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R. Rodriguez has been a model
railroader for over 40 years. He has built several
small and medium size layouts including assisting
with construction of the former Prince William
County Model Railroad Club's layout in Quantico,
Virginia.
He is the President and Chief
Operating Officer of the Nickel City Line Railroad
Company (What that means is that since he
built it, he can give himself any title he
wants). He is a founding member of the
Prince William County Model Railroad Club where he
served as the club's Secretary, Treasurer,
Newletter Editor, and Show Coordinator. He is also
a member of the National Model Railroad
Association (NMRA); a member of the NMRA Mid-Eastern
Region; a member of the NMRA Potomac Division;
and a member of the NMRA Operations Special
Interest Group..
He has earned seven Achivement
Certificates from National Model Railroad
Association in Electrical, Scenery, Association
Volunteer, Chief Dispatcher, Engineer-Civil,
Author, and Master Builder-Cars. In September 2022
he completed all the requirements to earn his Master Model Railroader
Certificate (MMR). He is NMRA MMR #718.
Mr. Rodriguez enjoys the hobby of
model railroading. While he enjoys constructing
models and building scenery, his focus is on
operations. He has developed an operations
oriented layout on the Nickel City Line and hosts
a number of operating sessions each year. He also
operates with a round-robin group of model
railroaders that include such published model
railroaders as Paul Dolkos, John King, Steve King,
Mat Thompson, and Steve Williams.
He serves as an NMRA judge for the
Potomac Division for the Mid-Eastern Division and
has guided a number of model railroaders in
obtaining one or more NMRA Achievement
Certificates.
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