilchester Station Project

Larry DeYoung Operating a Contemporary Short Line Railroad
Rich Newmiller Modeling a Granite Quarry Keith Jordan Modeling the Patch: Industrial Los Angeles in HO
Jay Held EL Intermodal from the Beginning: DL&W & Erie

Erie Jersey City and Weehawken Branch

Jim Schweitzer Hands on Timetable & Train Orders (Operations 101)

Train Orders with Timetables (Operations 102)

Joe Lofland Scratch Building Buildings Frank Martin Modeling the Newtown Square Branch of the PRR in
V-Scale
Mike Rabbitt How I Built My Railroad, or How I added a Layout to my Steel Mill Roger Hinman NYC Steel Hopper Cars
Marc Pitanza The North Shore Sub-Division of B&O's Staten Island Rapid Transit Steve Stewart

The CNJ, Reading and B&O Between Jersey City and Philadelphia—Part 1-Jersey City to Belle Mead

Part 2 Belle Mead to B&O’s Chestnut St. Station in Philadelphia

Craig Bisgaier Chance Cards for Operations Jim Dalberg Railroads in the Wilkes Barre Area
Jim Harr

Modeling Alpha Cement in HO Scale

Andy Rubbo Modeling PRR's NJ Main Line Under Catenary
John Roberts Modeling the C&O in Newport News - Update 2010 Henry Freeman B&O Operations in the '50's

We will have the same space as two years ago, with 52 clinic slots. If you count the presentations above, you will see that there are a couple of openings, So, anyone interested in doing a presentation, get in touch with me.

There will be an hour and a half between clinic start times, this will allow speakers an hour +/- for their presentations, and a half hour for the changeover, set up, questions, visit the vendors (and buy stuff), etc.

We will have slide projectors, power point projectors and computers available; however I'd recommend bringing your own laptop, if possible. We’ll have some competent folks there to help with any technical problems with the equipment.          

                                                      Jim

More to follow
Vendor List
Steve Salotti
Stella Scale Models - Jim Harr
Shortline Products - Tom Callan
Bethlehem Car Works - John Greene
Pro Custom Hobbies - Raymond Stern
Speedwitch Media - Ted Culotta
Stan Rydarowicz
Matt Herson
Bob's Photos
Jim Homoki - PC RR Historical Society
B&O RR Historical society
Lin's Junction
Funaro & Camerlengo
Kenwood Model Hobbies - Tom Saxton
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