Modeling US DMUs Part 3: NCTD Sprinter

Audio from the YouTube video series describing my journey to visit, ride, and bicycle every DMU system in the USPlease consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

Audio from the YouTube video series describing my journey to visit, ride, and bicycle every DMU system in the US.Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

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).Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

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.Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

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.Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

Everything you need to know to begin operating on your, or any model railroad. CTC, ABS, Timetables, Train Orders, Car Cards, and Waybills are all exhaustively, thoroughly, and clearly explained.Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

Part 2 of an interview with modeler savant, Tyler Trahan, talking about passenger trains, modeling, politics, news, and urbanism.Link to the WTYP Bonus Episode Preview on Dining Cars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikq0lP9oQgIPlease consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

A bonus narration of my sole-author peer-reviewed scientific literature review in mBio: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00873-25?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmedPlease consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

A bonus discussion on urbanism, advocacy, and completely banning cars.Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring

This episode covers the history of the Class III shortline and narrow-gauge railroads in the Mid-Atlantic Region, including the Camden and Amboy, Ma&Pa, and Surry, Sussex, and Southhampton.Please consider donating at https://www.patreon.com/bgtmrring