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August 19, 2026 – Wednesday – TCD Meeting

August 22, 2026 – Saturday – Skills Day on Dispatching

September 16, 2026 – Wednesday – TCD Meeting

September 26, 2026 – Saturday -Fall Layout Tours

October 21, 2026 – Wednesday – TCD Meeting

November 18, 2026 – Wednesday – TCD Meeting

See also the Calendar for a list of local model railroad events

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The Crossing Gate Podcast

The Crossing Gate. Model railroad discussion.

Discussion of model railroading and operations.

Operations crew experience. How do we get people to be better at all of the assigned jobs? What are advantages and disadvantages to having an experienced crew member. Do you reward people for knowing all the jobs?

Ken Borowski MMR, Mike Jordan, and Thomas Gasior MMR, discuss these questions and more. We discuss this from a layout owners side and being the crew member with little, or much experience.

Our Sponsor this episode is the Six-Hour Clinic.

Plus the usual outtakes and extra stories at the end.

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#97 – Building Crew Experience for Operations

August 5, 2026

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#96 – Modeling improvement using photography

July 27, 2026

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#95 – The role of Helpers at an Operation Session

July 17, 2026

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