The LAJ layout is powered by running a tap downward through the floor to the Downtown Spur in the basement below. I seem to recall an event in my son’s hormone laden teen years that resulted in him branding me a “cheap ass bastard”. It probably centered around a differing point of view as to […]
Inconvenient truths. These are things that we’d rather not be the case but are. Philly cheese steaks with fried onion ring toppings aren’t good for you (don’t have to even look that one up) but we’d rather not know that. Fortunately our evolutionary development has granted us coping mechanisms such as rationalization and denial. One of the […]
It’s safe to say I’ll never be accused of being a cultured art critic. That aside, in the last year I’ve had the chance to visit some of the more notable art museums on the east coast and attended a number of art festivals. The difference in a painting done by one of history’s masters […]
From time to time I get emails from active duty military along the lines of “Can’t wait to get back stateside so I can start model railroading”. Variations on this theme are, I can’t wait until: I’m out of college, have a house, don’t travel so much etc. Been there, done that. Such a mindset, […]
While doing some virtual rail fanning of LAJ territory on Google Streetview, I came across this crossbuck image on the filmstrip featured at the bottom of the page. How cool is that?!!