Are We Asking The Right Questions?

Are We Asking The Right Questions? Greg Amer wanted to know why I felt the need to expand Mill Road. It’s a valid question, so let’s see if we can find an answer that’s helpful. In the last post, I said that I wanted to experiment with different construction...

Almost Made a Major Blunder

I recently convinced myself that Mill Road needed a third module with an industry. So, the week before Christmas I went to the big box store and bought two sheets of foam board and a sheet of quarter-inch plywood. In thinking about how to fit the new with the old, the...

Place, Memory and Meaning-2

It’s said that memory can be triggered by the smallest of things: A sound, a scent or a brief glimpse of something that feels familiar. This hopper car sits there in the sunlight of a quiet November afternoon. One of hundreds of thousands; it’s an unassuming car that...

Place, Memory and Meaning

I’ve been thinking about the concepts of place, memory and meaning and how they influence our thinking and modeling choices. I drove over to Centerville to shoot some images of the area around my parents’ old house and where the tracks once were. I wanted to recreate...

Volunteer Labor

Labor comes in both paid and volunteer forms. Beautifully shot, this short video celebrates the volunteers who make our experience of a railroad museum possible. Watch it in HD if you have the bandwidth. Happy Labor Day everyone. Regards,...