Links to BGT episodes:

Topic

Podcast Introduction

Introduction to Model Railroading

Scale and Gauge

Train Sets and DCC

Beginner’s Bible (major tips)

Track Plan Workshop, Part 1: Operations

Track Plan Workshop, Part 2: Space

Track Plan Workshop, Part 3: Prototypes

Tools and Terminology

Benchwork

Laying Track, Part 1

Laying Track, Part 2

Scenery, Part 1: Lithosphere

Scenery, Part 2: Pedosphere Part 1

Scenery, Part 3: Pedosphere Part 2

Structures

Operations

Listener Questions

Q&As Part 1

Q&As Part 2

Q&As Part 3

Q&A Part 4

Railroad History

North American Railroad History

Northern New England

Southern New England

Mid-Atlantic Class Is

Mid-Atlantic Class IIs

Mid-Atlantic Class IIIs

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Proto-Future is attempting to do something which has never been done in model railroading before. I am here to ruffle feathers, seed ideas, get rusty gears turning, and help the hobby escape the transition-era worshiping rut we’ve been in for 30+ years, thereby better appealing to younger generations and improving the world around us along the way. If you have any thoughts at all – good or bad – pause for a second, think them through, make sure they’re logical, then email me, and we’ll see where it goes.

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