Railroad Prototype Modelers Seminar - East
Sponsored by Division 2, MCR-NMRA
1:00 PM Friday, March 21 through 11:00 PM Saturday, March 22, 2003
Registration will begin at 10:00am. Set up any time after 8:00am
* The speakers are listed below
* A display room will be available for models
* A vendor's room will be open. Space limited. Tables will be $15.00
* Layout tours will be available on Sunday, March 23
Holiday Inn, Monroeville (Pittsburgh), PA, (Exit 6, PA Turnpike)
Hotel at $65.00 per night. Ph. (412) 372-1022
Mention "Prototype Modeler's Meet"
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Talks
JP Barger - Improving train operations by using proper wheelsets
Ralph Barger - A Walk Through The B&O New Columbian
Scott Chatfield - Spotting the Spartans, Part Two (EMD's Dash-2s)
Ned Carey - Using a microblaster
Larry DeYoung - The Erie Lackawanna in NE Ohio, a prototype-based layout.
Dick Flock - Modeling Trucks and Trailers
John Greene - Passenger head end cars
Ken Hanawalt - McKeesport Locust Street Crossing
Bill Hanley - DCC demo including sound
Ben Hom - Freight Cars in Service - USRA Double-Sheathed Boxcars
Ben Hom - Balancing Your Model Boxcar Fleet
John Johnson - Building Accurate PRR hoppers
Larry Kline - WM freight consists in the early 50s from photos and video
Dennis Lippert - The basics of decaling
Bob Prehoda - Moving coal on the Huntingdon Northern
Stan Rydarowicz - Kitbashing Wabash panel side hoppers
Bill Schaumburg - Trackplanning the CNS&M's Mundelein Branch
Dennis Short - Digital manipulation and restoration of photos using Adobe
Photoshop
Todd Sullivan - Railroad Interchange in Portland Oregon in 1961-62
Mike Watnoski Custom Brass Etching At Home
Bill Welch - The Wood Sheathed Cars of the FGEX/WFEX/BREX Fleet: 1940-1953
Bill Welch - Modeling Wood Sheathed FGEX/WFEX/BREX Refrigerator Cars
Al Westerfield - PRR fishbelly side sill freight cars, 1898-1916 & rebuilds
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Schedule
Friday Room 1 Room 2
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Kline Lippert
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM Hanley Johnson
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Watnoski Flock
Dinner 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Room 1 Room 2
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Chatfield R Barger
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM Welch Greene
Saturday Room 1 Room 2
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Hanawalt Carey
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Welch JP Barger
Lunch 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Room 1 Room 2
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Prehoda DeYoung
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Hom 1 Schamburg
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Hom 2 Sullivan
Dinner 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Room 1 Room
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Short Rydarowicz
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM Westerfield
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Registration Form
Registration Fee: $40.00
Please make checks payable to: Dick Flock.
You can memo RPM East on the bottom of your check.
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If yes, please add the $ 22.00 to your registration fee.
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For more information contact:
Dick Flock
337 Elm Drive
Greensburg, PA 15601
Phone: 724-850-8882
Email: rflock@...
Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope with your inquiries.
