Proto-Future and the Beginner's Guide to Model Railroading
Summary: This is a joint feed for the Beginner’s Guide to Model Railroading (BGT) and the Proto-Future Podcast (PFP), a fresh take on model railroading which covers modern transit, intercity passenger rail, and walkable, climate-just, and racially equitable urban environments.
Podcasts:
This episode recounts impressionable articles, near-future Amtrak routes, and how I went from modeling the 1890s On30 and choosing a diesel locomotive just for fun to completely abandoning the On30 layout and starting over to make a new layout based on a concept for regional transportation in a state which I've never lived in and barely visited.
After thousands of days into BGT, we finally get to start making scenery!
The Scathing Atheist, Episode #195, as interpreted by G4
This episode details how I went from a car-brained suburbanite to the opinionated rail advocate and city critic that I am today.
This episode addresses some much-delayed listener questions about beginnery topics, as well as some of the feedback about the most recent episode, the Proto-Future Manifesto.
This episode addresses how current trends in model railroading are unsustainable, and integrating more modern mindsets such as inclusivity and climate justice will enrich the hobby's participants and modeling subjects.
In this episode, I share the history of the notable railroads in northern New England and the southern mid-Atlantic states
In this episode, I explain my absence, then tell you about making scenery landforms with plaster cloth, foam board, and other techniques, then finish with teaching you how to cast rocks.
In this episode, I give you a history of the notable major and smaller railroads in northern New England
In this episode, I read an essay on the philosophical aspects of building and operating a model railroad.
In this episode, I describe in detail how to lay roadbed and track for derailment-free operation.
In this episode, I will give you a brief overview of the history of North American Railroads.
In this episode, I go over all the background information required to lay track.
In this episode, I go over all the background information required to lay track.
In this episode, I answer a second round of questions from various listeners, covering topics from layout design to turnout types to minimum radii. I also issue a correction from a previous episode and introduce you to OO scale.
