Clinics & Workshops – A thru L

Listed are many of the approximate 200 clinics and workshops included in the "Highball To Indy 2016" program.  The listing below is alphabetical by the last name of the main presenter (A thru L).  Days and times are included. Please note that many of the sessions are repeated!      [ Last names M thru Z linked here! ]

 

To download the entire 38-page clinic & workshop listing, available in .pdf format:  CLICK HERE

 

Updated June 29, 2016 . . . . an Excel-style chart with the clinics slotted per day & room: HERE

(Note: This document is formated for 11" x 14" sheets of paper, but can be resized for 8.5" x 11" paper)

 

Clinic presenters and topics for HTI '16 . . .  

Albers, Dr. Gerry   Deepwater District Operations: Giving Your Model Railroad Purpose and Meaning

    Wednesday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Albers, Dr. Gerry   Designing & Building a Layout with CAD

    Wednesday / 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Albers, Dr. Gerry   AC/DC/DCC

    Wednesday / 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Albers, Dr. Gerry   Signals-By-Spreadsheet

    Wednesday / 11:00 am – 12 noon

Baker, Stuart  Layout Command Control - Planning, Setting Up or Extending Your Layout  

    Tuesday / 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Baker, Stuart and Harris, David    Layout Command Control Users Meeting and Forum

    Wednesday / 8:30 pm – 9:300 pm

Besougloff, Neal  What’s New at Model Railroader Magazine?

    Thursday / 10:30 am – noon

Blake, Bob  NMRA EduTRAIN Update

    Monday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm   and   Wednesday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Bonk, Donald  Building the George’s Gorge and some scenic concepts

    Tuesday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm 

Bopp, John  Resources for Scratch Building or How to Build a Cellulose Car from Just One Photo  Cancelled on 6/30/16

    Wednesday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Bronson, Dick  Layout Command Control – Adding Signals to Your Layout with LCC

    Thursday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Brown, Bill  Enhancing Your Modeling with Digital Photography

    Sunday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm   and   Thursday / 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Brown, Bill  Creating a Scene from Start to Finish

    Sunday / 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Bunza, Geoff  Scale Model Animation for Model Railroads

    Tuesday / 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm 

Bunza, Geoff  Ultra Low Cost DCC for Modelers

    Thursday / 11:00 am - noon  and  Saturday / 2:30 - 3:30 PM

Bunza, Geoff   Prototype Maintenance of Way Cranes

    Wednesday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Burchnall, John  Engineering Secrets of the Eastern Loggers\

    Thursday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Burchnall, John  Roadbed Materials – New Insights

    Wednesday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm       

Burnside, Phillip  Using 3D printer to build a model of the large Horizontal Blowing Engine used in by the E.T. Steel Mill in the 1940s

    Wednesday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Burnside, Jim  Modeling a Steel Mill Coke Works and “By-Products Plant”

    Wednesday / 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Bussard, John   Scenery

    Thursday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Cantor, Jim  Hand Laying O Gauge Track

    Monday  / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Capron, Dave MMR  Making Rock Molds

    Thursday / 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Capron, Dave MMR  Making Coal Loads

    Thursday / 11:00 am – noon

Capron, Dave MMR Operations On A Room Sized Layout

    Thursday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Capron, Dave  MMR Techniques in Constructing Craftsman Kits

    Friday / 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Carlton, Dave  The Art of Soldering  [ Note: This Is An EduTRAIN Clinic ]

    Wednesday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Carlton, Dave  Automatic Block Protection Signals on the Alabama, Tennessee & Northern RR

    Thursday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Carpenter, Bruce  Human Model Railroad Interface Signal System (HMRI)

    Saturday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am   and   Saturday / 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Catania, Chuck  CMRInet Layout Control Using JMRI

    Thursday / 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Chubb, Bruce – MMR  Interfacing a Computer to Your Model Railroad via CMRInet

    Monday / 9:30 am -10:30 am   and   Wednesday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Chubb, Bruce – MMR  Layout Design Techniques and Sunset Valley Oregon System

    Monday / 11:00 am – noon   and   Tuesday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Chubb, Bruce – MMR  Sunset Valley Oregon System Updates and Operation\

    Tuesday / 10:00 am – noon   and   Thursday / 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Chubb, Bruce – MMR  Signaling Part 1: Fundamental Concepts – Prototype and Model

    Monday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm   and   Thursday / /2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Chubb, Bruce – MMR  Signaling Part 2: ABS, APB, Turnout Control and Grade Crossing Systems

    Monday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm   and  Thursday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm 

Chubb, Bruce – MMR  Signaling Part 3: Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) Systems

    Monday / 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm   and   Thursday / 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Cioffi, Dan  NMRA 2017 Orlando Convention “So Much More Then Mickey”

    Monday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm   and   Thursday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Clark, Keith  Hand Laying HO Scale Turnouts

    Friday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm  and Saturday / 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Coble, Kyle  Introduction to 3D Printing

    Saturday / 11:00 am – noon

Cowles, Mark  Boats for Trains

    Wednesday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Cowles, Mark  A Brief Look at the Great Lakes Car Ferries

    Thursday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Cowles, Mark  From the Prototype to Your Layout and the Concept of Static Action

    Wednesday / 11:00 am – 12 noon

Curran, McKeegan   Teenagers and the Next Generation Modelers

   Saturday / 11:00 am – 12:00 noon

Dalberg, Jed MMR  Planning Passenger Operations & Operating Them (On The Lackawanna RR)

    Thursday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am

De Young, Bruce MMR  Weather or Not

    Sunday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm   and   Wednesday / 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm

De Young, Bruce MMR  Modeling Tips and Tricks for Structures

    Monday / 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm

De Young, Bruce MMR  The Logging Railroads of Pennsylvania

    Tuesday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Digitrax Users Group / Zane Ireland

    Thursday / 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Dipaola, Jim  Modeling a Steel Mill Continuous Caster

    Wednesday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Dodge, Andrew MMR  Creating a Steam Locomotive Roster

    Monday / 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Dodge, Andrew MMR  A Prototype: Modeling the Colorado Midland in Proto 48

    Monday / 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Eaton, Leslie MMR  Nano Animation for Less Than Ten Dollars

    Tuesday / 11:00 am – noon   and  Thursday 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Eaton, Leslie MMR  Tips and Tricks for Scratch Building and Kit Bashing

    Monday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Eaton, Leslie MMR  What’s On Your Rooftop?

    Wednesday / 11:00 am - noon

Edwards, Bill  Forest Management with Polyester Trees    Canceled on 6/16/16

    Friday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Edwards, Bill  Believable Hard Water without Resin    Canceled on 6/16/16

    Friday / 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm     

Evans, Gary  A Snapshot in Time – “Old Glory” Dragline, Farmersburg, Indiana 2007

    Monday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Evans, Gary  Simplified Signaling for Modelers

    Monday / 11:00 am – noon   and   Wednesday 9:30 am -10:30 am

Evans, Gary  Do It Yourself Timetable and Other Operation Paperwork

    Wednesday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am   and   Friday / 11:00 am – 12 noon

Fahie, Art  Craftsman Kit 101

    Thursday / 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Fahie, Art  Constructing Realistic City Scenes in Small Spaces – The Where’s Waldo Theory of Density Modeling

    Thursday / 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm

Fahie, Art  How to Build Miniature Display Dioramas

    Friday  / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Fahie, Art  Signs, Signs, Signs; One Concept – Many Approaches

    Friday / 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm     

Fahie, Art  It’s In the Details

    Friday / 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Faulkner, Bruce  Designing a Railroad Inspired by the Clinchfield

    Monday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm   and   Thursday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Feeney, Dr. Kevin  A Look at the C&EI railroad through its annual reports: 1940 – 1975

    Friday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Ferenc, Jim  Day in the Life of the Rio Grande Southern

    Monday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Fieler, Frank  West Virginia Logging of the 60’s

    Friday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Filipiak, Joe The Brick Industry

    Friday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm   and   Saturday / 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Frankrone, Bob Open Loads

    Tuesday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm   and   Thursday 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Frankrone, Bob Operations on the Louisville Southern Lines

    Tuesday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm   and   Wednesday / 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Fugate, Joe  Painting Models in a Post-Floquil World

    Thursday / 11:00 am – 12 noon   and   Friday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Geiger, Doug MMR  Iron and Steel: The Industry

    Tuesday / 8:00 am – 9:30 am

Geiger, Doug MMR  Tools, Tools, Tools

    Tuesday / 10:30 am – noon   and   Thursday / 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Godwin, Paul  Modeling in the 1950’s – Ins and Outs of the Era     Cancelled on 6/16/16

    Saturday / 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Gore, Jim MMR Adventures of a Test Builder

    Thursday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Grivno, Cody  Ellis & Eastern: A Railroad You Can Model

    Thursday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Hale, Miles MMR; Hale, Fran MMR  Woodland Scenics Foam Layout Construction

    Tuesday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am  and   Wednesday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Hale, Miles MMR; Hale, Fran MMR  New Products from Woodland Scenics

    Tuesday / 9:30 am – 10:30 am   and   Wednesday / 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Hale, Miles MMR; Hale, Fran MMR  Realistic Scenery for Your Layout from Woodland Scenics

    Tuesday / 11:00 am – noon   and   Wednesday / 11:00 am – noon

Hale, Miles MMR  Using Sketch-Up & 3D Printing

    Tuesday / 8:30 - 9:30 PM

Hamm, Bob MMR  Building Timber Trestles

    Tuesday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Hamm, Bob MMR Judging the National Contest

    Monday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Hanley, Don Creating a 3D Backdrop

    Thursday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am   and  Friday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Harris, David and Racz, Balazs  Layout Command Control – An Introduction

    Tuesday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm   and Friday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Harris, David and Baker, Stuart  Layout Command Control Users Meeting and Forum

    Wednesday / 8:30 pm – 9:300 pm

Harrison, Richard  Lionel O Gauge Block Detector Using Outside Rail

    Monday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Harrison, Richard  Lionel O Gauge Fastrak or Standard Switch Monitor and Activation

    Monday 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Harrison, Richard  HO Infrared Detectors with LED Panel Indicator

    Tuesday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Harrison, Richard  HO Building Lighting Projects and Techniques

    Tuesday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Harrison, Richard  Modify Walthers HO Turntable Remote Control

    Tuesday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Harter, Greg  Operating DC and DDC on a Large or Small Club Layout

    Tuesday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Hauff, Steve  21st Century Train Rides

    Monday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am  

Hauff, Steve Making Your Own Decals

    Monday / 9:30 am – 10:30 am  and Tuesday / 8:00 - 9:00 am

Hauff, Steve Slim Gauge Diesels

    Monday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm  

Hauff, Steve  Kitbashing Narrow Gauge Diesels

    Monday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm   

Hauff, Steve The Climax Geared Locomotive

    Tuesday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Hauff, Steve The Heisler Geared Locomotive

    Tuesday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Hauff, Steve  The Shay Geared Locomotive

    Tuesday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Henderson, Byron  Layout Design Bootcamp

    Monday / 8:00 am - noon       

Henderson, Byron  A Quick and Easy Start for Operations

    Tuesday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 

Hensley, Roger   Big Four Rialroad Through NYC to the PC

   Saturday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Hensley, Roger  Big Four Railroad, NYC, Central Indiana, PRR, NKP, PCm CR & CSX, NS

   Saturday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Hobbs, Paul  Forty Five Years of Amtrak

    Monday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm   and   Friday 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Hobbs, Paul  Kadee Couplers – A Treatise

    Monday / 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Hohn, Michael MMR  Basics of Scratch Building Structures and Rolling Stock

    Monday / 11:00 am – noon   and   Friday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Houzvicka, Frank  National and Major Train Museums in Europe

    Sunday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm  

Houzvicka, Frank  Behind the Scene at Miniatur Wunderland 2016

    Sunday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm   and   Saturday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Houzvicka, Frank  Other Large European Layouts

    Monday / 10:00 am – 12:00 noon 

Hunter, Rick and Maureen  Applications of "Weathering Mix"

    Friday / 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Hunter, Rick and Maureen   Make 'n' Take Snow Fence

    Wednesday / 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Ireland, Jarrette   Braking, Switching, and Running Railroading with Soundtraxx 

    Thursday / 9:30 am – 10:30 am   and   Friday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Ireland, Zane / Digitrax Users Group

    Thursday / 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm

Jameson, Benita   Adding Interior Details to Your Buildings

    Thursday / 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Jameson, Benita  Detailing and Weathering – Take Your Structures from STANDARD to STELLAR

    Thursday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Jameson, William (Gene)  Basic Electronics for Model Railroaders

    Friday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Jameson, William (Gene)  Documenting Your Layout

    Friday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm   and   Saturday / 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Johnson, Ron Steel Bench Work

    Wednesday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Jones, Trevor  Covering a Lot of Ground; Scenery Tools and Techniques

    Monday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm   and    Saturday / 2:30 - 3:30 pm

King, Ron  Scenery

   Saturday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

King, Ron  Modifying Passenger Car Trucks for Better Operations

   Saturday / 2:30 – 3:30 pm

Koester, Tony  Modeling a Granger Railroad

    Monday / 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm   and   Wednesday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm     

Littenhous, Bill  Electric Railroads of Southern Indiana and Louisville Kentucky Areas

    Friday / 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Logan, Norman Quality Backdrops You Can Do

    Tuesday / 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm   and   Wednesday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am         

Lowrance, John MMR  Scenery Ground Cover MaterialsCanceled 7/3/16

    Tuesday / 8:00 am – 9:00 am

Lowrance, John MMR  Setting the SceneCanceled 7/3/16

    Wednesday / 11:00 am – 12 noon

Lowrance, John MMR  Structure Fanning  Canceled 7/3/16

    Tuesday / 8:30 - 9:30 pm

Lowrance, John MMR  Rocks and Walls Canceled 7/3/16

    Tuesday / 9:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Ludley, Joe   What Is T Track?

    Friday / 8:00 - 9:00 PM