Jack Dziadul
Jack is the owner of Ipswich Hobbies, a craftsman kit manufacturer that was started just before Jack retired a few years ago. Ipswich Hobbies has released twenty kits so far and always seems to have several more on the drawing boards.
Jack has presented numerous clinics on various model railroad topics at NMRA national, Mid-Eastern Region conventions, and Carolina Piedmont Division events. Jack has six Achievement Program awards toward Master Model Railroader and is working on two others: Master Builder – Cars and Prototype Models.
The NMRA has presented Jack with its President’s Award for Service to the Division, and he has been named Member of the Year twice by the Carolina Piedmont Division. Jack has had many volunteer roles within the hobby including Co-Chairman of two Mid-Eastern Region conventions.
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.