Weekend 277.0 (Autumn Biking Adventures)
(1) This App Will Help You Find A Quiet Space In The Loud, Bustling City (1a) Metro-North Commuters Slog to Work: After Power Outage, It Could Be Days Before Normalcy Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Railroads
Weekend 274.0 (Baskets Encouraged)
Finished A History of Capitalism According to the Jubilee Line by John O’Farrell and The 32 Stops by Danny Dorling. The latter is a clever work using facts to provide Continue Reading →
Weekend 213.3 (bits and bobs)
(1) “What other commute can compete with the sights of the limestone Landwasser Viaduct and the Piz Bernina peak?” – MONOCLE, February 2012 (2) Kibun is NO Toast but he’s Continue Reading →
More Goodies from the Train Show
This is the second pamphlet/brochure from the train show and this one is in fantastic shape. This is a promotional piece (12 panels) for the second year of the 1939/1940 Continue Reading →
Weekend 200.1
Found a pamphlet from the 1948 Chicago Railroad Fair at the Housatonic Model Railroad Club / Fairfield Historical Society train show this morning. From the pamphlet Retracing The Growth of Continue Reading →
Weekend 193.0 (Planes, Trains and Automobiles)
(1) Window of the World (2) FIAT Drive In (3) Ryōmō Line (3a) East Japan Railway Company (3b) Iwafune Station (3c) Tribute to Makoto Shinkai (Part III) (4) Tony Parsons Continue Reading →
Weekend 192.1
(1) Trouble on the China Express (WSJ) In a blistering essay titled “The Derailed Country,” posted online this past week and then quickly removed by censors, Han Han, one of Continue Reading →
Weekend 191.0
(1) Un’Introduzione al Disegno Italiano (2) China Train Crash Shows Fast Expansion Problems (3) Spending dispute halts airport construction (3a) Dulles Metro station should be functional and awe-inspiring (3b) Airports Continue Reading →
Weekend 190.0
Absolutely gorgeous summer day in New England! (1) Bright Colors Struggle to Bloom in South Korea’s Silver-Car Nation (WSJ) (2) Adventure on the Rails (WSJ Magazine) (3) Custom Cycling’s Big Continue Reading →
Thomas Friedman was devastated…
China’s High-Speed Rail, Highly Suspect Related High Speed Rail To Nowhere…Winning The Future A Wasted Billion At A Time
Weekend 160.0 (WSJ Edition)
(1) The Twilight of Battle The Fighting Temeraire by J.M.W. Turner “The great battleship being towed up the Thames by a squat, steam-powered paddle-wheel tug. All the glory of the Continue Reading →
Sanriku Railways in Iwate Prefecture
Title: Sanriku Railway Company’s 25th Anniversary Illustration: Mibu Natsuki
Weekend 159.0
Metro-North Pulls Ahead Disney Profit Declines 6.7% Advertising students at Northwood University working on Honda campaign (My Alma Mater) “The point is when they want to paint you as nuts Continue Reading →
Weekend 152.0
(1) Review: 2011 Honda CR-Z – This car looks like it was plucked from Walt Disney’s vision of the future (EPCOT). (2) Cruising Across Campus? Get This Cozy Commuter (3) Continue Reading →
Weekend 150.1 (Wall Street Journal)
(1) High-Speed-Rail Costs Irk States (2) Information Overload Is Nothing New (3) Who’s ObamaCare’s Daddy? (4) The End of Management