Bernard Kempinski is a retired defense analyst with over 35 years’ experience in weapons system evaluation and analysis. He graduated from MIT with BS and MS in mechanical engineering. He served 4 years in the US Army as a captain in the US Army Corps of Engineers. He has been researching and building models of civil war railroads for the past 20 years. Some of that research was included in a book on military railroads. He is also an accomplished professional model builder. He has completed several commissioned model railroad projects including displays for the B&O Railroad Museum, The Lyceum- Alexandria’s City Museum, The Freedom House Museum, Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Museum of Military History, and many others. He has written 5 books and over 50 articles about military, industrial and railroad modeling subjects. He is a certified Master Model Railroader by the National Model Railroad Association and has won national awards for his models and photographs. He lives in Alexandria, VA with his wife. They have two children and grandchildren.
