Author: Alan

Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

John of Argghhh asked about the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA so here are the pictures. Right across the street from the steam railway, it is a perfect counterpoint, a cool dark place full of giants after the scorching outdoors full of kids’s squeals. But then there is that sneaky feeling that you are in a Counter Strike setting and Garrity has you in the scope.

There are about 50 engines and cars in the museum and about as many outside getting restored. Lots of the ubiquitous nice retired persons to assist you. I really enjoy transportation museums like Halifax’s Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Ottawa’s National Aviation Museum or Glasgow’s Museum of Transport.











Private Space

The X-prize, perhaps the last vestige of the wacky days of the new economy bubble…well, other than Segway, has proven itself to be a great opportunity to get yourself killed as a private for hire astronaut:

We need to raise some more money…fix our problems and launch another low-altitude flight as soon as possible,” Meier told the Associated Press. “It’s a learning experience to be expected when you’re developing a vehicle with [these kinds] of capabilities.”

Hint: if you are going to go to space and you happen to be human, pick people spending more than $20,000 to see if it will work.

Off Again

Train to Moncton and in a van back retrieving the folks. Back Sunday. Will this amusement never end?

BTW, things I failed to get a photo of this week:

  • The Bunny Burger sign at the Red Rabbit Drive-In north of Harrisburg, PA;
  • “The House of 10,000 Items” shop on highway 6 in north central PA;
  • Weed wackin’ Amish;
  • Fire flies at the mini-putt.