Miles HermanApr 174 min readLeap 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 HermanMar 227 min readModel Train Online Shopping Fail: Lessons Learned After Buying a Locomotive on eBayMy 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 HermanMar 197 min readA 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 HermanFeb 126 min readJohn 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 HermanFeb 818 min readTop 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...