The Railhopper: The 90's experiment that did not quite pan out.
Disclaimer: The main bulk of this blog was written originally as a script for an unfinished video I planned to make about a year ago. The main reason this video was unfinished was because during recording and editing I noticed that the subject was a bit boring. Now that I have a blog I realize that the script is much better suited for this format. Small changes have been made to accommodate the medium Oh hey I get to talk about a hobby of mine for a change! You know, I get so stuck into politics-mind sometimes that I often forget that there is more to life then crippling depression and our selfmade impending doom. A very old hobby of mine that I recently managed to breathe some new life in is trains and railroads. As a kid I was always fascinated by trains, especially steam locomotives. The sounds they made, the smells they produced, the rhythmic thumping of the pistons, it always managed to calm me down somehow. Let's go back in time a bit and talk about a very interesting experim...