Railroad Art

…of Anoraks, Pufferküsser and Tragics!

Posted by Trainphilos on 7 July 2024 in Blogs and such..., History, Locomotives, Railroad Art, Railroad History, Railroad Photography, Railroad Travel / Tourism |No Comments

A short foreword and explanation: My friend Michael in London has been doing a blog since blogs became a thing. He started out to review, comment on and complain about all things Apple. Hence the blog’s URL: http://www.macfilos.com. However over the years his obsession with photography and cameras, in particular Leica equipment, became the main […]

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The Art of Railroad Photography

Posted by Trainphilos on 11 November 2019 in Blogs and such..., Railroad Art, Railroad Photography |No Comments

One would think that as much as I like to write about, see and travel on railroads I would also be somewhat good at documenting my rail experiences by taking some nice photographs every now and then. Well, no such luck. I might not be the world’s worst photographer, but I am not that far […]

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Mirror, mirror on the wall, which is the largest of them all?

Posted by Trainphilos on 13 December 2016 in Model Train Layouts, Model Train Shows, Railroad Art, Railroad Museums |No Comments

Human nature likes order. Well, usually. Thus we always tend to rank things: The best, the largest, the weirdest, the fastest, the most expensive.  I am happy to report that we now have a ranking of the supposedly most incredible model train layouts in the world. The travel web site “Atlas Obscura” has taken on […]

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