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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...
Miles Herman
Apr 17, 20244 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...
Miles Herman
Mar 22, 20247 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....
Miles Herman
Mar 19, 20247 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,...
Miles Herman
Feb 12, 20246 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...
Miles Herman
Feb 8, 202418 min read
Train Crashes (Part 1)
Thomas the Tank Engine: Accidents Will Happen
Miles Herman
Jan 18, 20247 min read
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