More Goodies from the Train Show

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Winston Smith

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

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Winston Smith

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)

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Winston Smith

(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

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Winston Smith

(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

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Winston Smith

(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

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Winston Smith

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…

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Winston Smith

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)

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Winston Smith

(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

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Winston Smith

Title: Sanriku Railway Company’s 25th Anniversary Illustration: Mibu Natsuki

Weekend 159.0

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Winston Smith

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 →

Limestone Roof

Our history now descends from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust.

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