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Proto-Future Prologue 3: Rochester, MN

An alt-history of the Las Vegas Talgo as if it was purchased by MNDOT and used to start the Northern Lights Express 25 years ahead of schedule.

This episode recounts impressionable articles, near-future Amtrak routes, and how I went from modeling the 1890s On30 and choosing a diesel locomotive just for fun to completely abandoning the On30 layout and starting over to make a new layout based on a concept for regional transportation in a state which I've never lived in and barely visited.

Proto-Future Bonus 1: G4 Imitates Noah Lugeons

Proto-Future Bonus 1: G4 Imitates Noah Lugeons

That is the America I come from. In having traveled to all 50 states, that is, more often than not, the America I see out the window. There are parts of it that are worthy of attention, but dreadfully far too few to justify the empty birthright I was promised by air-headed elders.

Proto-Future Prologue 2: G4's Story

Proto-Future Prologue 2: G4's Story

That is the America I come from. In having traveled to all 50 states, that is, more often than not, the America I see out the window. There are parts of it that are worthy of attention, but dreadfully far too few to justify the empty birthright I was promised by air-headed elders.