Proto-Future and the Beginner's Guide to Model Railroading

Audio from the YouTube video series describing my journey to visit, ride, and bicycle every DMU system in the US. Video found at: https://www.youtube.com/@_G_IV Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

Audio from the YouTube video series describing my journey to visit, ride, and bicycle every DMU system in the US. Video found at: https://www.youtube.com/@_G_IV Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

Audio from the YouTube video series describing my journey to visit, ride, and bicycle every DMU system in the US. Video found at: https://www.youtube.com/@_G_IV Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

Audio from the YouTube video series describing my journey to visit, ride, and bicycle every DMU system in the US. Video found at: https://www.youtube.com/@_G_IV Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

Audio from the YouTube video series describing my journey to visit, ride, and bicycle every DMU system in the US. Video found at: https://www.youtube.com/@_G_IV Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

Audio from the YouTube video series describing my journey to visit, ride, and bicycle every DMU system in the US. Video found at: https://www.youtube.com/@_G_IV Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

Audio from the YouTube video series describing my journey to visit, ride, and bicycle every DMU system in the US. Video found at: https://www.youtube.com/@_G_IV Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

Audio from the YouTube video series describing my journey to visit, ride, and bicycle every DMU system in the US. Video found at: https://www.youtube.com/@_G_IV Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

Audio from the YouTube video series describing my journey to visit, ride, and bicycle every DMU system in the US. Video found at: https://www.youtube.com/@_G_IV Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

Audio from the YouTube video series describing my journey to visit, ride, and bicycle every DMU system in the US Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

In part three of this three-part series, I explain the ways in which layouts can host modern transit and modeling-relevant operations, giving examples for layouts small, medium, and large for how to realistically and entertainingly model walking, bicycling, busses, streetcars, trams/straßenbahnen, light rail, stadtbahnen, tram-trains, DMUs, heavy rail subways, schnellbahnen/RERs, intercity rail, l...

In part two of this three-part series, I explain the ways in which modern transit are relevant to model railroad operations, highlighting the available models and strategies for depicting walking, bicycling, busses, streetcars, trams/straßenbahnen, light rail, stadtbahnen, tram-trains, DMUs, heavy rail subways, schnellbahnen/RERs, intercity rail, long distance/night trains, High-eR Speed Rail (HRS...

In part one of this three-part series, I explain the recent history and political implications of modern transit, being: walking, bicycling, busses, streetcars, trams/straßenbahnen, light rail, stadtbahnen, tram-trains, DMUs, heavy rail subways, schnellbahnen/RERs, intercity rail, long distance/night trains, High-eR Speed Rail (HRSR), and HSR, High Speed Rail. Please consider donating at https://w...

Everything you need to know to begin operating on your, or any model railroad. CTC, ABS, Timetables, Train Orders, Car Cards, and Waybills are all exhaustively, thoroughly, and clearly explained. Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

Part 2 of an interview with modeler savant, Tyler Trahan, talking about passenger trains, modeling, politics, news, and urbanism. Link to the WTYP Bonus Episode Preview on Dining Cars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikq0lP9oQgI Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

A bonus narration of my sole-author peer-reviewed scientific literature review in mBio: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00873-25?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

A bonus discussion on urbanism, advocacy, and completely banning cars. Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

This episode covers the history of the Class III shortline and narrow-gauge railroads in the Mid-Atlantic Region, including the Camden and Amboy, Ma&Pa, and Surry, Sussex, and Southhampton. Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

A discussion on Low, Higher, and High Speed Rail, infrastructure politics, and Lucid Stew's history and growth as a creator. Check out Lucid Stew’s channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@LucidStew Stew’s original two videos on CAHSR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBjsW19jak8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG_DLyxQP14 Stew’s recent video on CAHSR between LA and Orange County: https://www.youtube...

Part 2 of how to ride Amtrak, finding a train, understanding service classes, booking a ticket, waiting at the station, and the onboard experience, recorded from the Coast Starlight.

Part 1 of an interview with modeler savant, Tyler Trahan, covering his history in model railroading, museum, and steam railroading, and his thoughts on manifestos, passenger trains, virtual modeling, club inclusivity, and public outreach. Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

Part 1 of how to ride Amtrak, giving a brief history and describing the destinations and operations of every single route on the timetable, recorded onboard the Sunset Limited.

The second part of a pilot episode I recorded in 2023, exploring Pittsburgh and biking on the GAP trail back to Connellsville. The City Cast Pittsburgh episode on the Silence of the Lambs house can be found here : https://pittsburgh.citycast.fm/podcasts/spend-the-night-at-the-silence-of-the-lambs-house Go support my friends at City Cast if you’re in any one of their 13 (soon to be 15) cities!

This episode is a layout construction progress update amid some pretty major life changes: writing my and defending my Ph. D. dissertation, and looking to move overseas for safety. What will happen next to the layout and podcast? Listen on... A final reminder to support CAN: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org

In this episode, I describe a project I've been working on with some friends to end car-dependency all across America, not just in cities, and details the many reasons why cars are always harmful to the environment, our health, and our economic prosperity. The Centre County Highway Revolt is a citizen-led organization opposing any new automobile spending in Pennsylvania, and instead promotes build...