Category: Seattle-North Clinic

Please join us for the monthly north end clinic tomorrow night, Thursday, March 3, at 7pm to hear visiting clinician, James Knabb, present Post COVID-19 Model Railroading, a timely presentation about how the pandemic has changed our hobby. James joins us from the great state of Texas so we will be sure to start promptly at 7pm PST. The lobby will open by 6:45pm so folks can join and chat beforehand. Login information for the meeting is below.

About the clinic: The model train industry has changed significantly since the height of the pandemic and there has been a huge amount of people joining the hobby. We will chat about what types of new modelers are out there and how to get them to join the NMRA. We will also discuss what other clubs have been doing to stay active.

About the clinician: James is a junior at the University of Texas at Dallas as a Supply Chain Management major. He has been in the model railroading hobby since he could walk and is currently an NMRA member. He is the social media chairman for his local NMRA division and organized multi-division NMRA Zoom meetings for divisions across the world during the height of the pandemic. He is active in recruiting members at shows for his local division and regularly encourages new modelers to take a more active role in model railroading.  James is active in the organization Youth in Model Railroading (YMR) and presented at their national virtual meet in March of 2021. He created a blog called NextGen Railroaders and sometimes hosts Zoom meetings for college students to talk about trains. James also was the recipient of the 2019 LSR NMRA Youth Award for presenting at the 2019 LSR Convention for CAD design and recently received the NMRA AP Volunteer Certificate at age 19.

Zoom meeting information:
Topic: North Seattle March Virtual Meeting
Time: Mar 3, 2022 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87300328199?pwd=SVBzNzR5KzBKN0V5Szg2VlhwU0Qwdz09
Meeting ID: 873 0032 8199
Passcode: 392468

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow night!

This is a friendly reminder that the North End February meeting is tomorrow, Thursday, February 3, at 7:00pm. Until further notice our clinic is going to remain virtual. The link to the Zoom meeting is included in this announcement. The lobby will open a bit early for socializing.

This month Greg Wright, who chairs the 4D’s Olympia clinic, will be our clinician. He will be sharing a presentation about his trip riding the Rocky Mountaineer in Utah and Colorado this past November.

Here’s the link info:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89663417933?pwd=cGc0RkxSZUFVbUVsUWc0Sjc4bW5ZZz09
Meeting ID: 896 6341 7933
Passcode: 459060

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night!

Lisa Murray

Happy New Year!! With the winter weather wreaking havoc on the Seattle area recently, it’s good to know that we still have the virtual option for our North End clinic, regardless of the new COVID variant.

The January meeting is coming up this week and we are fortunate to have Lee Bishop presenting a clinic entitled: Taking Better Photographs of Your Layout, With Any Camera or Cellphone. Lee’s clinic will describe how he is taking pictures of his layout and share some of his recently published pics!

A little bit about our presenter:

Lee got into the hobby at the age of 5, with a Lionel O27 train set. He modelled in HO and G through his youth, into the 1990s. He left the hobby for several few years and came back when Bachmann decided to release his favorite prototype (an ET&WNC Baldwin ten-wheeler) in On30. He’s been in On30 ever since.

He is also a part-time military historian, having worked on various magazine articles, books and TV shows over the years in a consultant role. He is considered to be an expert on various topics of military history and also served in the US Army as an officer for several years.

Lee’s modeling reflects his love and interest for the WW2 era. He decided to model a fictional branch line of the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina (ET&WNC) railroad in On30, in an 11 X 10 foot bedroom in his home. The layout takes place in 1943. His layout has been featured in several model railroad magazines over the last couple of years

Lee presented this clinic in November at the Olympia clinic, but, unfortunately the presentation was not recorded. Lee has been gracious enough to present again on Thursday so folks who missed it in November can get a chance to see it live (and we can also get a recording!). Thanks to Byron Osborn for the suggestion!

Here’s a link to the clinic. The meeting will start at 7pm. “Doors” will open shortly beforehand:

Topic: January 2022 Virtual North End Clinic 
Time: Jan 6, 2022 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83279895298?pwd=UDM2bkFwb1RKalV6TnNOYm83WnVoUT09
Meeting ID: 832 7989 5298
Passcode: 930465

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Thursday!

Lisa Murray, chair, North End Clinic

UPDATE (5/2/21 5:00pm): This post was updated to include a biography of our guest presenter.

The North Seattle NMRA Clinic (also known as the North End Clinic) will be holding its May meeting this coming Thursday, May 6, at 7:00pm.

This month Mike Intlekofer will be presenting on A Few Things You Didn’t Know About the Railroad Bridge at the Locks. His presentation on the history of the single-leaf bascule bridge at the Ballard Locks includes rare photos and maps of the area.

Mike Intlekofer was born in St. Paul, and his family followed the GN westward, spending some time in Minot, N.D., before finally settling in Seattle in the Magnolia neighborhood. He attended the UW and received degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering before embarking on a career in marine electronics and medical devices. Mike now spends his time volunteering for the Newcastle Historical Society, hobby farming, restoring antique equipment, and dabbling in ham radio.

A huge thank you to Russ Segner for organizing this talk for our group.

Of course, the clinic will be virtual. The Zoom meeting will start at 7:00pm, and the lobby will open no later than 6:45 pm. Here is the information for the meeting:

Topic: North Seattle NMRA May Clinic
Time: May 6, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
https://zoom.us/j/92275515173?pwd=YWhnaU92ZmoyY1lZbG5URUhDQTUxdz09
Meeting ID: 922 7551 5173
Passcode: 157588

Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday!

Lisa Murray
Chair, North Seattle Clinic
northseattle_organizer@4dpnr.com
(P.S. Before you get too impressed I had to google the type of bridge….ha ha!)

This April meeting of the North End clinic is Thursday, April 1, at 7pm.

For those of you who have been following Larry Sloan as he builds his new layout and are amazed at the quick progress he is making…be prepared to be amazed even further.

Larry will be presenting a clinic on how to build turnouts for your layout.

Why, you may ask, does someone hand build turnouts when they can easily be purchased? Well, as most modelers say, why not?!

Below is the Zoom link for the meeting. Doors will open by 6:45pm.

Topic: 4dPNR NMRA North End Clinic Virtual Meeting
Time: Apr 1, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
https://zoom.us/j/93894583463?pwd=SStSeVpjRWRHSWh5emNlREtOZmZ5QT09
Meeting ID: 938 9458 3463
Passcode: 254424

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow night.

Lisa Murray
Chair, North End Clinic
northseattle_organizer@4dpnr.com