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I don't know how to play chess. To be fair, I've never really tried. I knew guys in high school and college who did; one was even ranked among players in the state. But my knowledge of gambits and grandmasters doesn't extend beyond being able to name the pieces and a vague understanding of how … Continue reading Freight Cars and the Art of Chess
“The easiest way to leave this world without leaving this world is to stand in the middle of a bridge and watch the surroundings” -Mehmet Murat ildan- As much as I hate to have to do something I've already done over again, my second attempt at modeling the lattice-truss bridge over the Iowa River on … Continue reading Over The River
Despite a tendency to "break every bone in its body" when attempting to build something for The Hills Line, even I occasionally have moments of mild success in constructing something from scratch. For the lattice-truss bridge over the Iowa River I have the advantage of having done it once before. I left the deck in … Continue reading Do Over, Part Two
"There is never enough time to do it right, but there is always enough time to do it over." -John W. Bergman- As I previously mentioned, my friend and fellow Iowa Interstate modeler Scott Thornton generously gifted me a version of his lattice-truss bridge that he built for his HO scale version of the IAIS … Continue reading Do Over, Part One
