Published Articles
Model railroading takes on many facets depending on the interests of the modeler. For me, one of my many interests is writing and I have been honored with publication of various articles. The publication of these articles is in addition to the publication of photographs of the Willow Creek found on the Videos and Publications web page.
The January 2021 edition of The Dispatcher's Office, the official journal of the Operations Special Interest Group (OPSIG), published another of my articles, "Sequence Schedules with Timetables." This article talks about integrating timetable-based (scheduled) trains into a sequence schedule for operating sessions. A PDF file of my original article is provided in the list of articles at the bottom of this web page.
The August 2018 edition of the NMRA Magazine, the official publication of the National Model Railroad Association, published my article "A Staging Yard for the Willow Creek." A PDF file of my original article is provided in the list of articles at the bottom of this web page.
The NMRA Magazine also chose a photo of the Willow Creek Railroad for the cover of their August edition. The photo shows one of my freight trains emerging from the tunnel leading to the staging yard discussed in the article.
The January 2018 edition of The Dispatcher's Office published another of my articles, "Sequence Schedules for the Willow Creek." This article describes how to create a sequence schedule for operations. A PDF file of my original article is provided in the list of articles at the bottom of this page.
I am also honored that the OPSIG chose a photo of the Willow Creek Railroad for the cover of their January journal. This photo shows a train of empty coal hoppers, led by an Alco RS-3, preparing to leave Bucky's Crossing.
The January 2017 edition of the OPSIG's journal, The Dispatcher's Office, published my article "A Simple Dispatcher's Control Panel Using Microsoft PowerPoint." This was the first of my articles to be published in a National publication. My original writing of that article can be found in the following list as "Crossties - Dispatchers Panel."
Articles, with links provided below, have also been published in:
National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) Mid-Eastern Region (MER), The Local (a bi-monthly publication)
NMRA MER James River Division (JRD), Crossties (a bi-monthly e-publication)
You are welcomed to download and read these articles. Unless otherwise indicated for a particular article, you are also welcomed to share these articles with fellow modelers provided that such sharing is done on a no-fee/no-cost basis (i.e., free to the reader). Beyond this casual sharing, please respect that these articles are copyrighted and may not be reproduced in part or in whole by any means whether electronic or otherwise without written permission of the author, except for brief excerpts for review.