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RJD Railroad Back Issues
Just a note that if you missed my cover stories on modeling Reading Railroad USRA “Russian” Decapods, the SD90MACs that ran on the Green Mountain Railway or the CNJ “backtrack” Mikado you can still get back issues from Railroad Model Craftsman.
Modeling the Back Track Behemoth Part 1 — September 2005
Modeling the Back Track Behemoth… »
RJD back in print: April RMC
The April 2009 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman marks my return to the national model railroad magazine scene. Jules Heiliczer and I have an article on his HO scale model of a McMyler Car Dumping Machine. It is a complimentary piece to Bob Fischer’s study of the prototype McMylers.
My last time out, Bob did… »
Northern Vermont Snow Day
It is not often that I drag the video camera out in the snow, but the chance to spend a day wandering around Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom on dreary winter Friday got me motivated. Add in a car full of friends stocked with jerky and coffee and what the heck? See if you likey, we… »
Shep
If I have to explain who Jean Shepherd was, I might run out of pixels. Fortunately http://www.flicklives.com/ serves both the novice and the long time Shep fan.
Yes, Virginia, he was “that Christmas Story guy.” But to stop there is like saying brie is the cheese with the white moldy rind. You are only addressing the… »