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Last Updated: 17 October 2022

Clinic Title (date added)	Clinician	Event	File(s)
NEW ADDITIONS (by Clinic Title)
Arduino for Model Railroading: Hitting the Bell (10/17/22)	Jon Schmidt	Return to the Redwoods, Rohnert Park, 4/23/22	Presentation (2.76 Mb)
PREVIOUS CLINICS (by Clinic Title)
Advanced DCC Decoder Programming with Decoder Pro (04/17/13)	Jim Betz	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/03/13	Presentation (280 Kb)
Amateur Authorship (05/12/18)	Chip Meriam	Sierra Division Meet, Sacramento, 5/13/17	Presentation (4.3 Mb)
Arduino for Model Railroading: Hitting the Bell (10/17/22)	Jon Schmidt	Return to the Redwoods, Rohnert Park, 4/23/22	Presentation (2.76 Mb)
Bay Area Garden Railroad Society's Roving Garden Railroad (04/17/13)	Nancy Norris	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/05/13	Link (opens new tab)
Box Factories (05/16/19)	Jim Zeek	Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/03/19	Presentation (6.4 Mb)
Business Cars, Private Cars (06/22/19)	Paul Hobbs	Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/02/19	Presentation (8.3 Mb)
Building a contest-quality West Side caboose model (08/04/18)	Frank Markovich, MMR®	Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/05/18	Presentation (12.8 Mb)
Car Movement on the Central Vermont Using JMRI (05/16/19)	Jon Schmidt	Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/03/19	Presentation (996 kb)
Cheap and Easy Automatic Block Signal System, A (04/19/17)	Dennis Drury	Daylight Express, Bakersfield, 4/19/17	Presentation (624 kb)
Cheap and Easy ABS Signaling For Your Railroad (05/16/19)	Dennis Drury	Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/02/19	Presentation (2.4 Mb)
Communications for Model Railroads (08/04/18)	Seth Neumann	Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/05/18	Presentation (7.1 Mb)
Control Panels with PowerPoint and Plexiglas (04/17/13)	Seth Neumann	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/06/13	Presentation (3.2 Mb)
Creative Solutions to Common Modeling Problems (04/17/13)	Frank Markovich, MMR®	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/05/13	Presentation (5.5 Mb)
Dead Rail Operations on the Donner Summit (06/04/15)	Duncan McRee	The Club Car, Newark, 5/14/15	Presentation (8.2 Mb)
Design with Free-moN Modules (01/30/13)	Dave Falkenburg	Bay Area LD / OP SIG Meet, 1/26/13	Presentation (1.8 Mb)
Designing a Signaling System with cpNode (05/15/15)	Seth Neumann & Chuck Catania	The Club Car, Newark, 5/14/15	Presentation (5.0 Mb)
Detailing Wood for Structures and Rolling Stock (05/01/17)	Frank Markovich, MMR®	Daylight Express, Bakersfield, 4/19/17	Presentation (8.1 Mb)
DIY Decals - Artwork & Printing (06/22/19)	Richard Brennan	Enduring Rails 2018, Rohnert Park, 4/04/18	Presentation (1.7 Mb)
Easy Freight Car Weathering 1-2-3 (05/01/17)	Michael Gross	Daylight Express, Bakersfield, 4/21/17	Presentation (14.9 Mb)
Enhancing Small Layout Operations: LCL and Livestock (02/02/21)	Al Daumann	Bay Area SIG Meet, 1/30/21	Presentation (1.98 Mb)
Fall Creek Branch: Building and Operating a Portable Switching Layout (04/17/13)	Robert Pethoud	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/04/13	Presentation (387 Kb)
Freight Car Trucks 1900-1960 (04/17/13)	Richard Hendricksen	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/05/13	Presentation (969 Kb)
Freight Train Operations and Car Forwarding (04/17/13)	Dave Clemens	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/04/13	Presentation (1.98 Mb)
Further Progress on Modeling Petaluma's Water Street (06/02/18)	Ed Merrin	Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/06/18	Presentation (24.35 Mb)
Ground Roast Scenery (05/12/18)	Chip Meriam	Sierra Division Meet, Fair Oaks, 8/13/16	Presentation (1.9 Mb)
Hazardous Materials Markings on Rail Cars (04/17/13)	Paul Deis	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/06/13	Presentation (4.75 Mb)
Hazardous Materials Markings on Rail Cars (05/03/14)	Paul Deis	Coast Rails, San Luis Obispo, 5/03/14	Handout (296 Kb)
How to Apply Cedar Shingles (05/12/18)	David Ulmer, M.D.	Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/07/18	Presentation (2.6 Mb)
Introduction to LEDs and Their Use as Lighting Sources for Locomotives (04/17/13)	Joe Melhorn	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/03/13	Presentation (4.5 Mb)
JMRI Operations (04/17/13)	Dennis Drury	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/03/13	Presentation (785 Kb)
Kids & Model Railroading: How to get kids Involved without losing your sanity or your layout (04/20/13)	M.C. Fujiwara	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/04/13	Link (opens new tab)
Layout Photography: Equipment and Lighting (06/02/18)	Ed Merrin	Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/06/18	Presentation (17.6 Mb)
Layout Photography: Seeking the Look of the Prototype (05/16/19)	Ed Merrin	Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/04/19	Presentation (12.2 Mb)
Layouts Portable, Practical & Palatable (04/20/13)	M.C. Fujiwara	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/03/13	Handout (22 Kb)
Lighting Your Layout with LED Tape (05/01/17)	Chris Palermo	Daylight Express, Bakersfield, 4/20/17	Presentation (699 kb)
Mainline to Shortline: Creating the Camas Prairie Railroad (06/22/19)	David Clemens	Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/03/19	Presentation (29.9 Mb)
Miniature Wunderland versus Gulliver’s Gate (05/16/19)	Irwin Nathanson	Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/02/19	Presentation (5.0 Mb)
Model Railroading with Arduino (04/17/13)	Dave Falkenburg	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/04/13	Presentation (1.4 Mb)
Modeling the Pacific Coast Railway's San Luis Obispo Facilities (01/30/13)	Tom Knapp, MMR®	Bay Area LD / OP SIG Meet, 1/26/13	Presentation (2.5 Mb) Layout Tour (6.0 Mb)
Modeling the Pacific Coast Railway's San Luis Obispo Facilities (04/16/13)	Tom Knapp, MMR®	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/03/13	Presentation (14.3 Mb)
Modeling Sawmills for Operations 05/16/19)	Jim Zeek	Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/03/19	Presentation (8.1 Mb)
Modernistic Industrial Structures for the Transition Era (Rotate 90° clockwise to view • 06/02/18)	Chris Palermo	Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/06/18	Presentation (20.82 Mb)
A More Prototypical Approach to Car Forwarding Software (06/22/19)	Gregory Madsen	Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/03/19	Presentation (5.8 Mb)
Nn3 - An Overview (04/16/13)	Tom Knapp, MMR®	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/06/13	Presentation (15.0 Mb)
Prototype Model Railroad Planning, Design, and Operation (05/16/19)	Gary Ray	Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/03/19	Presentation (12.1 Mb)
Public Utilities and How to Model Them (04/16/13)	Tom Crawford	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/06/13	Presentation (6.5 Mb)
Quintessential California: Modeling Eucalyptus Trees (05/01/17)	Bruce Morden	Daylight Express, Bakersfield, 4/20/17	Presentation (5.2 Mb)
Responding to a Derailment on the SP Coast Line (05/12/18)	Paul Deis	Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/07/18	Presentation (7.7 Mb) Handout (34 Kb)
RFID in Model Railroading (01/30/13)	Seth Neumann & Chris Drome	Bay Area LD / OP SIG Meet, 1/26/13 Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/04/13	Presentation (2.48 Mb)
Richmond Pacific & Cal-P in N Scale (02/05/22)	Steven Cox	Bay Area SIG Meet, 2/05/22	Presentation (7.45 Mb)
Rubber Layouts: Dynamic Layout Design & Operations (04/17/13)	Paul Ingraham & Steve Wesolowski	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/03/13	Presentation (98 Kb) Acronyms (45 Kb) Concepts (66 Kb)
Scratch building a 1929 vintage stucco pumping station (a.k.a. Simulating Stucco Siding - circa 1929) (05/12/18)	Chip Meriam	Taking It To The Streets, Modesto, 4/22/16	Presentation (4.1 Mb)
Simple Car Cards - A Simple Approach (04/17/13)	Guy Cantwell	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/05/13	Handout (146 Kb)
SketchUp and Rapid Prototyping (04/15/14)	Jack Burgess, MMR®	Coast Rails, San Luis Obispo, 5/02/14	Handout (484 Kb)
So You Want to Build a Dream Model Railroad (02/02/21)	Bill Decker	Bay Area SIG Meet, 1/30/21	Presentation (4.32 Mb)
The Great Tectonic Shift (02/15/21)	Jon Schmidt	Bay Area SIG Meet, 1/30/21	Presentation (4.01 Mb)
The Northwestern Pacific in HO; Recreating the Railroad and its Operations (04/17/13)	Ed Merrin	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/05/13	Presentation (16.8 Mb)
The WHY For Your Railroad (06/12/22)	Steve Prevette	Bay Area SIG Meet, 1/30/21	Presentation (2.48 Mb)
Tools for Model Building and Scratchbuilding (04/17/13)	Jack Burgess, MMR®	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/05/13	Handout (392 Kb)
Trees: Many Ways You Can Make Them (04/17/13)	Brad Lloyd & Darrell Dennis	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/03/13	Presentation (17.8 Mb) Handout (107 Kb)
TTX – An Unnoticed Giant (06/22/19)	Paul Hobbs	Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/03/19	Presentation (7.3 Mb)
Tuning Up Your Rolling Stock for Reliable Operation (06/25/19)	Paul Deis	Diamond Rails Forever, Sacramento, 5/02/19	Presentation (5.8 Mb) Handout (32 Kb)
Tuning Up Your Rolling Stock for Reliable Operation (05/12/18)	Paul Deis	Enduring Rails, Rohnert Park, 4/07/18	Presentation (16.1 Mb) Handout (74 Kb)
Undertable Positive Turnout Controller (04/17/13)	Dave Croshere	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/05/13	Handout (558 Kb)
Using Prototype Information to Design a Branch Line Terminal (02/02/21)	Cal Sexsmith	Bay Area SIG Meet, 1/30/21	Presentation (4.45 Mb)
Website Design for Your Layout (04/17/13)	Dave Grenier	Iron Horse Express, Dublin, 4/04/13	Presentation (400 Kb)

The clinics on the X2011 website are no longer available due to the unexpected closure of the website host.
February 12, 2021 UPDATE: The X2011 clinic files are intact on the webmaster's computer and when permissible, will be posted.
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