Clark, Robert A.

State: 
CA
Country: 
USA
Bio: 

Bob has been a docent at the California State Railroad Museum for 18 years, intrepreting the railway post office car, diner, and sleeper. He is a member of the Sacramento Modular Railroaders club and has a home layout modeling the Erie around Elmira, N.Y. about 1952.


Clinics Presented:

Layout design with a passenger train emphasis

Clinician: 
Clark, Robert A.

Track plans suggest how passenger terminal and main line layout design elements can be pulled together. Terminal layout design elements such as turning arrangements, express and mail facilities, and coach yard components such as car washers, servicing platforms, Pullman and commissary buildings, and craft shops will be covered. Main line elements discussed include junctions where trains are reassembled and through stations with passenger car setouts.

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PDF icon Clark_layout design exhibits 2015.pdf
PDF icon Clark_LD handout 2015.pdf
Day Time Room
Monday, Aug 24 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM Mt. Bachelor
Tuesday, Aug 25 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Sellwood
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Passenger terminals and servicing facilities: Prototype examples

Clinician: 
Clark, Robert A.

This clinic supplements my Layout Design clinic, focusing on the wide variety of facilities needed to service passenger trains at terminals, illustrated with track diagrams and slides of coach yards, Pullman buildings, commissaries, car washers, and mail and express buildings. Switching of terminals is described. A handout includes specifications for servicing platforms and utilities such as compressed air, steam, water, and electricity.

Download: 
PDF icon Clark_terminal exhibits 2015.pdf
PDF icon Clark_terminals handout 2015.pdf
Day Time Room
Monday, Aug 24 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Mt. Bachelor
Tuesday, Aug 25 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM Sellwood
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