Making lights blink, sounds play, and things (other than trains) move

Building and painting backdrops to extend a layout's scenery

Locos, cars, bridges, etc. constructed of brass and techniques to build or paint them.

The things you see in open top cars such as hoppers, gons, and flat cars

This clinic is presented by a model railroad supplier or vendor.

Centralized Traffic Control - design, construction, theory, or operation

Getting your locomotive decoders configured

The NMRA EduTrain program providing train materials to members

Railroading, model and prototype, outside of North America

Shays, Willamettes, Heislers, Climax, (and any other geared) steam locomotives

Little things that enhance your layout or modeling experience

Magazines or websites of interest to model railroaders

The Java Model Railroad Interface - This free interface helps automate your DCC system and includes programs such as Decode Pro and Panel Pro

Using a laser cutter to create parts for our models.

The art of designing a layout to fulfill particular goals.

A presentation of a model railroad(s)

Layout Command Control - the newest NMRA standard for electronically controling your layout and the trains on it

Using LEDs to light a layout

The handling and transport of cattle, sheep, or other animals by railroads

Maintenance Of Way equipment

The use of 3D printing technology to create items for our model railroads

Design and use of molds to replicate lots of identical parts.

NMRA specific clinics such as meet-and-greets, board-of-directors meetings, etc.

Making our model trains run - from casual to over-the-top prototypical operation

Operations special interest group

The Pacific Fruit Express was a joint operation of Southern and Union Pacific railroads to transport fruit and other produce from the west coast to points east

Techniques and/or examples for shooting photos or video of model or prototype trains

Companies (such as TTX) that lease railroad equipment to railroads or industries

Tips and techniques for building a model based on a prototype location and time as realistically as possible

A discussion of one or mote stations or depots

Railroad operation using car floats and barges or water front operation

Techniques for looking for what railroads of the past did, owned, operated, or looked like

Railroad Prototype Modelers special interest group

Tips and techniques for creating plans and/or building items for out layouts without using kits

Tips and techniques for creating various types of signs for our layouts

Softward to helps us control our layouts

Techniques for making sturdy and neat solder joints

Any aspect of structures: prototype, design, construction, painting, and installation.

The use of telephones in an model railroad operating session

Any aspect of freight train, prototype, modeling, facitlities, or operation

Time Table and Train Order - operating a railroad or model railroad using this time honored system of train control

Running trains - inside your computer!