Allan Gartner
Allan Gartner has been interested in model railroading and electricity since elementary school. Allan has worked as an electrical and computer engineer in the telecommunications, robotics, and defense industries. He authored Model Railroader’s “DCC Currents” column for three years, the book, “DCC and Model Railroading”, and his website, WiringForDCC.com, since 1996.
Tom Gordon
Tom began model railroading at the time he received his first train under the Christmas tree. Now he models the Seaboard Air Line in the era of first-generation diesels and is building a layout resembling the prototype between Atlanta and Birmingham. He also enjoys (sometimes too much) the electronic aspect of the hobby, with Arduino based control systems for yards, and C/MRI – JMRI based signaling.
Phil Brooks
Phil has been a model railroader for over 55 years, with home layouts in HO and N scale, building NTRAK modules and traveling with the Knoxville Area Model Railroaders. His career experience includes model building, graphic design, exhibit design, and photography for trade shows, displays, museums and government clients. He has experience in urethane pressure casting, laser cutting, etched metal design and construction, and CAD design for 3D printing. Phil authored roughly a dozen articles for N-Scale Railroading, Model Railroad Planning, and contributed to three Kalmbach modeling books, featuring his home layout, the Clinch River. Phil frequently enters NMRA model contests and has won national and regional awards.
Steven Flowers
I have been interested in trains since before elementary school. I have worked for two Class I railroads since 2002, first as a conductor then promoted to engineer in 2006. I love operations and use JMRI Operations Pro on my HO scale layout. I model the Class II Regional, the Paducah & Louisville Railroad. I am currently the Bluff City Division Superintendent, a position I’ve held since 2018.