Tag Archives: Craftsmanship

Rod Swanson: Metal Hobbyist and Craftsman

Posted on January 4, 2019 by

When we stopped in Perham, Minnesota for lunch with our friend Jana, she took us out to see her father’s tractors.  When she first mentioned it, I thought she meant he collected and restored tractors. Rod, a retired railroad employee, … Continue reading →

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An amazing model train, Baraboo, WI: Circus World Part 3

Posted on November 30, 2018 by

Joseph J. Kaspar, an Emmy-winning NBC television engineer, spent years researching the 1947 Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus train.  He collected 1105 photographs.  Remarkably, he also obtained the original conductor’s notebook listing all the cars and what they … Continue reading →

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Blenko Glass, Milton, West Virginia

Posted on December 8, 2017 by

October saw our third visit to Blenko Glass in Milton, West Virginia.  The company has been around since 1893 — we are old but haven’t been here that long. Our first visit was while pulling a trailer around the country … Continue reading →

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