The Art of Railroad Photography
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 […]
Mirror, mirror on the wall, which is the largest of them all?
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 […]
Artwork commemorating the Chinese workers on the American railroads
A temporary exhibit of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center features “Hung Liu: Daughter of China, Resident Alien”. The third floor of the museum is now temporarily dedicated to her works, which are comprised mainly of paintings, but also a memorable 3-dimensional tribute to the Chinese workers on the railroad. The museum […]