Colin HakemanNorth American Heavy Rail Transit Comparative Car Dimensions“Could the MBTA 01800s run on the NYC Subway?”9 min read·Aug 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…2 min read·Aug 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…3 min read·Jan 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…2 min read·May 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…2 min read·Feb 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…2 min read·Oct 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…2 min read·Oct 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…2 min read·Oct 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…2 min read·Mar 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…2 min read·Feb 21, 2021----
