Colin HakemanNorth American Heavy Rail Transit Comparative Car Dimensions“Could the MBTA 01800s run on the NYC Subway?”Aug 20, 2023Aug 20, 2023
Colin HakemanWorthPoint: A Resource for Amateur HistoriansIf you’re an amateur historian like me, you love to do research, but it can be challenging with limited access to traditional repositories…Aug 12, 2023Aug 12, 2023
Colin HakemanComparative Book Review: PCC: The Car that Fought Back and An American Original: the PCC CarIn the 1980s, Interurban Press published a trio of books about the PCC Streetcar. One, PCC from Coast to Coast, is a pictorial history of…Jan 25, 2023Jan 25, 2023
Colin HakemanBook Review: The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City’s Unbuilt Subway SystemI have recently completed reading The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City’s Unbuilt Subway System, by Joseph B. Raskin. This…May 15, 2022May 15, 2022
Colin HakemanBook Review: The Shay Locomotive: An Illustrated HistoryI picked up The Shay Locomotive: An Illustrated History, by Richard A. Henderson, John C. Benson, George R. Kadelak, and Steve Hauff, in…Feb 27, 2022Feb 27, 2022
Colin HakemanOn ChangesI spend a lot of time on Google Earth mapping the world’s rail and transit systems, as well as engineering my own. I have spent a couple…Oct 18, 2021Oct 18, 2021
Colin HakemanManaging ExpectationsAs a photographer, much of what I enjoy about travel is getting to take photos in new places. Though much of the fun is finding new…Oct 11, 2021Oct 11, 2021
Colin HakemanSpirit of the Old WestRecently, I was fortunately able to visit Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. It’s well worth a visit and I highly enjoyed my…Oct 2, 2021Oct 2, 2021
Colin HakemanThe Future on PauseA year ago, things largely stopped. Plans carefully detailed and made were thrown out, impossible to do in a pandemic. Conditions were…Mar 1, 2021Mar 1, 2021
Colin HakemanIndividually-Oriented SportsExercise is important for health and mental well-being. It can be hard to motivate one’s self to partake, though, without other reasons…Feb 21, 2021Feb 21, 2021
