Apr 174 min read
Leap Year? More Like Lima Year! Shays, Mikados and Pacifics (Part 1 of 2)
I’m writing this during a leap year, which means we experienced February 29th in 2024. According to NASA, leap years exist because Earth...
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Mar 227 min read
Model Train Online Shopping Fail: Lessons Learned After Buying a Locomotive on eBay
My luck was bound to run out. I had very few problems with ordering trains online, other than a wonky Weaver Dreyfuss Hudson that my mom...
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Mar 197 min read
A Gen Z Look at the American Orient Express: The Last Luxury Passenger Train of America?
I was browsing volume II of Lionel’s 2023 catalog with my brain in neutral, thumbing through pages of Legacy steam engines and diesels....
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Feb 126 min read
John Oliver's Take on Freight Trains and Thomas the Tank Engine (Train Crashes Part 3)
The Circle of Choo Choo Life: I think we should make a train version of “The Circle of Life” from The Lion King because it seems like,...
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Feb 818 min read
Top 10 Train Crashes in Media: My Picks (Train Crashes Part 2)
If you’re addicted to YouTube (me), then you’ve seen a bunch of Top 10 lists for pretty much everything in the history of ever. Watchmojo...
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Jan 187 min read
Train Crashes (Part 1)
Thomas the Tank Engine: Accidents Will Happen
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