MER Clinic: Modeling Modern Power Plants

This clinic describes techniques for modeling modern (post 1970 era) coal-fired power plants, explains why modeling them is appropriate for many model railroads, presents basic factors in power plant and model power plant design, and modeling techniques. The clinic is based on a 1000 megawatt (MW) power plant built on my railroad – a freelance HO scale layout depicting the theme, “sources and uses of coal.” It also describes a repowered gasification facility – another model plant on my railroad.

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