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Proto-Future 20: How to model Modern Transit, Part 3: FLIRTing with Layout Design

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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, long distance/night trains, High-eR Speed Rail (HRSR), and High Speed Rail (HSR).

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Proto-Future 19: How to model Modern Transit, Part 2: Passenger Trains on Shelf Layouts

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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 (HRSR), and HSR, High Speed Rail.

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Proto-Future 18: How to model Modern Transit, Part 1: What is Modern Transit Anyway?

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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.

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Proto-Future 5, Part 2: Inaugural Borealis, Day 2 – Minneapolis Speedrun and the Twin Cities Model Railroad Museum

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This episode follows as I walk through the Minneapolis Skyway, discuss the NorthStar Commuter Rail, ride all the Minneapolis Metro Light Rail, visit the Twin Cities Model Railroad Museum and interview Ken Zieska and Matt Malwitz, have a disappointingly short visit to St. Paul, walk the entire Mall of America, visit St. Anthony Falls, and leave flowers at George Floyd Memorial Square.

Proto-Future 5, Inaugural Borealis, Day 2: Minneapolis Speedrun & Twin Cities Model Railroad Museum
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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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