Her Shrink Ray Eye

This one's a little different, but boy howdy does it align with the philosophical side of this blog. Every now and then I wander down a back alley into the thought processes behind the hobby of model railroading. Take these posts, for example:https://ocalicreek.blogspot.com/2025/03/geissel-got-it.html https://ocalicreek.blogspot.com/2024/03/tired-tropes-or-tried-and-true.htmlhttps://ocalicreek.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-post-project-blahs.html There are more, but these should suffice to make the point; I consider thinking (and writing) about the hobby an important part of the hobby itself, and something I enjoy doing. I don't recall when I started reading Koester's "Trains of Thought" column in Model Railroader magazine, but once I did it became my regular source of thought-provoking hobby concepts. I didn't always agree with Tony's ideas but I have to give the column some credit for opening my mind in novel ways. Ditto the editorials, occasionally. Of course these days many blogs…