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I got into model railroading for relaxation. Three years later, I'm hosting operating sessions that feel more stressful than my actual logistics job. But here's the thing: most of that stress disappeared once I stopped fighting my track geometry.The radius you choose for your N scale curves isn't ju …

I spent three weeks hunting for a Broadway Limited Mikado last spring. By the time I found one, I'd learned more about the HO steam market than I ever wanted to know. The experience reminded me of my day job in trucking logistics: scarcity drives behavior, and the prepared buyer wins. If you're loo …

I got back into model railroading because I thought it would be relaxing. After twenty years managing freight logistics, I figured pushing tiny trains around a basement would be the perfect antidote to pushing real ones across spreadsheets. Then I discovered prototype operations, and now my Saturday …

Benjamin Park got into model railroading because he thought it would be relaxing-a break from his day job managing logistics for a regional trucking company. Then he discovered operations, and now he hosts timetable-and-train-order sessions in his basement that are arguably more stressful than his a …