Central Director
Fred's interest and involvement in the hobby have been constant throughout his life, despite more than two dozen moves around the world. He has served as the Mid Central Region Secretary and as a Trustee, Assistant Superintendent, and Superintendent, as well as holding several committee chair roles in his local Division in Louisville, Kentucky. He earned his MMR in 2022.
His primary model railroading interest is in operations and both model and prototype photography. He has built layouts in N scale, HO scale, O27, and G gauge. Fred's latest HO scale home layout, currently under construction, centers around a re-imagined Santa Cruz Branch line set in 1981. He has presented clinics on a wide variety of topics at Region and National Conventions and virtually to other Divisions and NMRAx. He is a member of the LDSIG and OPSIG as well as several railroad historical societies.
In addition to a career in the US Army, Fred taught at both the college and corporate level. He also managed a team of information technology instructors at a private training company and created online and in-person information technology learning content at a Fortune 100 company until his second retirement.