Remnants of the Reading & Columbia Railroad
I often wonder about the possibility of combining my varied interests to create something more meaningful, more lasting, than any one avocation ever has the chance to produce. Last night while looking at my partial schematic of the former Reading & Columbia Railroad that runs through Lititz I thought the text labels on the diagram might be more understandable if I rotated them 90 degrees. This felt like the first time I thought about the railroad as a designer, not simply a rail fan. Within a short time I transformed my barely serviceable sketch into an a more lucid and artful interpretation of the subject at hand. I don’t expect that a “map” like this could matter much to anyone else, but I feel compelled to pursue the idea a bit further, and to eventually take it into the letterpress shop.
Stay tuned.
It's time,...to redesign.
Now that Casey Dixon's enterprise is up and running, and quite busy, it’s time to start thinking about a redesign. This time, we’ll be able to lavish a little more attention on the visual aspects of this site, which was thrown together - in spite of Casey’s very fine, well-considered writing - in the lesser part of a weekend.
Come to think of it, this site could use a little attention, too.