We are pulling together a diverse slate of model and prototype presentations for the 2026 RPM Naperville event. A tentative presentation schedule will be posted in the weeks before the RPM. We plan for each presentation to be offered twice on the schedule.
A few slots remain open. If you’re interested in presenting a clinic, contact Steve Hile at shile@mindspring.com for more information.
Please bring models to display. Here’s a PDF of model display cards to complete and print.
Click here for the 2026 RPM Naperville clinic schedule PDF!
This is a tentative schedule, subject to change before and during the event.
Here are the presenters and presentations so far. Changes may occur before the event begins. A presentation synopsis PDF file is also available to download.
1 – Craig Wilson – A Tribute to Jack Ozanich’s Atlantic Great Eastern
2 – Mont Switzer – Little Things that define Location and Era
3 – Bob Ristow – Building a Steam Locomotive
4 – Rich Gortowski – Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Twin Cities Zephyr’s Equipment 1934-1970
5 – Rene LaVoise – Starting a New Layout
6 – John Wark – The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis in Western Tennessee
7 – Mark Vaughan – Grain
8 – Jerry Hamsmith – A pair of 1920s Steel Box Cars for the Auto Industry
9 – Ed Rethwisch – Building New York Central and Chesapeake & Ohio Automobile Box Cars
10 – Chris Vanko – Weathering Update
11 – Tim Van Mersbergen – Using AI for Scenery Enhancements
12 – Ray Breyer – Automobile Box Car History
13 – Ted Culotta – Southern Pacific post war 40-foot box cars – prototype and models
14 – Steve Hile – Armour Meat Reefers
15 – Doug Harding – Railroad Cranes Wreckers and Derricks
16 – Tony Thompson – The role of the Agent and how to model it
17 – Jim Panza – Suggestions for Modeling the TTX Fleet – Part 1
18 – Roger Hinman – New York Central 10-foot, 6-inch interior height box cars
19 – Rich Remiarz – Great Northern Box Cars, Part III
20 – Clark Propst – Upgrading Roundhouse Double-Door, Single-Sheathed box cars
21 – Jim Singer – More Passenger Train Oddities
22 – Joe Binish – Creating a Soo Line PBM from Three Rivarossi cars
23 – Jason Klocke – The Joy of Scenery
24 – Earl Tuson – Milk Tank Cars, Part I
25 – Seth Lakin – New York Central 40-foot PS-1 Box Cars
26 – Al Kempf, Jr – Tailoring your Freight Car Fleet
27 – Eric Hansmann – Using Maps for Layout Design
28 – Adrian Sherrill – Operations around L&N’s Canal St. Station in New Orleans
29 – Dick Harley – Pacific Fruit Express Wood Reefers
30 – Ken Akerboom – Boston & Maine post-war freight car roster
31 – Alex Hoffner – An Inside look at Design and Manufacture of 3D Printed Parts
32 – Bob Hanmer – DM&IR Passenger Service and the Fight to Discontinue
33 – Bob Bender – Domestic Container Evolution
Alternate presentations
Class One Model Works – tba
Click here for the 2026 RPM Naperville clinic schedule PDF!
This is a tentative schedule, subject to change before and during the event.
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