{"id":221,"date":"2026-09-02T00:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T00:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wip.artofmodelrailroading.com\/?page_id=221"},"modified":"2026-09-22T21:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:05:48","slug":"dave","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wip.artofmodelrailroading.com\/index.php\/hosts\/dave\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Abeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social wp-block-coblocks-social-profiles has-text-align-center has-colors\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/onondagacutoff\" title=\"Facebook\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-block-coblocks-social__button wp-block-coblocks-social__button--facebook has-padding\" style=\"border-radius:40px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__icon\"><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/onondagacutoff\" title=\"Pinterest\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-block-coblocks-social__button wp-block-coblocks-social__button--pinterest has-padding\" style=\"border-radius:40px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__icon\"><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__text\">Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-roboto-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Roboto\"><strong>Dave<\/strong>&nbsp;is a civil engineer and manager at a major northeastern passenger railroad. His lifelong passion and subsequent career in railroad operations has allowed an insight into prototype railroad infrastructure design, maintenance, and more importantly into operations: how people use infrastructure to move trains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-roboto-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Roboto\">Dave models Conrail during the mid-1990s on his HO scale railroad, the Onondaga Cutoff.&nbsp; The \u201cOC\u201d is well-known having been featured numerous times in<em>&nbsp;Model Railroader<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Railroad Model Craftsman<\/em>&nbsp;magazines. Videos of operations on the OC are available online and a growing series of how-to videos hosted by Dave is available at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/onondagacutoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.patreon.com\/onondagacutoff<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-roboto-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Roboto\">Dave has authored several books on model railroading and enjoys travel, photography, music, cooking, history, and rail operations.&nbsp; More than anything&nbsp;Dave&nbsp;enjoys community and family time living with his&nbsp;wife and their three children&nbsp;in northwestern New Jersey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" src=\"http:\/\/wip.artofmodelrailroading.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dables-1024x789.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wip.artofmodelrailroading.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dables-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wip.artofmodelrailroading.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dables-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wip.artofmodelrailroading.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dables-767x591.jpg 767w, https:\/\/wip.artofmodelrailroading.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dables-1536x1184.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wip.artofmodelrailroading.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/dables-2048x1578.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-text-color has-link-color has-roboto-font-family has-custom-font wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000000;font-family:Roboto\"><strong>On Art in Model Railroading:<\/strong><br>Modeling&nbsp;railroading is a journey that seeks to capture in miniature what prototype railroads have done for hundreds of years:&nbsp;organize&nbsp;people and machines to provide transportation for the movement of goods and the traveling public.&nbsp;Railroading is a vocation, and those of us fascinated by trains are naturally exposed to railroading and all of its possibilities. The art is what ties this community of modelers together.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>The wonder and awe surrounding railroading is indeed real, and communicating that passion to others is an artistic journey just as much as any other art can be.&nbsp;Working to continuously improve&nbsp;our modeling opens doors for us to be inspired by others, and&nbsp;for us&nbsp;to inspire fellow modelers sharing the journey. In kinship with&nbsp;military operations or blue-ocean shipping, railroading wholly depends on teamwork to accomplish its goals.&nbsp;And model railroading likewise&nbsp;sets a stage where teamwork can resonate &#8211; a group of people coming together to model prototype operations.&nbsp;<br><br>The art of model railroading takes many forms, yet it always begins where we each start.&nbsp; Our art accompanies us on our journeys, it waits for us when we need it to, and it will challenge us to grow.&nbsp; As we work to improve our own skills, we have more to share with others, and by coming together the hobby grows stronger.&nbsp; The best is yet to come!<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave&nbsp;is a civil engineer and manager at a major northeastern passenger railroad. 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